Category: Good News
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Down Beat Magazine gives five stars to Romanian-American jazz band
American jazz media outlet DownBeat Magazine has given five stars to jazz band Elevation for their album Songs from Afar. The album has songs written by Romanian pianist Lucian Ban and also includes songs inspired from folk and wedding songs from Romania, specifically the Transylvania region. The jazz group is formed of Abraham Burton,…
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“Illegitimate” movie receives Berlin Festival award
“Illegitimate” directed by Adrian Sitaru has won the C.C.C.A.E.- Confederation Internationale des Cinemas d’Art et d’Essai award. The movie was nominated in the 66th edition of the Berlin International Festival and was selected from 44 movies that were nominated. The award was received by the producer Anamaria Antoci. The movie was aclaimed by criticis…
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Volunteers will build 40 houses in 5 days for disadvantaged people in Bacau
There are many organisations that try to improve people’s lives, but perhaps there is no organization that changed the life of the poor like Habitat for Humanity. This organization has built houses for 64,000 people in Romania in 20 years of activity, an investition that costs around 15 million euro. The houses are built…
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Brancusi week: 140 years from the birth of sculptor Brancusi honoured worldwide
This weeek we are celebrating Brancusi week, a Romanian sculptor who has been considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century. His sculptures were exhibited in many museums across the world, some of the most famous exhibits were set in the famous Guggenheim museum and the Musee National d’Art Modenre in…
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Another new British study confirms Romanian children are the happiest in the world
Last year, a research that surveyed several countries has shown that Romanian children are among the happiest in the world. This year a new survey that was undertaken in 16 countries and covered over 8,000 children confirms yet again that Romanian children are the happiest in the world. According to the research, Romanian children…
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Romanian novel The Mill of Good Luck (Moara cu noroc) turned into a modern day thriller movie
The famous Romanian novel “The Mill of Good Luck” (Moara cu noroc) was turned into a thriller movie called “Horizon” (Orizont). The director, Marian Crisan says that the movie is a homage to the movie directed by Victor Iliu and wanted to make more movies in that genre. In an interview with digi tv…
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Students from Craiova college win bronze and silver medals at the Science Olympiad in South Korea
We have to agree that Romanian children are one of the most intelligent in the world. Just last year students from the Fratii Buzesti National college in Craiova have won the silver and bronze medals at the International science Olimpyad from South Korea.Madalina Stanasel and Radu Romanescu participated in December at the Junior Science…
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Romanian mushrooms now popular in European restaurants thanks to a family from Oradea
Romanian mushrooms are appreciated now all over Europe thanks to Alexandru Chis from Oradea. Alexandru Chis has started his mushroom business in 2012 when his business started to fail because of the financial crisis. He began by selling mushroom in Romania but now he is selling only 35 percent of what he produces and…
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Romanian fencing team wins World title
The Romanian female fencing team has just won the World Fencing championship that took place in Argentina. Ana Maria Popescu, Simona Gherman, Simona Pop and Loredana DInu have won against Russia with 45 to 40. Before that the team beat Brazil with 45-37, USA with 45-27 and Estonia 45-36. At the moment Romania has the…
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Romanian hairstylist wins Paris International Hairdesign competition
Romina Sabou has won the grand prize of the Haute Coiffure Trophy yesterday. The competition took place at Carousel Du Louvre in Paris and gathered over 600 hairstylists from different countries.Only 10 competitors have qualified for the finals and Romina Sabou secured herself the first prize, thus becoming the best hairstylist in the world. …
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