Category: Good News
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Ana Blandiana nominated for European Poet Award for Freedom
Romanian poet, essayist and writer Ana Blandiana has been nominated for the prestigious European Poet Award for Freedom 2016. The poetry volume that was nominated is called ” Patria mea a4″ ( My country). The award ceremony takes place every two years in Gdansk, Poland between 17-19 March and poets from Denmark, Macedonia, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Hungary…
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Former teacher from Harghita collects over 100 unique traditional Romanian shirts
Doina Dobreanu, former teacher in Subcetate commune, Harghita county has gathered over a hundred unique traditional shirts in her lifetime. She mainly collects shirts from the area of Superior Mures. Some of these shirts have their own history, as they have been created by hand in the beginning of the 20th century. The commune…
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Romanian photographer captures unique patterns of the human eye
Andrei Mogan, a graphic designer from Cugir town, Alba county has impressed the world with his collection of macro photography. He has taken over 300 photos of the human eye. The project is called “Look into my eyes” and many of the photos are actually eyes of Andrei’s friends. He photographed their eyes and after posting them…
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400 “mucenici”pastries baked for retirement home residents by Masterchef cooks
400 retired people from two retirement homes in Bucharest have enjoyed special traditional pastries called “mucenici”this week. The pastries were made by combining traditional recipes with fusion cooking. The food was prepared by four retired ladies that work with the Never Alone association ( Niciodata singur) together with the Bionic Chefs. The Bionic chefs…
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Brasov hospital receives donation to help save premature babies
A 25.000 euro high tech incubator and a vital function monitor have been donated to a Brasov hospital. The machines were donated by the Save the Children foundation NGO ( Salvati copii Romania) and the online book shop Libris.ro to the “Dr Ioan Aurel Sbarcea” hospital in Brasov. The NGO drew attention to the…
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Transylvanian hand painted furniture now selling worldwide
Beautiful hand painted furniture from Transylvania, Romania now can be enjoyed by everyone in the world thanks to Mircea Ungureanu and Oana Cerbu. The couple have started their business in 1996 when Mircea Ungureanu noticed a furniture shop where a lady was selling painted furniture with Hungarian inspired illustrations. According to Adevarul he said ”…
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100 children participate in making a documentary about Cojocna
Over 100 children from Cojocna are participating in making of a documentary about their commune. For about two years they have been part of an educational project based on cinematographic art. The movie, created by children, presents the most important places in Cojocna and every day life. Children were able to discover many of…
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Village in Romania will allow you to experience ancient Dacian lifestyle
Many people would like to travel through time and experience the past times. Until someone builds a time machine, we will be able to experience the Dacian times thanks to Mihail Milea. Mihail Milea is a priest who is very passioante about history. So big is his passion that he decided to build a…
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Mahmudia community organizes award galas for their talented children
It is said it takes a village to raise a child. People from Mahmudia, Tulcea county took it literally as they decided to help the children in their commune. So they organized awards for students that have good results in school, workshops, dance lessons and photography lessons to stimulate their creativity. Domnita Maftei, one of…
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Romanian restaurants become popular in Italy
It is well known that Italy has a large number of Romanian immigrants. Many of them now have started successful businesses and some of them even opened up restaurants that serve Romanian food. Italian food is very popular around the world, however despite that Italians seem to fall in love with Romanian food. For example, Zina…
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