Category: Good News
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Banatul Dance Group participates in Black Sea Circle cross cultural festival
Romanian communities are all over the world and the US is no exception. For this reason, communities often organize cultural events such as folk concerts. Recently, a cross cultural festival called Black Sea Circle took place in New York. The festival’s name represents the countries which make a circle around the Black Sea. Several minorities,…
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Those who donate blood will get free tickets at Untold and Neversea festival
Donating blood might save a lot of lives. However, donated blood is never enough so a Romanian campaign aims to encourage people to donate more by offering free ticket to Untold and Neversea music festivals. People will have the opportunity to do this thanks to mobile caravans which will be set up in different cities…
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Iasi locals raise 180,000 lei in funds for school projects thanks to cross running event
In recent years Romanians have understood the importance of charitable organizations and civil society has become more active. Recently over 3,000 Iasi residents have participated in a project which aimed at raising money for education. The locals have participated in a special cross on the Emil Alexandrescu stadium. Amongst the 3,000 participants, 1300 runners and…
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People with disabilities to receive free transport in Bucharest
Good news for people with physical disabilities as a new project might help them get free transport around Bucharest. The project is called Abilitaxi and the Bucharest City Hall and the Re-Start Cauza Buna association are supporting it. The project might go through if it will be voted by the Bucharest council. Abilitaxi will help…
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Romania wins one gold medal and 5 silver medals at the European Canoe Championships
Romania has had good results at canoe competitions in the last few years. This year as well, the Romanian team has won several medals at the Kanoe European Championships for juniors. The competition took place in Gravelines, France, and over 400 sportsmen have participated from 34 countries. Romania has participated with 42 sportsmen and women,…
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AHC Potaissa wins the Men’s Challenge Cup
The amazing Romanian handball team AHC Potaissa from Turda has won the Men’s Challenge Cup last weekend. The team has played the final game with AEK Athens from Greece, winning the first leg in Romania with 11 goals, however losing the second leg with a score of 27-26. Although the team has been defeated by…
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Andreea Raducanu included in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
Nadia Comaneci is the most well known Romanian gymnast in the world. However, there are many other Romanian gymnasts that have made a name for themselves. Andreea Raducan, an Olympic, European and world medalist has now been included in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Andreea Raducan is from Barlad and is currently 34 years…
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” Cluj with flowers”- Cluj locals encouraged to beautify their windows through a competition
The city of Cluj is in permanent change as every year new festivals are organized, buildings are renovated and new cafes appear in every corner. Now, the Asociation for the Beautification of Cluj is organizing a special event through which the locals are encouraged to beautify their windows, terraces and house fronts. The idea is…
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Romania wins four gold medals at the Balkan Mathematics Olympiad
Times and times again Romanian students have proved their intelligence. At the most recent Balkan Mathematics Olympiad Romania has won four gold medals and two silver medals. In total, Romania has been placed first in the number of medals that have been won. The winners of the gold medals are Mircea Ciprian Bonciocat who has…
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Romanian man creates 1000 origami cranes in 1000 days to fight depression
Depression is hard to tackle and to talk about. A young man from Suceava has found a different way of dealing with it by creating 1,000 cranes out of paper. Cristian Marianciuc has learned the art of origami by studying Japanese and traveling to places like Lausanne and Seul. The young man had the opportunity…
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