Category: Good News
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European bison to double its population in Romania
The bison population in Romania will double by 2020, which means there will be over 100 bisons in the Carpathian mountains. The announcement was made Friday by the WWF Romania and Rewilding Europe. The organisations are working together on this project since 2012 and they are trying to reintroduce the bisons in the Tarcu mountains.…
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The amazing Elena Pagu! At 90 she wins gold medals at running competitions!
At 90 years old Elena Pagu is a woman worth of admiration. She has recently won the gold medal for a 5,000 metre competition and is currently preparing for another world championship in Australia. Elan Pagu has already seven world titles and she will not stop there. This summer she celebrated her 90th birthday and she…
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Great news for taxpayers! Over 100 taxes removed by Romania’s Chamber of Deputies
Great news for taxpayers as the Parliament has agreed to a law project that eliminates 102 non-fiscal taxes. The law was voted yesterday, October 25 with no opposition. According to romania-insider, Dragnea stated on Facebook: “These taxes meant time and money lost for all Romanians. We want more Romanians in the middle class and for…
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Good news! Dobrogea spur-thighed tortoise population has doubled
The Dobrogea spur-thighed tortoise population has doubled in the last 12 years according to the Macinului mountains National Park Administration. Today there are around 4,000 spur-thighed tortoises and although it seems like a small number, this is a significant increase of the population. Viorel Rosca, the director of the administration has pointed out that the…
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Romania wins four medals at the European Table Tennis Championships
Romania has won one gold medal and three bronze medals at the European Table Tennis Championships. Daniela Dodean Monteiro with her Portuguese husband Joao Monteiro have won the gold medal in the mixed doubles competition. They have beaten Mattia Karlsson and Matilda Ekholm from Sweden with a score of 3-2. The bronze medal was secured by…
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Sieranevada and Graduation awarded at Chicago International Film Festival
Romania was a big winner at the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival. Sieranevada has won the Gold Hugo prize, the festival’s biggest prize for the best international movie. Cristi Puiu has also won the directing award. Another Romanian-French movie called “Graduation” directed by Cristian Mungiu has won the screenplay award and also the best…
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” Plant of the future” to be cultivated in Romania
The so-called “plant of the future”, called topinambour will be grown in Romania. The plan is also called sunroot, sunchoke and Jerusalem artichoke and it is a species of sunflower which is native to North America. A specialist team from Buzau has managed after 20 years of research to create a new type of topinambour…
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Want to have a laugh? The largest comedy festival in Europe just started in Cluj
The International Film Comedy Festival in Cluj has brought over 150 Comedy Films from all over Europe. The event lasts for 10 days and it already opened last week at the Florin Piersic cinema with a New Zeeland comedy called ” Hunt for the Wilderpeople”. The comedy has won eight prized at the International festivals.…
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Romania’s dancers rank first in the world
Romania’s dancers and Italy dancers currently rank first in the world. The rating was done according to the number of medals. In 25 years, Romanian dancers have won 11 gold medals and 18 bronze ones at the world championships. The competitors who have won at least 8 world titles…
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Romanian students win gold, silver and bronze medals at International Astronomy Olympiad
Romanian students tend to conquer all olympiads and this year they managed to win several medals at the Astronomy olympiad. Students Robert- Gabriel Pascalau from the Tudor Arghezi school in Navodari, Constanta county, Paul Florin Rebenciuc from the Miron costin primary school, Suceava and Radu Andrei from the Nicolae Balcescu national college in Braila have…
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