Category: Good News

  • Romanian fighters win bronze medals at MMA World Championships in Las Vegas

    Romanian fighters win bronze medals at MMA World Championships in Las Vegas

    Cristian Iorga and Raluca Dinescu have managed to secure two bronze medals at the mixed martial arts MMA World Championships in Las Vegas. Cristian Iorga, category 70.3 has beaten Geir Kare Cemsoylu Nyland from Norway in the third tour of the championship but lost to Pieter Roedulf Roets, from South Afrika. Cristian has managed to…

  • Billion Star Hotel movie awarded best movie at Miami Independent Film Festival

    Billion Star Hotel movie awarded best movie at Miami Independent Film Festival

    Billion Star Hotel movie won the best fiction movie award for 2016. The award was given by the Miami Independent Film Festival in June. The event was held within the Movie Month event in Miami USA, coordinated by the New York Film Academy. The festival was held at the New York Film Academy South Beach…

  • Archaeologists find mega structure near Prut river

    Archaeologists find mega structure near Prut river

      Romanian archaeologists believe they have found a 7,000 years old temple on the banks of Prut river. The 1,000 metre structure was found within the Cucuteni culture area, on the shore of Prut river, close to Ripiceni commune by a group of researchers from Botosani, Iasi and Suceava. The structure was found after two…

  • Romanian artist exhibits in New York

    Romanian artist exhibits in New York

    Romanian artist Ioana Niculescu-Aron exhibits her artwork in Artifact gallery, New York. Her 24 artworks are shown within the Equilibrium exhibit during June 29-July 10. The artist has created her pieces during her visit to the United States. The result is shown in her paintings like in a movie. Ioana Niculescu-Aron is currently studying Master…

  • Garana jazz festival starts today!

    Garana jazz festival starts today!

    Garana Jazz Festival, the most important open-air jazz festival in Central and East of Europe starts today, July 7. This is the 20th edition of the festival and big names are going to perform:  Jack DeJohnette, Yuri Honing, Carlos Bica, Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, Kari Ikonen Trio, Louis Sclavis Trio, Food, KTU, Kurt Rosenwinkel. The Garana Jazz…

  • Romanian girl wins gold medal at World Games for Children who beat cancer

    Romanian girl wins gold medal at World Games for Children who beat cancer

    Romania won the golden medal at the Chess competition within the World games for children who beat cancer. The competition was held in Moscow this year. Over 500 children from 16 countries competed in different sports such as race, swimming, football, shooting and chess. Romania’s representative for chess is Alexia Timofte, a 14 year old…

  • Arad city breaks world record for longest chain of bottle caps

    Arad city breaks world record for longest chain of bottle caps

    The longest chain of bottle caps in the world was formed in Arad city. The chain consisted of 197,319 and broke the world record. The previous world record was held by a Belgian city and it had 87,575 caps and it was formed in 2014. The event was held in Arad city’s stadium on July 2…

  • Mechanical music festival to be held in Iasi

    Mechanical music festival to be held in Iasi

    Those interested in music and unusual instruments will be happy to know that Iasi will host a Mechanical Music Festival. Visitors will be able to see an exhibit of musical boxes, mechanical pianos, street organs and gramophones. The event will also have many concert shows, dance shows, animation, video projections and workshops. The festival will…

  • Romania wins World Dance sport competition for juniors

    Romania has won the World Dance Sport Championship Junior II Standard. The competition was held this year in Timisoara city, Romania. The event was presented by Cristian Jurcut, the owner of the Feeling Dance Academy Oradea. 70 teams from 39 countries participated. Each country has sent their best teams, the dancers that won their national…

  • New summer fun park opened in Sibiu!

    New summer fun park opened in Sibiu!

    A huge fun park opened last weekend at the Platos Paltinis Arena, near Cindrel mounties, Sibiu county. The park has over 15 attractions.   Summer sledge The summer sledge has a special lane that will be used when there is lack of snow, as seen in the previous photo.     CROSS COUNTRY TRAIL The Cross…