Category: Good News
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10- year-old boy becomes European champion of chess
David Radu, a 10-year-old boy has become the European champion of chess in his age category. David Radu, from Bucharest, has started competing since he was 6 years old. He has so far participated in the World Championships, the European championships, and the European Union championships as well many other national competitions. His mother noticed…
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The second food bank in Romania to be launched in Cluj
We all waste way too much food which could go to people who actually need it. Food banks have been established in many countries and in Romania and now it’s time for Cluj to also have one. The Food Waste Combat team together with the Bucharest Food Bank have now launched the first Food Bank…
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New Romanian tractor to be launched this year
It has been 15 years since the last Romanian tractor was produced. Now a new completely Romanian tractor will be produced again in Reghin. The tractor was designed and created by the IRUM Reghin engineers. 50 Romanian engineers have worked together in a new center within the Regin factory. 2,65 million euros have been invested…
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Digital company founded by Romanian wins Timmy Award for Best Tech Culture
Facebook, Linkedin, and other digital companies have won this award and this year the Timmy Awards prize for Best Tech Culture category has been given to a digital strategy agency founded by a Romanian. Digital Authority Partners was founded by Codrin Arsene, a Romanian who has moved to the US 12 years ago. Originally from…
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Inspirational book filled with successful stories about Romanians in the Netherlands to be published soon
Romanians who traveled abroad have accomplished many things, have found good jobs, have invented apps, have taught in universities and have participated successfully in their communities. The largest communities of Romanians in Europe can be found in Italy, Spain, and the UK and so you probably don’t hear much about Romanians living in the Netherlands.…
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Volunteers rebuild widow’s severely damaged house
A woman from Bucovat, Timis county has recently lost her house due to the rain and several volunteers helped build a new house. Florentina Irimescu lived in a tiny house which only had one room. The house was degraded due to the rain and the roof was damaged which had made the house vulnerable to…
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Romania wins 12 medals at the European Youth Weightlifting championships
The European weightlifting championships has brought us 8 new medals. Paul Dumitrascu has won the gold medal for the 69 category, lifting 170 kilograms. He was only positioned on the 6th place for the snatch category. Raluca Andreea Olaru has won also the gold in the snatch event ( 90 kilograms) in the 58 kilograms…
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Vienna- Cluj direct train to be introduced next year
Love train trips? You will love this route even more- Vienna-Cluj! Starting 2019 the Austrian railway company OBB will introduce a special train which will go from Viena to Budapest, Oradea and it will reach Cluj Napoca. The decision to introduce this train was taken due to the liberalization of the transport market in Romania.…
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Radu Paltineanu, the first Romanian to cycle across North and South America has reached the ” End of the World”
The first Romanian to cross the American continents by bike has reached the end of the world, in Ushuaia after 3 years, 2 months and 17 days. Radu Paltineanu has crossed Alaska, USA and several South American countries such as Argentina. In total, he has cycled over 34,500 kilometers. He started his trip in August…
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Romanian textbook awarded the bronze medal at the Frankfurt International Book Fair
Romanian school books have been under scrutiny lately, however, not all of them contain mistakes. A Romanian book dedicated to the subject of Geography has recently won the bronze award at the International Book Fair In Frankfurt. The Fair hosts the Best European Learning Materials 2018. The book was created by Silviu Negut, Carmen Camelia…
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