Category: Good News
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Transylvania college beats 3,000 British International schools and receives Lifetime award
A Romanian school was chosen among the best British international schools. This is the only school in Europe that reached the top and it has managed to beat 3,000 British schools from around the world. Transylvania college, which is located in Cluj, was included on the list of the ” British International School of the…
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Romanian castles rank in Europe’s top 20 most beautiful castles
A Spanish Magazine has chosen Bran Castle and Peles Castle in Sinaia as one of the most beautiful castles in Europe. El Pais magazine has made a list of 20 castles, including the Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria, Ashford Castle from Ireland, Chillon castle in Switzerland, and Trakai castle in Lituania. Bran castle, which made the…
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“Dogs” by Bogdan Mirica wins Best Foreign Film Award
“Dogs” by Bogdan Mirica has received the best foreign movie award. The award was given by the French Union of Film Critics, which runs the Critic’s week sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. The movie has previously won the Un Certain Regard award last year at the Cannes film festival…
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Romanian students win NASA competition
Five Romanian students from Timisoara have won a competition organized by NASA and MIT university. The competition, called Zero Robotics was set up in Amsterdam and the students had to create a code that would be able to move in real time the spheres on the International Space Station. The team has beaten 10 other…
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Aurora Simionescu named Associate professor at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
Aurora Simionescu, Associate professor at the JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is the first non-Japanese to receive such a role. Aurora Simionescu, 33 is one of the 13 Romanians that have been included in the top 100 leaders of innovation from Central and South of Europe, a top created by Google and Financial Times. Aurora…
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Romania’s women bobsled team wins bronze medal at the European championships
The women’s bobsled team has won the bronze medal at the European championships held in Winterberg, Germany. According to Mediafax, Andreea Grecu and Erika Halay won the third place with a time of 1:55:56. The second place was secured by Kohler and Fritz from Germany and the first place by McNeill and Douglas from Great…
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Romanian movie nominated for the Cesar awards
Romanian movie Bacalaureat directed by Cristian Mungiu has been nominated for the Cesar awards for the best foreign movie category. The movie has already won the best director award at Cannes movie festival last year. The movie will compete with Aquaris, a Brazilian-France production directed by Kleber Mendoca Filho, Toni Erdmann a movie directed by…
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Successful Romanians in Spain: Micaela Pop, a multi-award winning chef
There are Romanians who moved to other countries and built successful careers for themselves. One of them is Micaela Pop, a head chef at the Gran Sol Hondarribia, Spain. Since she has moved to Spain, Micaela has taken the culinary world by storm as she has started to win many culinary awards. Micaela Pop was…
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Sibiu named European Region of Gastronomy for 2019
Sibiu has now officially received the title of the Region of Gastronomy in 2019. The county has received the title alongside with the South Aegean region of Greece. The award was given for the cultural diversity and commitment to food. Daniela Cimpean, the president of the Sibiu County council stated at the ceremony: In the…
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New social cafe set up to raise funds for free health clinic in Bucharest
The Queen Mary social polyclinic foundation has just set up a social cafe. The profits of the cafe are intended to go to a social clinic that helps provide free healthcare to people that have no medical insurance or have financial issues. The social cafe was called Coffee and Stories and was set up with…
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