Category: Inspirational people
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Creative mechanic builds his own tractor out of scraps
A car mechanic from Gorj has built all by himself a tractor. The mechanic has manually built the coachwork of the car and he has gathered the car parts from different old cars. Overall, it was estimated that the tractor would cost around 1.500 lei ( 336 euros). A used tractor costs at least 6,000…
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Romanian student wins Glasgow University ‘Best Graduate’ award
There are many examples showing that the world is full of good people. The big media corporations tend to only show negative examples of Romanians, ignoring so many positive stories. One good example is Laura Nicoara, a Romanian student from Buzau. She has studied at Glasgow University and she has managed to gain the titles…
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British writer who moved to Romania:” Transylvania brought me back to life!”
Successful British writer Arabella McIntyre-Brown has chosen Romania as her home. While UK media always presents Romania in a negative manner, you would wonder why someone successful would move to such a badly portrayed country. Arabella first went to Romania on holiday many years ago, in the area of Zarnesti, Magura. According to Financial Times,…
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Stefan Guzu: the story of a Romanian elected as mayor in Germany
Stefan Guzu from Romania has been chosen as a mayor of Ivenack commune in Germany. The man was born in Romania, however he has been working in Germany as a police officer for 20 years. Now, he has been chosen by the locals as a mayor in his commune. However, the job is purely volunteering,…
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Romanian climber conquers Ama Dablam mountain peak
Torok Zsolt from Arad city has managed to conquer one of the toughest mountain peaks in the world, Ama Dablam in Himalaya. The alpinist, together with Teo Vlad and Marius Gane, has set the Romanian flag as soon as he reached the peak. According to mediafax, Torok Zsolt said ” Teo Vlad, Marius Gane and…
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Priest from Constanta awards scholarships to outstanding students
A priest from Constanta city, Romania has decided to spend the church’s donations in an unusual way. He is rewarding students that have good results in school and in sport with money. Ilie Petre is currently a priest at the Sfantu Dumitru church in Constanta and is also a director at the Theology Seminar in…
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Romanian neurobiologist to grow a functional human cortex
A Romanian neurobiologist is undertaking research for the purpose of generating a human cerebral cortex in the laboratory. This research is done for identifying the pathological processes that determine autism and schizophrenia. Sergiu Pasca is doing his research at the Standford Universtiy in USA, and last week he has presented his project at the Babes University.…
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Romanian student acepted by four prestigious American universities
Costin Dobrin from Mircea cel Batran national college in Constanta has been accepted by four prestigious American universities, such as Harvard, Columbia, Duke and Rice. Costin Dobrin has excelled in school since he was young. In 2015 he received the highest award at the International Olympiad of Geography in Moscow and in 2014 he participated at the…
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13 civic groups unite in a network to improve people’s lives in Bucharest
Civil society in Romania might not have been very active in the past, but things seem to be moving forward as more and more citizens are active in the community. Some of the civic groups that formed in Bucharest now got together and formed the Bucharest Civic Network ( Reteaua Civica Bucuresti). The network…
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The amazing life of Liviu Librescu
Liviu Librescu was no ordinary person as many people, including the ones he saved from being shot, soon realised. Born in Ploiesti, in Romania in 1930 in a Jewish family, he was sent to a camp in Transnistria with other Jewish-Romanian families and then in a ghetto in Focsani. He was lucky to survive, as…
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