Category: Good News

  • Romania’s first automatic dog wash opens in Cluj-Napoca

    Romania’s first automatic dog wash opens in Cluj-Napoca

      The first automatic dogwash in Romania just opened in Cluj. The service allows dog owners to wash them and dry them in the best conditions. The idea belongs to a group of Cluj residents who thought about helping dog owners who find washing their dogs a difficult task. This automatic machine allows dog owners…

  • Bucharest residents can now donate clothes at these new containers

    Bucharest residents can now donate clothes at these new containers

      Bucharest residents are now able to donate clothes thanks to several containers that have been set up throughout Bucharest’s parks. The containers where people can put clothes are located in 15 parks. These are Luigi Cazzavillan, Venus, Regina Maria, Brâncuşi, Nicolae Iorga, I.C. Brătianu, Automatica, Piaţa Pajura, Teofana, Kiseleff, Bazilescu, Izbiceni, Cireşoaia, Băneasa and…

  • Two off-duty female police officers catch thief

    Two off-duty female police officers catch thief

    Two women police officers from Bucharest have caught a thief while on their way to an exam. The two police officers are part of the General Direction of Bucharest Police. The women were on their way to an exam that will allow them to be part of the officers’ department as supervisors. A man told…

  • Larisa Iordache wins the gold medal at the Summer Games in Taipei

    Larisa Iordache wins the gold medal at the Summer Games in Taipei

      Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache has managed to win the gold medal at a gymnastics competition in Taipei. The gymnast has received 13,800 points in the finals at the floor competition. She has managed to beat Asuka Teramoto with 13,766 points and Lilia Akhaimova from Russia with 13,533 points. So far, Iordache has also won…

  • Simona Halep included in Forbes top 10 world highest paid female athletes

    Simona Halep included in Forbes top 10 world highest paid female athletes

    Simona Halep is now on the list of world’s highest-paid female athletes of 2017. Halep has reached number 10 with a total of 6.2 million dollar earnings in one year, between June 2016 and 2017. Between 2015 and 2015 she earned 6.8 million and she reached number 7. The number one in the list is…

  • Romanian doctor discovers blood test that finds cancer before symptoms start

    Romanian doctor discovers blood test that finds cancer before symptoms start

    A team of doctors from the John Hopkins Medicine Centre lead by Romanian doctor Victor Velculescu have developed a blood test through which cancer is detected before symptoms appear. The test discovered cancers in the first stage in a proportion of 60% and cancers in the second stage in a proportion of over 90%. There…

  • People form human chain to save sisters from drowning in Eforie Nord

    People form human chain to save sisters from drowning in Eforie Nord

    Two sisters who went in the sea yesterday were saved by people on the beach by forming a human chain. The incident happened on a beach in Eforie Nord seaside resort and the media noted that the red flag was set on the beach to warn people to not go inside the sea. The two…

  • Robots help Romanian sick children go to school

    Robots help Romanian sick children go to school

    A Romanian NGO is helping children suffering from cancer live their lives with the help of robots. According to stiriong.ro the association helps children who have remained isolated socially. Due to the disease, young people do not have the chance to live a normal life and they miss many important moments. The association has chosen…

  • Romanian director wins award at Locarno movie festival

    Romanian director wins award at Locarno movie festival

    Cristina Hanes has won the Pardino d’Oro award for the Best International Short Film. The award was given for the Portuguese movie Antonio and Catarina which she directed. The movie was part of the international competition’s section Pardi di domani. This section is dedicated to screen shorts and also medium-length movies shot by young independent…

  • The first beach for people with disabilities in Europe to be set up in Constanta

    The first beach for people with disabilities in Europe to be set up in Constanta

    The first beach for people with disabilities in Europe is set to be established in Constanta. The beach will have a therapeutic purpose and it will be located on the North Promenade. The beach will have special areas for 100 beach chairs, two areas with a capacity of 1000 places for people that want to…