Category: Good News
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Romanian short movie wins the grand prize at the FilmFest International Shortfilm Festival in Dresda
“First Night” movie directed by Andrei Tanase has won the grand prize at the Dresda-Filmfest International Shortfilm festival. The movie presents a special moment in the life of a young man. The movie shows the fragility of the masculine identity. The movie stars Alfredo Minea, Cristiana Luca, Mimi Branescu and Elvira Deatcu. The movie was…
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Romania wins the ICE Hockey U18 World Championship
The Romanian hockey team has won the 2017 IIHF ICE Hockey U18 World Championship after beating South Korea. The competition took place in Gangneung, South Korea. The Romanian team, coached by Cornel Chirita has managed to beat South Korea with 2-1 (1-1,1-0,0-0_ thanks to Reszegh Zsolt with the help of Eduard Casaneanu and Dosa Csaba. In…
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Romania wins the European Karate Championships
Romania has won 13 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 7 bronze medals at the European Karate Championship. The competition is organized in Cluj-Napoca this year and Romania has managed to win the European Championship, after already winning 30 medals. Romania has lost the championship last year to Italy. 1,846 sportsmen from 26 countries participate…
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Romanian woman wins US chess championship
Romanian chess player Sabina-Francesca Foisor has won on Sunday the USA Women Chess Championship. The competition took place in Saint Louis, Missouri. She has earned 8 points out of 11. She has managed to beat Nazi Paikidze with 7 points and Irina Krush with 6,5 points. Sabina Foisor was born in 1989 in Timisoara, Romania.…
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Over 140 traditional craftsmen present at the Florii crafts market in Bucharest
The Museum of the Romanian peasant has hosted a special market this weekend. The market was set up to celebrate the Florii holiday. The market was focused on traditional crafts, such as clothes, furniture, decorations and food. Over 140 traditional crafts people participated in this market. source photos:Idilia photo idilia.ro
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Florist plants 27,000 tulips in the centre of Oradea at his own expense
Marian Sabau, a florist from Oradea has planted 27,000 tulips in Oradea’s city centre park. The florist has paid for all the flowers and he did it to make the area more beautiful. He said that he wanted to do it just to prove to himself that he can do it. The tulips can be…
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Romanian cultural palace wins EU architecture prize
A Romanian architecture project has won the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in the Conservation category. The Cultural Palace, which is located in the town of Blaj, close to Alba Iulia was designed in 1930 by Victor Smigelschi. The palace was built with the purpose of hosting cultural events. It was also used to accommodate a…
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If you want to live in this Romanian town you have to plant three trees
If you want to move in this Romanian town, you are obliged by law to plant trees. Sounds strange but this is what the town council has decided. Nobody seems to be against this idea and the locals quite love it. The rule is if you buy a house in Ghimbav, Brasov county, or you…
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Bran castle’s secret tunnel to be opened for tourists
Starting with this year, tourists will be able to walk through a secret tunnel at Bran castle. This tunnel was never open to the public and it was built between the two world wars. The tunnel makes the connection between the castle’s inner yard and the royal garden. Specialists are working on improving the tunnel…
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This classic Romanian chocolate conquered the world
The well known classic Romanian chocolate is going international. Every year Romanians buy tons of this chocolate that reminds them of childhood. Now the producers are going international and they are selling the product in many countries with Romanian communities. The chocolate was made originally by two electric engineers with only 12 employees. Although the…
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