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  • Students from Cluj win NASA competition

    Five students from Cluj have won the European NASA Space Robotics competition for the 11-13 years category. The five students from Nicolae Balcescu highschool and Iuliu Hatieganu school from Cluj-Napoca have worked half a year to develop the project under the supervision of their teachers. Their older colleagues will also participate in the finals of…

  • Romanian girls win BT Young Scientist award

      Maria Louise Fufezan, 16 and Diana Bura, 15 have won the biggest prize of “BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2016”, which was organized in January in Dublin.Their project was called „An Investigation into the Effects of Enzymes used in Animal Feed Additives on the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis Elegans”. Diana Bura was inspired to undertake…

  • Angry with the local authorities’incompetence, a commune mayor cleaned the streets off snow

      Valentin Vrabie, the mayor of Pestera has decided to clean the streets off snow with the help of the Council employees, after the authorities did not bother to clear the roads. Pestera commune was isolated for two days due to heavy snow and blizzards. The schools were closed and food delivery stopped. The authorities had…

  • 122 years since the birth of Romanian hero, Ecaterina Teodoroiu

    January marks 122 years from the birth of Catalina Teodoroiu, a Romanian woman who has fought and died in World War I and is viewed as a heroine of Romania. Ecaterina Teodoroiu was born on 16th of January 1894, in Vadeni village which is now a neighbourhood of Targu-Jiu. She was part of a poor…

  • Romanian to do research at the Japanese Space Station

    We have written before about George Potrivitu from Humulesti, a Romanian student who won the student of the year award for 2015. Now, after studying in international schools, George Potrivitu will head to Japan in order to study  spacecraft propulsion. According to Cariere magazine, George said that these propellers will be used only in space and…

  • The Iasi Palace of Culture finally reopening after 8 years!

    The Palace of Culture in Iasi will reopen for the public in April, as the restoration and renewal works are almost finished. The museum area will already have several artistic expositions in April and in June the public will be allowed to visit another four organised museums within the palace. According to Adevarul newspaper, the restoration…

  • Romanian pianist awarded by Queen Elizabeth

      Pianist Radu Lupu has been awarded by Queen Elizabeth with the title of ” British Empire Comandor” for his contribution to classical music. Radu Lupu was awarded on New Years Eve, but the award will be handed to him in 2016. Among other celebrities that were awarded by the Queen were actors Idris Elba,…

  • Child prodigy is taking over the world of classical music

    Child prodigy Anthony Muresan has already won several competitions and at the age of 15 is already studying at the Karlsruhe conservatory, Germany on a full scholarship. His professors believe that he will become a really important musician. Anthony Muresan was born in Pforzhein, Germanu and is half Romanian. He has been a member for…

  • Archaeologists discover new evidence concerning the Dacian tribes

    An archaeological discovery made last year, 2015, has brought new evidence about the territories occupied by the Dacian tribes. Hungarian archaeologisys from Josa Andras museum around the city of Nyiregyhaza have discovered the ruins of a Dacian house, which was estimated to be from the 3rd century. According to MTI press agency, the territory was…

  • Romanian archaeologists unearth huge city in Hunedoara

    Romanian archaeologists have discovered a huge city in Hunedoara county, a city that is said to be older than the Egyptian pyramids.The city was discovered by accident by workers who were working on building the highway Sibiu-Nadlac. The archaeologists believe that this city was built around the year of 4.200 BC, before the pyramids of…