Category: Good News
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Romanian students win gold medals at the International Geography Olympiad
Romanian students continue to impress the world. These days they have won four medals at the International Geography Olympiad. Maria-Sabina Calisevici from Campulung Moldovenesc and Ioan-Adrian Toma, from Focsani, have won the gold medals. Radu Artiom, from Jean Monnet high school in Bucharest, has secured the silver medal and Sorina Avadanei, from the Calistrat Hogas…
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21 year old Andreea Grad, named Sorbone valedictorian
At the young age of 21 Andreea Grad can be proud of her achievements. This year she has graduated from Sorbonne university in Paris and she has managed to have the highest academic rank in her class. Andreea Grad is from Luna Ilvei commune, population 3,000, Bistrita-Nasaud county. She attended the Andrei Muresanu national college in Bistrita, finished…
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Over 600 artists dance together at Romania’s largest interethnic festival
The beautiful town of Sighisoara has celebrated national minorities this weekend.] in a festival called Pro Etnica. This is one of the largest festivals in Europe to promote minorities. More than 600 Albanian, Turkish, Greek, Italian, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Romanian artists danced together with tourists in the central market. The festival also included workshops, art…
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Cluj-Napoca-to become first city in Romania to use electric buses
Cluj-Napoca will be the first city in Romania to use electric buses. The city hall has already purchased 30 electric buses with Swiss funds. The company that produces the buses has convinced the city hall that the buses are very efficient and that they can handle heavy traffic. The Hungarian team has travelled for…
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“A mere breath” wins Best Documentary award at Sarajevo film festival
Romanian documentary ” A mere breath” has won the Best Documentary Award at the International Film Festival in Sarajevo. The documentary is focused on Sicrea family’s life for seven years, as Dobrin waits for a miracle to help his daughter to get up from her wheelchair. The movie shows how the children grow up,…
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Gheorghe Visu wins Best Actor Award at Sarajevo Film Festival
Romanian thriller ” Dogs” directed by Bogdan Mirica has won two prizes at the Sarajevo film festival. On Saturday, Gheorghe Visu has won the Heart of Sarajevo award for best actor. The second award the movie won was a Special Mention of the Jury The movie ” Dogs” will be shown in theatres in Romania…
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Romanian students win silver and bronze medals at International IT Olympiad
The Romanian Olympic team has won three silver medals and one bronze medal at the International IT Olympiad in Kazan, Russia. The silver medals were secured by Andrei Popa, from Mihail Kogalniceanu high school in Vaslui, Costin Andrei Oncescu, from Dinicu Golescu national college, Campulung Muscel and Andrei Costin Constantinescu, from the International Informatics Highschool…
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Visitors relive the medieval times at Dracula Fest
Visitors to the Dracula Fest this year have enjoyed a medieval atmosphere and thematic shows. The festival was organized at Vlad Tepes’ castle in Poenari and visitors had to walk up the 1,480 stairs. They were greeted with a bag of food and water just like Vlad Tepes was welcomed here. The festival started with…
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You can now see Europe’s largest bison at this new research station in Romania
Good news for bisons in Romania! Europe’s largest bison has been reintroduced in the wild for some years now and a few days ago a research station for the study of bisons has been established. The station is supported financially by the Swiss government. The station, situated in Fenes village, Tarcu mountains, Caras…
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Great grandma’s recipes inspire young woman to open cafe
A young lady has open a pastry shop and cafe using only her great grandmother’s recipes. Although Teodora Pup has studied horticulture at university and she thought she will help with her parents’ strawberry business, she opened up this cafe. She realised the strawberry business needs proper technology and a lot of money. The strawberry business…
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