Category: Good News
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22 year old Romanian inventor awarded by Forbes magazine
Cornel Amariei, an engineer and inventor of Lumen, a device that helps blind people travel independently, has been nominated by Forbes magazine as the top 30 under 30 most promising young people from Europe. Amariei, at age 22 was included in the Industry category and was also chosen as the leader of the best…
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“I expected the worst but I found a wonderful country”, says Irish mayor who visited Romania
Andrew McGuiness, previous mayor of Irish city Kilkenny has visited Romania and was pleasantly surprised. McGuiness was invited as a musician at the Celtic Festival in Beclean town that took place last year in June. As he was a guest, he did not stay in a hotel but he was invited to stay at a Romanian…
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Adrian Ghenie’s painting sold for 4 million euros!
Adrian Ghenie’s painting sold yesterday with 3,117,000 pounds! The artist is well known for selling his paintings before his exhibitions and now the famous Sotheby’s sold his van Gogh inspired painting called “The Sunflowers in 1937” for an estimate of 4 million euros. According to ProTV channel, his university professor Ioan Sbarciu from the Art and…
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Romanian oil awarded European Superior Taste Award
Felicia Tulai produces one of the best oils in Europe as the Superior Taste Award confirms it. The award was given for the Luna Solai oil by the International Taste and Quality Institute based in Brussels, Belgium. The International Taste and Quality Institute is the leading Independent chefs and Sommeliers based organisation. The products are…
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Brasov hospital, one of the cleanest in Europe
One of the cleanest hospitals in Europe can be found in Romania. More precisely, in Brasov city. Sf. Constantin Hospital has been designated as the laureate of the European Hand Hygiene Excellence Award 2013, within the WHO First Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean care is safer care. The hospital has also a partnership with a…
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A new World Record for 12 year old Romanian climber
She is only 12 years old, but she has already reached Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Western hemisphere. Her name is Dor Geta Popescu and Saturday, 6th of February she became the youngest person to climb this mountain. Aconcagua is 6960 metres high and it is considered the highest in South America. According to…
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Romanian team wins Robotics competition held in South Korea
The robotics team Autovortex Romania has won the gold medal at the Robotics festival First Tech Challenge which took place in Seul, South Korea, last week. The Romanian team was composed of Ducu Andrei, Edi Diaconescu and Rares Badici from National Informatics college Tudor Vianu, Diana Zlotea, student at the International American School, Ion Rares student…
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“Romania is a paradise!”, says Dutch woman who moved to Romania to work in agriculture
Agnes Jansen is a Dutch woman who moved to Romania to work in the agriculture. It would seem a strange idea, given the fact that many Romanians abandon the countryside to move to the city for better opportunities. Agnes, who is an agronomist, bought and renovated a house and now grows berries, tomatoes, peppers and…
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Piatra Neamt students help family affected by house fire
A family from Dobreni, Neamt county, went through a tragedy this January when their house burnt down and since then the parents, grandchildren and their four children( aged 2 to 12) were left homeless. Now the family lives in a small kitchen that was not affected by the fire. The young people from the…
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Madalina Ghenea chosen to present San Remo festival
Mădălina Ghenea was chosen to present the San Remo festival this year along with Carlo Conti, the artistic director of the festival and Virginia Raffaele and Gabriel Garko. The festival will include 20 established Italian artists and 8 new Italian artists. Special guests of the festival include Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, Renato Zero, and Nicole Kidman. The…