Category: Good News
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Adina Pintilie’s “Touch me not” wins Golden Bear award
A big victory for Adina Pintilie this weekend as her movie has won the Golden Bear award. “Touch me not” won the best movie award and also the Best Debut movie. Pintilie said that she was curious to see how the media and the audience will react to the movie because the movie is an…
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101 smilling portraits exhibited at the Botanical Park in Timisoara
Who doesn’t love a smile? Now you can see many smiles thanks to a special exhibit in Timisoara. The portraits of over 101 simple people smiling are exposed at the Botanical garden until March 20. This has been done thanks to the “I am here” project which aims to make people acknowledge that they are…
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Another amazing victory! The Robotics National Team wins first place at the Russia Open International Robotics Championships
Another great success for our Romanian students, as the AutoVortex team has won the first place at the Russia Open International Robotics championships. 27 teams have participated in this competition and the first prize means that the team has qualified for the International Championship in the USA. This is not the first time the team…
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Cluj City Hall to pay rent for victims of domestic violence
The Cluj-Napoca city hall will pay fully or partially the rent for victims of domestic violence. The city hall will give between 900- 1400 lei for a period of one year. According to notabn.ro the mayor stated that around half a million euro was allocated for this project. This is a first for Romania, as…
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Sergiu Pasca wins Vilcek Prize for biomedical research
Sergiu Pasca, a Romanian neuroscientist has been awarded the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in the Biomedical Science category. The scientist is currently doing research at Standford University. The prize was given for “for developing realistic models of the human brain and unearthing fundamental insights into the biology of neuropsychiatric diseases like autism” and it…
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Girl from Galati wins Best Romanian Student in Europe award
A young lady from Galati has won the Best Romanian Student in Europe award. Claudia Gabriela Mitrofan is currently a student at Medicine at Cambridge University. Claudia said that she considers herself a product of Romanian education and that she wants to return to Romania. She said that she did not expect to receive the…
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Lawyer Andrei Iancu named US Patent and Trademark Office director
Romanian Andrei Iancu has been voted as director of the US Patent and Trademark Office. Iancu at the moment is a managing partner at a firm in Los Angeles. Andrei Iancu is an intellectual property litigator and has experience in patent and trademark prosecution. He has previously worked with digital video recording company TiVo Corp…
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Ada Solomon chosen as executive president of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network
Romanian film producer Ada Solomon has been assigned as the new executive president of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network. The purpose of the Network is to encourage equality for women who work in the entertainment industry in relation to access to jobs and opportunities on a European level. The Network is awarding prizes every year…
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Suceava firefighters save baby deer from death
A baby deer was saved from death by the Suceava firefighters. The baby slipped and fell on a river bank and it was found almost frozen by the saviors. The firefighters covered it with blankets and they took it to a shelter.The Facebook page of the ISU Bucovina Suceava showed the firefighters climbing down towards…
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Mircea Cartarescu wins Thomas Mann prize for Literature
Romanian writer Mircea Cartarescu has just been awarded with the Thomas Mann prize for Literature 2018. The prize is one of the most important German literary awards. Mircea Cartarescu said on his Facebook page I’ve just learned with great emotion the news that I’m the winner of the Thomas Mann Prize for Literature on 2018.…
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