Positive News about Romania

  • Transylvanian hand painted furniture now selling worldwide

    Beautiful hand painted furniture from Transylvania, Romania now can be enjoyed by everyone in the world thanks to Mircea Ungureanu and Oana Cerbu. The couple have started their business in 1996 when Mircea Ungureanu noticed a furniture shop where a lady was selling painted furniture with Hungarian inspired illustrations. According to Adevarul he said ”…

  • 25 Great Romanian women who changed the world

    25 Great Romanian women who changed the world

    There are many Romanian women who made history and made our lives better, either by making discoveries, by writing stories, by participating in politics or fighting for people’s rights. Here is a list of great Romanian women The first female engineer in Europe was a Romanian woman- Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu. Born on 10th of November…

  • 100 children participate in making a documentary about Cojocna

      Over 100 children from Cojocna are participating in making of a documentary about their commune. For about two years they have been part of an educational project based on cinematographic art. The movie, created by children, presents the most important places in Cojocna and every day life. Children were able to discover many of…

  • Village in Romania will allow you to experience ancient Dacian lifestyle

    Village in Romania will allow you to experience ancient Dacian lifestyle

       Many people would like to travel through time and experience the past times. Until someone builds a time machine, we will be able to experience the Dacian times thanks to Mihail Milea. Mihail Milea is a priest who is very passioante about history. So big is his passion that he decided to build a…

  • Mahmudia community organizes award galas for their talented children

    It is said it takes a village to raise a child. People from Mahmudia, Tulcea county took it literally as they decided to help the children in their commune. So they organized awards for students that have good results in school, workshops, dance lessons and photography lessons to stimulate their creativity. Domnita Maftei, one of…

  • Romanian restaurants become popular in Italy

    It is well known that Italy has a large number of Romanian immigrants. Many of them now have started successful businesses and some of them even opened up restaurants that serve Romanian food. Italian food is very popular around the world, however despite that Italians seem to fall in love with Romanian food. For example, Zina…

  • Hero saves father and child from drowing in Dambovita river

    Hero saves father and child from drowing in Dambovita river

       Imagine seeing a car sinking in the river and jumping in the freezing waters to save lives. This is what happened two days ago when Alexandru Puiu (30 years old) noticed that after a car crash, a car plunged in the river and the victims were still trapped inside the sinking car. While people…

  • “Son of Saul” film starring Romanian actor Levente Molnar wins Oscar

    “Son of Saul” film starring Romanian actor Levente Molnar wins Oscar

       Hungarian drama “Son of Saul” directed by Laszlo Nemese, won the Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. The movie stars Romanian actor Levente Molnar, who interpretes Abrahaam Warsawski, the friend of the main character, Saul. The movie tells the story of Saul, a Jewish prisoner who was part…

  • Romania wins first place at the Balkan Indoor Championships

    Romania wins first place at the Balkan Indoor Championships

       Romania has won the first place in the Balkan Atheltics Indoor Championships that were held in Istanbul this year. The Romanian teams have gathered 7 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 5 bronze medals. The sportsmen who won gold were: Cosmin Ilie Dumitrache for 60 m hurdles Mihai Donisan for shop put Adelina Pastor…

  • American music band finds success in USA through their love of Romanian music

       Four American musicians have formed a Romanian music band. It might sound as a joke, however what it means is that the four musicians are playing Romanian traditional music.  The Garlic band is now travelling through the US promoting Romanian music and has had a huge success. The band members are inlove with Romania…