Category: Good News

  • Google, Instagram, TripAdvisor and Yahoo are coming to ICEEfest in Bucharest

    Google, Instagram, TripAdvisor and Yahoo are coming to ICEEfest in Bucharest

    Bucharest will host the largest internet festival, ICEEfest in June 9-10, 2016. Over 100 speakers will be present and visitors will be able to meet the biggest names in the industry, such as Google, Instagram, Yahoo, TripAdvisor and Linkedin. International TV channels like BBC and CNN will also come at the event. This is a…

  • Romanian wounded while trying to stop robbery in Italy

    Romanian wounded while trying to stop robbery in Italy

    A Romanian man tried to stop two men that were robbing a tobacco shop in a neighbourhood in Lamezia Terme, Italy. The Italian newspapers note that he was in the neighbourhood when he heard a woman screaming. He entered the shop and found the robbers. While trying to stop the robbery he was wounded by a…

  • Romanian artists participate in a festival in Portugal

    Romanian artists participate in a festival in Portugal

    Romanian artists are currently participating in a festival in Portugal that celebrates international communities. The Saberes e Sabores de Outras Gentes festival is organized within the Contemporary project with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute in Lisbon and the Redondo Cultural Centre. The event take splace in the city of Redondo between May 19-29 and has guests…

  • Romanians abroad celebrated on May 28 in Cernauti

    Romanians abroad celebrated on May 28 in Cernauti

    The Day of Romanians from around the world will be celebrated in Cernauti, Ukraine on May 28 2016. The day will be celebrated through a traditional music concert with artists from Romania, Ukraine and Moldova. Famous Romanian singers will participate at this event: Stefania Rares, Elisabeta Turcu Juverdeanu, Cristian Pomohaci, Nicolae Datcu and Stela Botez.…

  • Baby bear saved by rangers in Brasov county

    Baby bear saved by rangers in Brasov county

    A baby bear was saved by rangers in a forest near Brasov. The bear was chased by a pack of dogs and ran in a forest. The rangers noticed that the baby bear was by itself for a few days in the Timisu de Sus area and was also sitting on the edge of a national…

  • 150 NGOs gathered to celebrate civil society in Romania

    150 NGOs gathered to celebrate civil society in Romania

    150 NGOs from Romania participated at the seventh edition of the ONGFest in Bucharest. The event, that celebrates civil society in Romania also invited NGOs from Bulgaria, Kosovo, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Moldova, Slovakia and Hungary. The groups were able to be involved in debates, workshops, informal activities and concerts. The theme chosen for ONGFest in…

  • Romanian researchers win International microrobotics competition

    Romanian researchers win International microrobotics competition

    A team of researchers from Valahia university in Targoviste city have won two out of three challenges at the Mobile Microrobotics Challenge 2016 in Stockolm, Sweden. The team consisted of: Conf. dr. ing. Ioan Alexandru IVAN, Conf. dr. ing. Florin DRAGOMIR, CS. dr. Ioana Daniela DULAMĂ, ACS. drd. ing. Ion Valentin GURGU, ACS. drd. ing. Ioan Alin BUCURICĂ, Masterand ing. Nicolae…

  • “Dogs” directed by Bogdan Mirica wins critics award at Cannes festival

    “Dogs” directed by Bogdan Mirica wins critics award at Cannes festival

    Romanian director Bogdan Miraca’s “Dogs” has won the International Society of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award at Cannes festival. The critics also gave an award to a German-Romanian comedy-drama “Toni Erdmann”. Bogdan’s Miraca’s “Dogs” tells the story of a man who comes to a village in the Romanian countryside with the purpose of selling a land that he inherited…

  • Night of the museums event in 170 museums across Romania

    Night of the museums event in 170 museums across Romania

     Thousands of museums in 30 European countries will be open tonight for visitors. The event was created to encourage people to visit museums with their friends and families. 170 museums and cultural institutions will be open tonight.  This year the event will also include organized museum circuits in cities like Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca and…

  • Fun music concerts held in trolley buses in Cluj-Napoca city

    Fun music concerts held in trolley buses in Cluj-Napoca city

    Every year people of Cluj-Napoca celebrate their city through unusual events. Yesterday a musical group has given free concerts to bus travellers in Cluj. They called the event- jamsession mobil and they sang together with the Cercul intreg band. The group had an open mike session and different musical instruments.   https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCerculIntreg%2Fvideos%2F829121493898519%2F&show_text=0&width=560