Category: Good News

  • Adrian Ghenie’s painting sells for 3,252,500 pounds at Sotheby’s auction

    Adrian Ghenie’s painting sells for 3,252,500 pounds at Sotheby’s auction

    One of the most successful painters in Romania, Adrian Ghenie has sold another painting just yesterday. The painting called Self Portrait as Charles Darwin was estimated between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 pounds and it sold for 3,252,500 pounds. The painter had another creation, called Memories, which was estimated at 350,000-500,000, however it did not sell. Sotheby’s said…

  • Polish people set up a fan club​ to show their love for Romania

    Polish people set up a fan club​ to show their love for Romania

    A group of Polish people from Krakow have formed a club that is centred around their love for Romania. They have no connection to Romania or Romanians outside the fact that they just love the country. They have learnt the language, they go on holiday there and they promote it in their country. Now they…

  • New cycling route takes you through beautiful unexplored areas of Transylvania

    New cycling route takes you through beautiful unexplored areas of Transylvania

    If you love biking in nature, you will love biking through Transylvania. A new route was established that goes from Viscri to Sighisoara and it is 100 kilometres long.     This route goes through eight villages ( Viscri-Bunesti-Crit-Mesendrof-Cloasterf-Saschiz-Archita-Daia) and it was made with the purpose of promoting natural landscapes, culture and history. It goes…

  • Why is Dacia so successful in France?

    Why is Dacia so successful in France?

    French newspaper Le Monde has examined the reasons why the Dacia is so successful in France. It seems that there are plenty of qualities that make the Dacia attractive to the average French: price, design, and reliability. The most known models in France are Logan, Duster and Sandero. According to the report, last year, although…

  • Romanians in Belgium: Marian Sava, a world renowned sculptor

    Romanians in Belgium: Marian Sava, a world renowned sculptor

    There are many Romanian artists that have become succesful abroad. One of them is Marian Sava, a sculptor who lives in Belgium. Marian Sava used to work as a sailor, however he has always had the dream of becoming a sculptor. At age 35 he ran from communist Romania to Belgium. Since then, he has…

  • Vlad Tanase, the man who ran the North Pole marathon for 7 days at -30 degrees

    Vlad Tanase, the man who ran the North Pole marathon for 7 days at -30 degrees

    A young man from Slatina has chosen to compete in the toughest marathon in the world, the North Pole marathon. Vlad Tanase is one of the 20 people in the world that have managed to finish this marathon in the last eight years. The man, who works as an economist, has chosen to run in…

  • Ioana Cozmuta, the story of a Romanian who works at NASA

    Ioana Cozmuta, the story of a Romanian who works at NASA

    Ioana Cozmuta from Baia Mare is currently studying different ways in which people can colonize the moon and how people can adapt their life and work in space. She has been working at the American Space Agency for 15 years. Ioana Cozmuta has graduated from Babes university in Cluj-Napoca. Ioana Cozmuta has done her Ph.D. in…

  • Tecau and Rojer win the Dubai Tennis Championships

    Tecau and Rojer win the Dubai Tennis Championships

    Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer have won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday. The Dutch-Romanian team has managed to beat Marcin Matkowski and Rohan Bopanna with 4-6,6-3,10-3. Tecau and Rojer have proved to work together well as a team as last year they have also won the Mutua Madrid open and in 2015…

  • Adrian Bejan, a successful​ Romanian:28 books written,600 scientific papers published and 18 honorary Ph.D. awards

    Adrian Bejan, a successful​ Romanian:28 books written,600 scientific papers published and 18 honorary Ph.D. awards

    You might have heard of Romanian personalities, such as Nadia Comaneci or Tudor Giurgiu, however, there are many more Romanian personalities that are successful in their field, even though they are not known to the wide public. One of them is Adrian Bejan, a Romanian professor who currently teaches at Duke university, where is a…

  • Why more and more French people move to Romania

    Why more and more French people move to Romania

    There are many reports that state that many French people come to study and live in Romania and that there is a quite large community in Romania. In fact, positivenewsromania.com has interviewed one French expat who lives in Cluj county. Sources report that the highest number of foreign people living in Cluj in 2013 were…