Category: Good News
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TVR International launches campaign to promote Romania
TVR International channel has launched a campaign for promoting Romania and the traditional blouse, called “ia” ( pronounced- eeeyah). The campaign encourages the audience to share a photo of themselves wearing the traditional blouse and to say what Romania means to them. The campaign takes place between June 1-19 and the competitors can win three…
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Over 100 ceramic artisans at the Hurez Rooster festival
Over 100 traditional artisans attended the ” Hurez rooster” festival in Horezu. The festival brings together artists that create ceramic pottery in Romania but also people from all over the world that love traditional products. The artists came from Harghita, Suceava, Vrancea, Gorj, Mehedinti and from three centres in Valcea- Horezu, Lungesti, and Vladesti. Besides…
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Writer Mircea Cartarescu wins Gregor von Rezzori award for ” The body”novel
Romanian writer Mircea Cartarescu has won the Gregor von Rezzori award at the Writer’s Festival in Florence. The literary prize was given for the best foreign fiction book written in Italian. The competition took place between June 6-8 in Florence, Tuscany. The Romanian writer received the award for his novel ” The body” which is…
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Love horses? Join the horse show in Prod village, Transylvania!
Prod village will be home to the Transylvania Horse Show this year, an international event that gathers 60 young competitors from different countries. The event has three official competitions: the Complete International Competition, the Beginners and pre Beginners competition and the International University competition, dedicated to students. On Friday several stages of the competition started:…
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Adopt a puppy today at dog event in Satu Mare city
A special event was set today in Satu Mare city to encourage people to adopt dogs. The event takes place today between 10.00 a.m and 4.00 p.m. in from of the Telekom building. The organizers hope that people will adopt one of more dogs that were brought at this market. The event is organized by…
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Sibiu theatre festival is now open! Over 2,000 artists will attend
Sibiu is once again the capital of culture, as it hosts a theatre festival for 10 days. The festival began on Friday and it will be open until June 19. 2,000 artists and almost 65,000 spectators will attend the festival. The 23rd edition of the Sibiu Theatre festival began with a series of exhibits, workshops,…
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Cristina Neagu wins title of World Handball Player of the Year 2015
Cristina Neagu was voted world Handball player of the year 2015. A group of experts from the International Handball Federation has selected 10 best handball players in the world and the media and the fans chose Cristina Neagu as the best female handball player and Mikkel Hansen as the best male handball player. The International…
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That’s determination! Olympiad silver medallist travels 25 km every day to school
While some of us take education for granted, other people have to really fight for it. For example, a student from Negrileasa village, Stulpicani commune travels each day 50 kilometres to reach his college in Gura Humorului. Alexandru Big is not just a common student. He has won the silver medal at the Chemistry International Olympiad…
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Engineers create Tracia, the first Romanian caravan
The first Romanian caravan is currently being built by two Romanians, Gabriel Bugnar and architect Cristian Silviu Valentin. The caravan is called Tracia and was created for 4-5 people, with a weight of 900 kilograms, a length of 5,5 metres, a width of 2,1 metres and an interior height of 2 metres. The caravan has…
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Over 300 young artists to participate in George Enescu festival
Over 300 artists from 48 countries are going to participate at the George Enescu international competition. The competition will take place between September 3-25 at the Ateneul Roman. The theme of the event is “fulfilling dreams”. The deadline for signing in for the event closed on June 1st. The judges will select a final list…
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