Category: Good News
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Romania to obtain EU protection for several traditional products
Romania might obtain a protection certification at European level for another 14 traditional products. Some of these are the Plescoi sausages, Deltaica pike roe salad, and Vaideeni cheese. According to ProTV there are thousands of traditional foods that are protected at European level but Romania so far has only managed to protect four. Although Romania…
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Italian woman writes novel about Romanian immigrants in Italy
An Italian woman has written a novel about Romanian immigrants in Italy. The book is called Gli angeli del bar di fronte and it describes a world in which new immigrants, the Romanians, mix with the local population, the Italian ones. Elena Genero Santoro, the writer is an Italian woman who lives in Torino and is…
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Romanian cyclist Denis Vulcan becomes Spain’s number one cyclist for under 23 category
He is only 18 and yet he has managed to be number one in Spain. Denis Vulcan is now number one in the Individual Rank of the Spanish Cyclism Federation for the under 23 category. Denis Vulcan was born in Arad, Romania and has been living in Albatera, Alicante province since 2002. The Spanish website…
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Woman from Netherlands walks 2,000 km for stray dogs in Romania
A woman from Netherlands is walking for 2,000 km with the purpose of bringing to attention the issue of stray dogs in Romania. Monique Dubbeldam is a former policewoman and in her long walk she has taken along with her two dogs that she adopted from Romania. The woman has left Utrecht, Netherlands on…
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Volunteers give flowers to 6,500 retired people on International Day of Older Persons
Volunteers from 28 counties have brought a smile to retired people’s faces by bringing them flowers and greeting cards. Over 6,500 retired people have benefited from a week of entertainment and activities to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons. Thus 50 national organizations together with private companies and volunteers have offered flowers and greeting…
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Save the Children Romania donated medical equipment to 32 maternity wards across Romania in 2017
Save The Children organization has helped 32 towns and cities with medical equipment worth 700,000 euros in 2017. In the six years since the organization activates in the country, they have managed to save maternity wards across the country possibly saving the lives of many premature born children. The infant mortality has decreased from 10,1…
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Romanian woman and her organisation awarded Grand Prize at the Panter Gala in Berlin
Alina Iordan and his organization called Arbeitsunrecht Deutschland have been awarded the Grand Prize within the TAZ Panter gala in Berlin. The awards were given by Tageszeitung, a German newspaper. The newspaper gives awards to people that fight for other people’s rights, to everyday heroes. Each year the newspaper gives away 2 Panter awards. The…
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International festival dedicated to young Romanian talents to take place in Italy
The PROPATRIA international festival dedicated to young Romanian talents will take place in Rome from 12-21 October. Those interested should know that the events are free and they will be showcased in different locations around Rome, Italy. The event is organized by the ProPatria Romanian-Italian Cultural Association together with the Romanian embassy in Italy and…
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A Romanian woman is part of the team of researchers that won the Nobel prize for Physics
Anamaria Effler from Arad is part of the LIGO project that has received the Nobel prize for physics this year. The project has made observations in the field of gravitational waves. Anamaria Effler is 33 years old and is one of the 1,000 researchers from 20 countries that participate in this project. The Nobel prize…
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See photos of Miss Romania through the years- from 1928 to 2017
Romanian girls are quite famous for their beauty. Miss Romania competitions have been organized since 1928. When the competitions started to be organized the rules were very strict. Only unmarried girls were allowed. They had to have a good reputation and to not wear revealing clothes or corsets. 1928- Marioara Ganesco 2.1929- Magda Demetrescu The…