Category: Good News

  • Best handball player in the world: Cristina Neagu wins for a record third time

    Best handball player in the world: Cristina Neagu wins for a record third time

    Cristina Neagu was voted the best handball player in the world second year in a row, the International Handball Federation announced. The 29-year-old handball player has beaten Nora Mork from Norway, Nycke Groot from Netherlands, Isabelle Gullden, Sweden and Kari Grimsbo from Norway.   Cristina Neagu was also voted the best player in the European…

  • Why this Romanian village attracts so many British celebrities

    Why this Romanian village attracts so many British celebrities

    The village of Breb in Maramures county seems to attract a lot of British celebrities. Some of the people who fell in love with it are prince Charles, writer William Blaker and photographer Duncan Ridgley. Prince Charles did not only visit the village but also bought two houses. On the other hand, William Blaker made…

  • Romanian students to participate in European Space Agency competition

    Romanian students to participate in European Space Agency competition

    Students at the Research center at a college in Constanta have built a robot and a small functional satellite. The students will participate with these inventions at an international competition in the US. They will compete in the First Tech Challenge with other 53 teams from 33 cities. The first stage of the competition takes…

  • New in Transylvania: the only dialysis treatment section for animals has just opened

    New in Transylvania: the only dialysis treatment section for animals has just opened

    A section of the veterinary hospital in Cluj-Napoca has opened a dialysis treatment section for animals that suffer from a renal impairment. Doctor veterinarian Razvan Codea said for Mediafax that this section will undertake intensive therapy and it will be able to save lives. This is the only section in Transylvania where this is done.…

  • Firefighters save puppy who fell down the well

    Firefighters save puppy who fell down the well

    Dobrogea firefighters in Constanta county were called today to rescue a puppy that fell in a well. The firefighters were called to an address in Ovidiu town to rescue the dog, that fell in a 4 metre well. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmediafax.ro%2Fvideos%2F1368238899864122%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Fortunately the well was not dangerous and was filled with plastic bottles which might have saved…

  • Romanian aviator pioneer Traian Vuia honoured at the European Parliament

    Romanian aviator pioneer Traian Vuia honoured at the European Parliament

    The European Union has paid tribute to Romanian inventor and aviator pioneer Traian Vuia. Several events were set up with the purpose of remembering his legacy that has helped develop the flight industry. European members of the parliament participated in debates and exhibits. An exhibit was set up in the Arthis Romanian -Belgian house in…

  • Romanian judo player wins gold at the World Judo Tour competition

    Romanian judo player wins gold at the World Judo Tour competition

    Judo player Larisa Florian has won the gold medal at the Grand Slam competition in Baku, Azerbaijan. Florian played in the 52 kilograms and managed to beat Reka Pupp, from Hungary. Previously this year Florian has won the third place at the Grand Prix competition in Dusseldorf where she managed to beat Charlie van Snick…

  • Romania wins three gold medals and two silver medals at the International Olympiad of Mathematics

    Romania wins three gold medals and two silver medals at the International Olympiad of Mathematics

    The Polytechnic University team have won the first place at the International Olympiad of Mathematics for students, 2017. The olympiad took place between March 1st-3rd in Macedonia. The team has won three gold medals and two silver medals and has managed to beat teams from 20 universities from South-East of Europe.   The students who…

  • Over 100 volunteers helped feed 500 rescued bats

    Over 100 volunteers helped feed 500 rescued bats

    100 volunteers have helped feed over 500 bats that were rescued from under debris in a neighbourhood. Without their care, the bats would have died. The bats were cared for in a special centre in Bucharest for a few days by researchers and volunteers. One volunteer saidȘ It is very interesting for me because I…

  • Italian media praises Romanian binman who returned wallet with 600 euro in it

    Italian media praises Romanian binman who returned wallet with 600 euro in it

    A 42-year-old Romanian has returned a wallet with 600 euros in it. Daniel Nelu Foca, who works as a binman in Padova has found the wallet and immediately returned it to the police. Foca has found the walled in riviera Tiso in Camposampiero in Padova, while he was working on emptying the bins. He said…