Positive News about Romania
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Female relay team wins silver in World Indoor Championships
The Romanian female team has won the silver medal at the 4×400 metre relay race. Adelina Pastor, Mirela Lavric, Andrea Miklos and Bianca Razor have finished the race in 2 minutes and 31,51 seconds. They were beaten by a hair by the Polish team formed of Ewelina Ptak, Malgorzata Holub, Magdalena Gorzkowska and Justyna Swiety…
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Thousands of volunteers spend the first days of spring planting trees all over the country
This spring started with a beautiful campaign ” We plant good deeds in Romania” that consists of planting trees all over Romania. The campaign started on 19th of March with many volunteers heading towards Timis, Iasi, Buzau, Valcea and Giurgiu. In Timis county 300 volunteers planted trees in Sinmihaiu Roman area, while in Iasi volunteers will plant…
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On Monday you can pay for your coffee with a poem
Romanians will be able to buy coffee with poetry in over 200 coffee shops from around the country. The manifest campaign called “Pay with a poem” will take place for one day only, on the 21st of March, 2016. The campaign started in 2013 when 6,300 poems were gathered.In 2014 on the International Day of Poetry coffee…
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Romanian wins hardest ultramarathon in the world
Tiberiu Useriu, a Romanian ultra marathon runner has crossed the finished line at Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, winning the toughest race on the planet called the Arctic race 6633 Arctic Ultra. This has not been an easy race for Tiberiu as he has run 563 km for a week across the Arctic shore, in very tough weather…
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Ana Blandiana nominated for European Poet Award for Freedom
Romanian poet, essayist and writer Ana Blandiana has been nominated for the prestigious European Poet Award for Freedom 2016. The poetry volume that was nominated is called ” Patria mea a4″ ( My country). The award ceremony takes place every two years in Gdansk, Poland between 17-19 March and poets from Denmark, Macedonia, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Hungary…
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Former teacher from Harghita collects over 100 unique traditional Romanian shirts
Doina Dobreanu, former teacher in Subcetate commune, Harghita county has gathered over a hundred unique traditional shirts in her lifetime. She mainly collects shirts from the area of Superior Mures. Some of these shirts have their own history, as they have been created by hand in the beginning of the 20th century. The commune…
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Romanian photographer captures unique patterns of the human eye
Andrei Mogan, a graphic designer from Cugir town, Alba county has impressed the world with his collection of macro photography. He has taken over 300 photos of the human eye. The project is called “Look into my eyes” and many of the photos are actually eyes of Andrei’s friends. He photographed their eyes and after posting them…
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400 “mucenici”pastries baked for retirement home residents by Masterchef cooks
400 retired people from two retirement homes in Bucharest have enjoyed special traditional pastries called “mucenici”this week. The pastries were made by combining traditional recipes with fusion cooking. The food was prepared by four retired ladies that work with the Never Alone association ( Niciodata singur) together with the Bionic Chefs. The Bionic chefs…
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101 year old woman celebrated by the community
A 101 year old woman from Oarda de Jos, Alba Iulia has been celebrated by the community for her longevity. On women’s day, on the 8th of March, the Military college “Mihai Viteazu” from Alba Iulia has awarded female teachers honorary awards and has also invited Maria Barb. The war veteran widow was born…
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Brasov hospital receives donation to help save premature babies
A 25.000 euro high tech incubator and a vital function monitor have been donated to a Brasov hospital. The machines were donated by the Save the Children foundation NGO ( Salvati copii Romania) and the online book shop Libris.ro to the “Dr Ioan Aurel Sbarcea” hospital in Brasov. The NGO drew attention to the…
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