Category: Good News
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This amazing Franciscan monk cares for 5000 orphans
Franciscan monk Bojte Csaba has helped over 5,000 children in 25 years. The man has become a monk after his father died because he was tortured during the communist era. Bojte Csaba has given up his fortune to help abandoned children. According to digitv the priest said that there were many abandoned children. He noticed…
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World Happiness Report: Romania is a happier country than last year
Romanians seem to have become happier than in recent years, according to a recent survey. The 2017 World Happiness Report has put Romania on place number 57. The survey was done in 155 countries. Compared to 2016 Romania was on the 71st place and on place 86 in 2015. Now the country seems to have become…
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Romanian students obtain highest grade at Italian national exams
Two Romanians have managed to obtained 100 points out of 100 at the Italian national exams. Cosmin Siea and Tudor Haja have graduated from two prestigious high schools in Parma. They were born in Romania but they have been living in Italy all their lives. Only four students in the area have managed to get…
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Romanian-Japanese Tamio Nakajima wins gold medal at international IT Olympiad
Romanian-Japanese student Tamio Vesa Nakajima has won the gold medal at the Informatics Olympiad of Central Europe which was organized in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The student has competed for four days, two days were dedicated to computer configuration and two days were dedicated to solving algorithm problems. The young man who currently lives in Beius has…
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Romanian app beats 900 apps and wins Facebook competition
A Romanian application has won a Facebook competition. The app was created by Romanian start-up ATI Studios and it is led by Alexandru Iliescu and Tudor Iliescu from Brasov. The two brothers have invented an application for language learning. The app called Mondly was considered the most successful application in Europe, the Middle East and…
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Romanian scientist discovers that only a quarter of the human genome is functional
Romanian scientist Dan Graur has made an important discovery. He has found that the functional part of the human genome is only 10-15 %, and the maximum limit is 25 %. The rest of the genome is called DNA junk which is a term that was invented by Susumu Ohno in 1979. The term refers…
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Romania wins four medals at international yachting competition
We often hear about Romanians winning medals in gymnastics, volleyball, and canoe, however, we almost never hear about Romanians excelling in yachting. Last weekend Romanians have proved however that there are high chances that they are going to make history in the sports of yachting. Three competitions were organized last weekend at the Black Sea in…
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Elena Andreea Panturoiu wins gold at the European athletics championships
Romanian athlete Elena Andreea Panturoiu has won the gold medal at an international competition in Poland. The Romanian athlete aged 22 has become the best in Europe at triple jump. The second place was taken by Ana Peleteiro from Spain with a performance of 14,19 meter while the bronze medal was secured by Rouguy Diallo…
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Doinita folk ensemble wins second place at International Culture Festival
The Doinita folklore ensemble has won the second place at the International Folklore competition in Bosnia Hertzegovina entitled the Folklore Festival of Orthodox Countries. The competition took place between July 6-10. Patriarch Daniel and the Romanian Patriarchy have sponsored a part of their trip. The festival has been hosting over 80 folk and music ensembles from 47…
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Suceava wins European Destination of Excellence competition
Suceava city was voted as a winning destination of the Eden competition, the European Destinations of Excellence for 2017. The Ministry of Tourism has designated the European Destinations of Excellence in Romania this year. The winning destinations are: Suceava- first place, Tara Chioarului- second place, Sighetu Marmatiei- 3rd place, Colinele Transilvaniei- fourth place, Scheii Brasovului…
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