Positive News about Romania
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The Wine Book of Romania-Romania’s largest wine review book launched
The first edition of a Romanian wine book was launched this April. The book contains a description of 214 wines that are produced in Romania and Moldova. The wines were evaluated by eight international experts during an international event and 15 percent of the wines have received five stars. The Wine Book of Romania is…
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Romanian girls win 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals at the European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad
The Romanian girls’ mathematics team has won 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals at the fifth edition of the European Girls’ mathematical Olympiad. The silver medals were won by Ioana Alexandra Teodorescu ( grade 11), Raluca Cobzaru (grade 12), Clara Maria Dima ( grade 9), Lenca Iarina Cuturela ( grade 9) from International informatics…
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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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The Electric Wolf: the first Romanian electric car
A team of specialists from the Institute for Cryogenics and Isotope Separation from Valcea have invented an electric car that will be available on the market in 2019. The car is called The Electric Wolf and the researchers hope that it will be able to rely on an electric motor for at least 300 km. The…
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Young man from Moldova travels 40,000 km around the world with only 270 euros
A young man from Moldova has travelled the 40,000 km around the world with only 270 euros in his pocket and ended up in New York where he launched a successful travelling agency. Pavel Ciobanu has travelled between 2005-2010 only with 270 euros and carrying only a backpack. He noted that because he lived at…
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Students from Cluj win first place at international Seismic Design Competition
Students from the Technical University in Cluj have won the first place at the Seismic Design Competition, held in San Francisco, United States. The team was formed by Marian Horia, Caraza Andrei-Cosmin, Ratiu Bianca Alexandra, Pop Alexandra Alina, Iordache Ioana Cristina, Cornea Daniel, Popa Catalin Ioan, Monda Marius Rares, Stroia Bogdan Gabriel, Haba Szidonia, Bartha Miklos…
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Petre Veteleanu: a Romanian priest who dedicates his life to helping human trafficking victims
For over 20 years, a priest from Valcea has been helping, human trafficking victims, poor children and lonely old people. Petre Veteleanu has realised he can do more than church duties and that he can actually bring good in the world. In 2000 the priest, while on a trip to Italy has discovered that hundreds…
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Greek community in Constanta to set World Record for largest Sirtaki dance
The Greek community in Constanta city is preparing a public show in a bid to break the world record for the largest gathering of people dancing Sirtaki.
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