Category: Good News

  • Romanian student wins best student of the year award

    George-Cristian Potrivitu Bocanet from Humulesti has been awarded the best Romanian student of the year in Europe at the seventh edition of the Romanian Student Gala outside of Romania. This event awards academic excellence. George-Cristian has graduated from Stefan cel Mare National College, Targu Neamt, has studied aerospace engineering in Bucharest and did a Master degree in…

  • Romanian wines: the lovely Pietroasa vineyard

    Romanian wine is one of the best, as continuous international awards confirm it. One particular wine of quality comes from Pietroasa, a wine that has received many awards, such as the Gold medal at the Muscat de Monde competition in France. Pietroasa wines, such as Tamaioasa Romaneasca, Grasa de Cotnari, Riesling Italian and Feteasca Regala…

  • Minorities of Romania: the story of the gypsies

    According to the last official census (2011) the official number of gypsy population in Romania is of 600,000. Unofficially, The Council of Europe’s Roma and Travellers Division estimates that there are around 1.85 million. Outside Romania, there are around 2.75 million in Turkey;  in Russia around 825,000; in Bulgaria 750,000; in Spain 725,000; in Hungary 700,000; in…

  • Romanians invent flying board

    Romanians have invented a flying board called ArcaBoard. This invention was made possible by a project that was funded by  a Romanian research company that activates in the aero space field. The machine costs 19,900 dollars and will be available for sale starting April 2016. ArcaBoard is an electrical flying board, with 272 horse power and…

  • Rugby player saves man’s life

    Rugby player Ionut Botezatu from CSM Stiinta Baia Mare,  saved a man from death yesterday, 27 December 2015, while attending a festival in Maramures county. According to the Romanian Federation of Rugby, the rugby player was at a festival in Sighetu Marmatiei town, when two people started fighting in a violent manner. The victim swallowed…

  • There is still need for blood donations for Colectiv victims! You can go online to find out how and where to donate

    Starting today, the Blood Transfusion centre in Bucharest launches an online programme through which people can donate blood. This service has been developed thanks to the volunteers that helped with Colectiv and this project is meant to increase the number of donations. Those who are interested in donating blood, they can do it through an online…

  • Romanian teacher chosen as one of the best 50 teachers in the world

    Mathematics teacher, Manuela Prajea, who teaches at Colegiul National Traian in Drobeta Turnu Severin, has been chosen as one of the best 50 teachers in the world. Manuela Prajea has 25 years experience and says that if she wins the prize, she will donate the whole sum of one million dollar to her school. Manuela…

  • Cristina Neagu praised for being the best player in the Denmark-Romania game

    Cristina Neagu has been proven to be the best hand ballplayer  that Romania had in the Denmark-Romania game, in which Romania won with 30-31. Cristina has scored 15 goals and managed to get the team into the semi finals. Her performance was praised by the former Romanian coach, Radu Voina who compared her with a monster, but in…

  • Romanians invent special rescue car

    Tiff Needell, presenter of the famous Fifth gear TV show has come to Romania to test a Romanian car that was invented with the purpose of saving lives. This car has been created so it can reach places that are hard to impossible to reach, such as in the mountains, in case of flooding or…

  • Romanian wins silver at European Cadet Circuit in Denmark

    Adam Macska, from Satu Mare, Romania has managed to win the second place at the European Cadet Circuit in Copenhagen, Denmark. The sixth edition of the competition that ended this Saturday, gathered 336 sportsmen from 27 countries. Adam Macska participated in the male individual category and was beaten by Nicolas Wilson from the United States…