Category: Inspirational people
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Romanian researcher receives 1.5 million euro grant from the EU commission
A Romanian researcher has received a 1.5 million euros grant which will go towards the development of a DNA data analysis technology. This technology will be useful in medical diagnosis. His name is Alexandru Tomescu and he is a researcher in computer science at the Helsinki university. The Europea Research council has announced the grant…
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Two Romanian women named among MIT’s top 35 innovators under the age of 35
Romanian women Mariana Popescu and Raluca Ada Popa have been nominated in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ” World top 35 innovators under the age of 35“. MIT creates a list like this every year to celebrate accomplishments that have a dramatic impact on the world. The top includes researchers and innovators and generally focus on the fields of biomedicine,…
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Stefania Maracineanu, a pioneer woman of radioactivity
Surely, you must have heard of Marie-Curie. But have you heard of Stefania Maracineanu? Her name should be well known as her research and discoveries at the Radium Institute in Paris has lead to Joliot-Curies’ Nobel Prize in 1935. It is said that the discovery of the artificial radioactivity was already done by Stefania 10…
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How an immigrant Romanian woman built a fortune in Portugal
We hear a lot of rich to rags stories and most of them refer to individuals from America who travelled there with a few dollars in their pockets and a lot of big dreams. America does seem the land of possibilities. Our story in fact is also about a rags to rich stories set up…
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Profile of a painter: an interview with Bogdan Mihai Radu
Romanian painter Bogdan Mihai Radu has just had a successful exhibit in London this month. We had interviewed the winner of the 2018 Oxford International Fair about his exhibit, his muses and his art. 1.You’ve just had a successful exhibit in London these days. Can you tell us a bit about the exhibit and why…
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A Solo Traveler’s First-Day Friendly Romanian Experience
We are always happy to hear about people visiting our country and we are curious to know what they thought about their visit here. Raju Parakkal, professor of international relations at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, USA has visited our country several times. He writes and researches about Romania and our culture and he was…
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Crisan Pop Vlad Adrian wins the Arctic Ultra marathon
The amazing Crisan Pop Vlad Adrian has won the toughest ultramarathon in the world- the Arctic Ultra. The competition has two races. Crisan Pop Vlad Adrian has won the 193 kilometer one and Tibi Useriu, another Romanian competitor has won the 563 kilometre one earlier this year. Tibi has won the competition for three years…
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72 year old man donated his life savings to save babies
Have you ever donated a large sum of money? Most of us would probably think twice before doing this. A man from Aninoasa did not think twice before donating all his life’s savings, 10, 000 euros to the Municipal Hospital in Campulung. The donated money will be used to buy incubators for premature babies. 72…
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Romanian student awarded by Queen Elizabeth
Not many people get to meet the Queen of the United Kingdom and most of them are famous: movie stars, footballers, politicians. A Romanian student though, not only has met the Queen but has also been awarded by her with a medal called the Royal Mint. Cornel Micu, originally from Dolj, who is only 20…
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The Crafts Village, a special village where you can learn old crafts
Whoever knows how to make and design their own clothes anymore? In the past clothes used to be made of high quality, organic materials and nowadays these type of clothes are hard to find. This craft is not yet lost, as a couple has opened up a village where you can learn all sorts of…
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