Category: Good News
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Irish volunteers buy minibus and fill it with goods to be donated to Romanian orphanage
Be The Change, a group of Irish volunteers from Northern Ireland will be driving to Romania in the next few weeks with a minibus filled with all sorts of goods to be donated to an orphanage in Barlad. The group is known for taking charity challenges each year, such as climbing mountains and running marathons.…
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Romanian teams win gold and silver medals at the Canoe World Championships
The Canoe World Championships that were held in Bulgaria this year have been quite successful for Romanian teams. Both male and female teams have won medals. Saturday has been the luckiest day. Ionela Livia Cozmiuc and Gianina Elena Beleaga have won the gold medal in the light doubles in the female category. The girls have…
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Craiova teacher asks children to donate money instead of bringing flowers on first day of school
On September 15, when school starts students traditionally bring flowers to their teachers. This tradition is respected especially by primary school children. Anticipating this habit, a teacher from Craiova has asked the children’s parents to not spend their money on flowers but to donate their money towards the building of an Oncology and radiology children’s…
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Romanians invent the hybrid watch
More and more startups seem to appear in Romania, especially in the area of Cluj. A group of Romanians have recently developed a beautiful hybrid watch, that combines a classic look with more modern features such as a notification system for messages and calls, an activity tracking and a smart alarm. The watch has easy…
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The reason why there’s a monument dedicated to a Romanian in China
You rarely see monuments dedicated to foreign people. So, when coming across the news that a Romanian couple is buried in China and the authorities have built them a monument we wanted to find out more. Apparently, in the 1930-1940’s several Romanian doctors, David Iancu, Bucur and Gisela Clejan went to China to help treat…
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Romanian woman named as new Minister of Sports in France
Former Olympic swimmer Roxana Maracineanu has been named the new Sports Minister in France. Maracineanu is 43 years old and she is now replacing Laura Flessel who has resigned due to personal reasons. Maracineanu was born in Bucharest and emigrated to France in 1984. She was only 9 years old when she arrived in France.…
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Romanian students win silver and bronze medals at the International Earth Science Olympiad
Romania has brought home silver and bronze medals from the International Earth Science Olympiad. The Olympiad took place in Kuanchanaburi, Thailand this year. Around 154 students from 38 countries have participated in this competition. The students have had to pass a theoretical and a practical exam. The students, however, do not compete against themselves only. They…
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Romanian students, world champions in Robotics
The First Global Challenge has brought us immense success. Romanian students have won five gold medals in different categories of the competition. They have managed to beat many other competitors from 174 countries. By far the biggest winner was the RobotX Hunedoara team who won the Einstein Award. Darius Lorinczi, member of the team noted…
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Over 1 million Romanians to participate in World Cleanup Day
Romanians are invited to participate in the largest international clean up. The campaign has been announced by the Let’s do it, Romania! charity. The initiative will take place under the World Cleanup Day on September 15, 2018. The objective of the campaign is quite ambitious and the organizers are hoping that 5% of the world…
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Romanian-Japanese student finishes top of his class at Oxford university
A Romanian-Japanese student has managed to finish top of his class at Oxford where he is studying computer science. Tamio Vesa-Nakajima, who we wrote about several times on our blog is also the president of the Romanian Society at the same university. Tamio was born in Romania, in Timisoara and his mother is Romanian but…
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