Category: Good News
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Trains get beautiful makeover thanks to artists
Travellers to the Black Sea will have the chance of travelling by a more unusual train. The train called ” Pasarea Maiastra” (Majestic bird) has already made its first trip yesterday from Bucharest towards the seaside. The train was painted by Cristian and Razvan Scutaru, inspired from artist Adrian Felix Darabeanu who has won a…
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Jazz in the park festival opened in Cluj-Napoca
The festival Jazz in the Park has started in Cluj-Napoca city and will continue for seven days. Stages were set on the Somes river banks and in the Central Park. The event has plenty of stuff for everyone- jazz, classic music, games and sports. The festival opened with a concert by Teodora Enache and Benny…
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Gold, silver and bronze medals for Romania at Balkan sports competition
The Balkan sports competition has proved to be successful for Romania this year. Adelina Pastor from CSM Timisoara has won the gold medal for the 4×400 metr relay race. She has won the gold together with Anamaria Ionita, Andreea Miklos and Bianca Razorwith a time of 3:31:26. They have beatrn Greece with a 6 seconds…
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Men’s fencing team wins the bronze medal at the European championships
The men’s fencing team has won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Torun. The team formed by Mihai Covaliu, Dolniceanu, Teodosiu and Badea have defeated Hungary with a score of 45-32. Previously Romania has beaten Turkey with 45-22, France with 45-42, but lost to Russia with 32-45. The women’s fencing team have…
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Romanian students won global competition for inventing high tech glasses for blind people
The Oculus Romanian team has won the Global Finals of the Social Innovation Relay, with their high tech invention- a pair of eye seeing glasses that have safety and navigation devices. The competition had over 10,000 participants from 10 countries: Bulgaria, Czech republic, Greece, Japan, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Singapore, Spain and Hungary. The second place was…
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Washington mayor declares 24th of June the Universal Day of the Romanian Blouse
Although Romanians have been celebrating the day of the Romanian blouse for a few years now, it is finally official. 24th of June has been declared the Universal Day of the Traditional Romanian Blouse. The Romanian embassy in US has noted that Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington DC has recognised it as a symbol…
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Gold and silver medals for Romania at the European fencing championships
Simona Gherman has won the gold medal at the European Fencing championships in Torun, Poland. Gherman has defeated her own colleague, Ana Maria Popescu at the individual fencing category with a score of 9-5. Previously, Simona Gherman has defeated Jospehine Coquin, France with 13-12, Irina Embrich with 15-11 and Julia Beljajeva, with 15-12 from Estonia, Monika…
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Stilt houses holiday village in Danube area to open this summer
An unusual stilt houses holiday village was built in the Danube area, in Caras Severin county. The village now has 15 houses and two pools, however houses are still being built. In the end, the village will have 30 stilt houses situated on the Clisure Dunarii, Berzasca. The project is called ” The right to Danube” and it…
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Bike-sharing system increasingly popular in Romania
Bike-sharing starts to be a popular way of transport in Romania, as only in Cluj-Napoca city, 12,000 people have made cards to use the 500 bicycles made available for free by the city council. Since last year, when the 500 bikes were set at the 50 stations around the city, the council authorities estimated that…
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Romania wins over 100 medals at World Karate Championships, beating US (66 medals) and Italy (62)
The Romanian Karate Federation WKC has conquered the World Union of Karate-Do Federations Championships WUKF in Dublin, Ireland. The Romanian federation has won in all categories over 100 medals ( 49 gold, 25 silver and 26 bronze), beating the US with 66 medals ( 22 gold, 20 silver and 24 bronze) and Italy with 62…
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