Positive News about Romania
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Romanian runner wins Vienna half marathon
Alexandru Corneschi has won the Vienna half marathon, ending with a performance of 1 hour and 7 minutes. Alexandru has run 21 km in a marathon that gathered 42,000 participants and one million spectators. The winners of the half marathon for men and women: OMV Half marathon Men 1. Alexandru Corneschi (ROM) 1:07:00 Stunden…
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Attention wine lovers! Wine festival in Satu Mare!
If you love wine, then you are in for a treat. Satu Mare city will organize a wine festival on the 15th and 16th of April, 2016. The event will gather many wine producers from the county and people will be able to taste some of the wine on display. There will be also other…
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3D exhibition held in Cluj-Napoca museum
You can now travel back in time with a special 3D exhibition held in Cluj-Napoca. The National Museum of Transylvanian History has a special 3D exhibit where the visitors can walk virtually through ancient Rome and Sarmizegetusa, which used to be the capital of Dacia. The museum statement states that “The exhibition is a unique concept,…
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Monastery hosts children to help them attend school
Nuns in Bistrita Nasaud county have been hosting children in their own monastery to help them attend school. 16 children from a small village called Ciosa, which has only 238 residents, have been forced for a long time to walk between 8-12 kilometres to reach their school in Piatra Fantanele village. The village does not have…
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Romanian researchers invent jelly with gold nano particles
A team of researchers from the USAMV university in Cluj has invented the Golden Jelly, a jelly from orange, strawberry and coconut jelly, with gold nano particles. The jelly has antibacterial and antioxidant characteristics. The three researchers, Adrian Martau, Loredana Leopold and Dan Vodnar have invented the recipe and the project will be published by…
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Six courageous Romanian women awarded by the American embassy
The American embassy has awarded six Romanian women the ” Women of courage” award. Every year the embassy awards courageous women from all over the world and Romania made no exception. The award celebrates exceptional courage, leadership and support for human rights, women equality and social progress. Hans Klemm, the American ambassador said “While these women come…
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Classical music concerts to be held in Bucharest subways
A series of art events will be held in Bucharest’s subways in April. Four metro stations will be transformed in classical music venues for travellers to enjoy for a period of five days. The concerts will be held between 18-22 of April (5.30p.m to 7.00 p.m.) in Piata Unirii 1, Piata Unirii 2, Universitate, Piata Victoriei.…
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Largest CPR training in the world to be organized in Bucharest
11,900 Romanians will participate in the largest CPR training session in the world in an effort to break the world record. The course will be organized by the Rescue Society Association in Bucharest and the Bucharest-Ilfov Ambulance Service. The course will take place on the National Arena in May and over 600 instructors will attend.…
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Claudiu M. Florian awarded European Union prize for literature 2016
Romanian writer Claudiu M. Florian has been awarded the European Union Prize for literature 2016. He was awarded for the book called “The Ages of the game. Citadel street (Varstele jocului. Strada cetatii). The book tells the story of a German-Romanian family who lives near Brasov, Romania in 1973. Their grandparents moved to the United States…
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National Festival of Easter Eggs held in Ciocanesti village
Orthodox Romanians will soon celebrate Easter and a special tradition close to everyone’s hearts is dyeing and painting eggs. Romanians Easter eggs are now famous for their beauty, as even the British Museum proudly displayed them. If you are curious to see beautiful painted eggs and how they are crafted, there are several festivals around…
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