Category: Good News
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16 year old Romanian wins gold medal at European Fighting Championships
Stefania Priceputu has won the European title at the European Fighting championships held in Serbia this year. Stefania, 16, has managed to beat all competition in her category of 43 kilograms. The young woman from Craiova has been practicing the sport for four years and her courage and determination brought her a gold medal.Stefania is…
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Students build a car faster than Ferrari
Romanian students from Gheorghe Asachi university, from Iasi, Romania have built a car called Orange Devil. The car will participate in the “Formula Student” international competition held in Gyor, Hungary. The competition will be held between 20-23 August and is one of the most important events dedicated to students who build cars. Ciprian Ciofu, professor…
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Two Romanian cities among the top best cities to live in the world
Cluj Napoca and Bucharest are among the top 104 best cities to live in the world, according to Numbeo website. The website has measured the quality of life by calculating the degree of pollution, public safety, purchasing power crime rate and health system. Cluj Napoca, which was ranked as the 57rd has managed to overtake cities…
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Three Romanian girls help people donate through Facebook
Three Romanian girls have organised a Facebook group that helps people to donate objects they no longer need. The group is called “Donez in Timisoara” ( I donate in Timisoara) and has already 1200 members after being established just a few months ago. According to Pro TV, Andreea, one of the organisers said” Why should…
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Romanian students beats the French and gets maximum points at French Baccalaureat
Romanian student Marie Renee Andreescu has received 20,35 points at the French Baccalaureat, which is more than the maximum that can be achieved, due to a certain type of calculations of different exams. The French baccalaureat is a diploma awarded by the French ministry of education after the succesful completion of highschool and graduation of…
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Romanian priest builds house for poor children with Facebook’s help
Florin Danu, a priest from Lada village, Teleorman, Romania, has managed to build a house for poor children thanks to Facebook. The house will be used as a school, playground and dining place for local children that are affected by poverty. The priest has been dreaming of building a house like this for quite some…
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Romanian athlete wins European title at men’s discus
Alin Alexandru Firfirica has won the European title at men’s discus in the European under 23 held in Tallinn, this year with a result of 60,64 m. Second place was taken by Wojciech Praczyk (Poland with 58,96 metres) and Robert Szikszai (Hungary, 58.82 metres). On Friday, Andreea Elena Panturoiu has secured a silver medal in the triple jump competition…
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Romanian cheese receives international recognition
International Taste and Quality Institute from Bruxelles has awarded Catean farm’s “burduf” cheese a gold star. Several products of Catean’s farm have participated this year in the ” International Taste and Quality Institute Superior Taste Award”. Around 100 specialty chefs and someliers from around the world have blindly tasted and evaluated food products, taking into…
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Romanians win gold, silver and bronze medals at 2015 Gwanju Summer Games
Laura Ilie,22 from Romania, was the first one to win the gold medal in the riffle category at the Gwanju Summer Games in South Korea. The Dinamo sports team representative got 454,4 points and defeated Valentina Protasova from Russia. Silver medals were won by Soare Nicolae in the men’s 10,000 metre race, Andrei Gag in…
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American, Spanish and Russians dancing groups perform at World Folklore Festival in Romania
International folklore is celebrated these days (8-12 June) in Timisoara, Romania in the Park of Roses. The 26th edition gathered dancing and singing folklore groups frorm Bulgaria, Columbia, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldavia, Georgia, Russia, Spain, Serbia, U.S.A., Turkey, Hungary and Romania. The festival started with performances from “Timis” folklore dancing group and folklore singers Nicoleta Voica,…