Category: Good News
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Photographer auctions Romanian sports celebrity autographed flag
A Romanian who lives in London has managed to gather together autographs from the most important Romanian sportsmen in the last 20 years on a Romanian flag. Ciprian Dambean ‘s flag has autographs from people like Gica Hagi and Simona Halep. Although Ciprian has been doing this for 20 years, he has decided to sell…
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Students from Cluj high schools invent app that waters flowers while you are away
More than 100 students from different high schools in Cluj have presented their inventions at the Babes Economics University. One of the teams has invented an interesting application through which plants are watered when you go from home. The system has special sensors which collect data from the plant. Depending on the data that is…
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Top 20 amazing Romanian palaces and castles that you’ve never heard of
When visiting Romania, most tourists go to either Bucharest, the seaside or they visit several castles throughout Transylvania. The usual tourist hotposts are: Peles castle, Sighisoara, Sibiu and Brasov. The most well-known castles and palaces in Romania by Romanians and foreign tourists are Peles castle, Hunedoara castle, Iasi castle and Bran castle. But did…
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Romanian students will be able to travel for free throughout Europe for 30 days
Young Romanians will be able to travel for free for 30 days thanks to the Interrail programme. The 30 days can be activated any time within a period of 3 years. This project is financed by the European Community and it costs around 12 million euro at a community level. The European Parliament has voted…
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Alba Iulia- the first smart city in Romania: free wifi, cheaper electricity and water for locals
Alba Iulia is becoming a smart city. So far, the city has managed to finish the first part of the project. Around Alba Iulia city 600 sensors have been installed and they constitute the digital infrastructure of the city. The WIFI network included 228 access points in the citadel and the city and 15 points…
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Romanian psychologists invent an app that cures depression
A group of psychologists from Cluj-Napoca are working on finalizing a smartphone app that will help people that suffer from depression and anxiety. According to viitorulromaniei.ro in Romania officially around 5% of people suffer from depression, however, doctors believe the numbers are higher than this. It is said as well that people do not like…
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Romanian illustrators nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Award
Stela Damaschin Popa, Irina Dobrescu, and Veronica Neacsu have been nominated for the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The three illustrators are competing with another 235 candidates from 60 countries. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is the largest children’s literature award in the world. The Romanian illustrators will compete with other talented professionals from Iceland,…
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For the first time in Romania, a vet doctor performs successful prostate cancer surgery in a dog
For the first time in Romania, a vet doctor has performed the first surgical removal of the prostate in a dog. Doctor Alexandru Vitalaru, who is a university assistant at the Veterinary Medicine University in Bucharest was helped by Ion Dragomiristeanu, who is a surgeon at the dr. Theodor Burghele Urology Clinical Hospital. The surgery…
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This Romanian child is considered an IT genius
A Romanian boy is considered a genius in the IT field. Not only this young boy has demonstrated that is highly intelligent but he has also invented several things. Mircea Palade is currently 13 years old and he has surprised many people in Romania. This year he has won the gold medal at the National…
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The Romanian army invents the bullet proof vest for women
The Romanian army has launched a new invention: the bulletproof vest for women. This model was created especially with women’s physique in mind. The defense ministry has said that this new vest will be distributed to 3,500 women from the Romanian Army. Researcher Claudiu Lazaroaie stated that the vest has special cups for women’s chest…
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