Category: Good News
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Romanian invents tyre that produces electricity
Razvan Basarabeanu has invented a tyre that produces electricity. According to him this tyre will increase the autonomy of electric cars with almost 1,000 kilometres. He stated that his idea means that piezoelectrical crystals are introduced in the structure of the tyre with the purpose of producing electricity and the electricity transfer is done through…
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Norman Manea wins the big prize at the Guadalajara Book Fair
Norman Manea has won the 2016 Literary Award of the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Romance Languages. The Romanian writer was previously Romania’s nomination for the Nobel prize for literature in 2014. This is the first time a Romanian author has been given this award. The prize was generous, as he received 150,000 dollars at the…
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82 year old couple run the Alba Iulia Union cross competition holding hands
Over 500 people have participated this weekend at the Union cross this weekend at the Alba Carolina citadel in Alba Iulia. Among the runners there was also an elderly couple, both of 82 years of age, that ran the whole 2,7 kilometres while holding hands. They have been together for 56 years and they both…
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4,000 volunteers plant over 90,000 trees across Romania in one day
Volunteers have planted over 70,ooo trees in 7 counties of Romania. This huge tree planting has been done within the campaign ” We plant good deeds for Romania”. The planting took place on November 19 in 7 out of 9 planned counties. The planting in Harghita took place on November 12 and the one in…
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“Romanians adopt remainians”campaign wins 3 awards
The ” Romanians adopt remainians” campaign organized by Gandu newspapers and GMP Advertising/Webstyler has received three awards at the Internetics 2016 gala. The campaign has received the Silver Viral Non Video award in the Social-Media-Online PR section and in the Social Media-Online PR Special Project section and has won the Art, Culture, Media and Entertianment,…
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The first smart pedestrian crossing to be set up in Tulcea
The first smart pedestrian crossing will be set up in Tulcea at the end of the week. The crossing will help drivers, as they will be warned when someone crosses the street. The smart crossing was set up in two weeks and it is located in the centre of the city. The crossing will light…
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Man builds traditional village for tourists in Arges county
Soon tourists will be able to enjoy living in traditional Romanian houses in the beautiful county of Arges. A Bucharest resident, graduate of Tourism management and marketing university, with experience only in the field of book sales, Ciprian has started a project through which he will renovate traditional houses, transform them in a living museum…
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Commune in Romania giving away free houses
A mayor from the commune of Concesti is offering free houses to young families. The unusual decision was taken due to the fact that the commune is losing its population as people tend to move to the city or they go to work abroad. Already four families are taking advantage of the offer and are interested in…
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“Discover Romania with Peter Hurley documentary shown to Chinese public in Shanghai
“Discover Romania with Peter Hurley” documentary was presented at the Jing An cultural centre in Shanghai. According to AGERPRES, the event has gathered people that are passionate about Romanian cinema, together with local community representatives and also representative of the Shanghai businesses, journalists and members of the Romanian cinema group that were present at the…
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Romania wins 2nd place at European IT competition
Romania has won the second place at the European Cyber Security championship. The competition was organized in Dusseldorf, Germany in November 7-11. The event was dedicated to individuals with IT skills and it is an initiative of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA). All European countries have participated in this competition…
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