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  • Bucharest installs intelligent recycling stations

    Bucharest has recently inaugurated two intelligent recycling stations that will be able to collect directly from the population. These systems were created by the Green Group together with Carrefour Romania and costed around 250,000 euros. The stations can be found nearby Carrefour Baneasa and Carrefour Vitantis. Bucharest residents will be able to recycle plastic bottles,…

  • 500 wild horses from the Danube Delta saved by a charity

      About 500 wild horses that live in the Romanian Danube Delta were recently saved from killing by the Four Paws charity. The horses which live in Letea, a biosphere reserve under protection of UNESCO World Heritage were deemed to be a problem by the authorities due to an increasing population which might cause issues to vegetation.…

  • South Korea and Romania work together to develop the IT industry

    South Korea and Romania will work together in a few IT projects over the next three years. South Korea has opened an information technology research center recently in Bucharest and agreed to a deal which brings together the South Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and the Future Planning and Romania’s Ministry of Communications and Information…

  • Microsoft awards Romanian teenager for inventing guiding glasses for the blind

    photograph by Daniel Guta, Adevarul. Cristi Dragomir, a 17 year old teenager has recently been awarded by Microsoft for inventing a type of eyeglasses that will help blind people navigate. According to Romanian newspaper Adevarul, the competition was organised by Microsoft on a national scale with the purpose of creating the best software to solve…

  • Romania wins Women’s Youth World Handball Championship 2014!

    The Women’s Youth World Handball Championship was won on Sunday, 3rd of August, 2014 by the Romanian team which beat Germany with a score of 32-21. This is the first time Romania has won this title on this category. According to the International Handball Federation Romania had a strong defence from the beginning of the…

  • Gold for Romanian participants at the Linguistics Olympiad

    The International Linguistics Olympiad in Beijing has recently awarded the gold medal to Romanian participant Dan Mircea Mirea. The 12th International Linguistics Olympiad was held in Beijing, China between July 21 to July 25, 2014. It is estimated that 39 teams from  28 countries have participated, with around 152 contestants. According to the official website…

  • Jackie Chan to open Chinese film festival in Romania

    Jackie Chan will open the “Chinese film Festival” on September, 2014. The film festival will be organised this year between 11-18 September in both China and Romania due to a mutual understanding between Romania’s Cinematography Center and the Chinese State Administration for the Media, Radio and TV. According to Romania Insider Jackie Chan will come to Romania…

  • Don’t know what to do this summer? Visit Fan Fest, an activist festival!

    Fan Fest is an activist festival that takes place every year in Rosia Montana, Romania. This is no festival like any other, as it is organised by volunteers.The festival started in 2004 due to Save Rosia Montana campaign which is one of the largest anti mining campaigns that has run in Romania for the last…

  • Bucharest hotel in international top ten best reviewed hotels on Expedia

    Romanian hotel Epoque from Bucharest has managed to reach the top 10 best reviewed hotels in Expedia Insiders Select list for 2014. The hotel is the only European hotel that has managed to get inside the top ten list. According to hospitalitynet.org the list comprises 650 hotels from around the world and these hotels have…

  • Cluj-Napoca, the friendliest city for foreign people in Europe

    A recent survey shows that Cluj- Napoca is the friendliest city for foreign people in Europe. The audit which interviewed around 41,000 people in 79 cities across Europe has asked people if the presence of foreigners is good for the locals and 90 percent of Cluj-Napoca locals were glad to have foreigners around and 76 percent…