Positive News about Romania
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Timotei Rad, a Romanian who travelled 230,000 km around the world
Timotei Rad, from Cluj, has travelled around the world, crossed over 230,000 km in three years, covering 4 continents. His method of travelling was hitcking. In his travels, he was not only picked up by normal drivers, but also by police, in Columbia and Chile, by an ambulance, in Ukraine, by a Russian army truck…
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Scientist Viviana Gradinaru awarded by president Obama
Viviana Gradinaru, main researcher at the California Institute for Technology has received the 2016 ” Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and engineers”. Barack Obama will hand the awards this spring at a premiere ceremony organized in Washington. These awards are given every year to individuals who bring innovations in science and at the…
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The story of Dragobete, the day Romanians celebrate love
Dragobete is the day Romanians celebrate love. It is celebrated on the 24th of February and it is considered the first day of spring. The celebration of Dragobete was preserved since the times of the Dacian tribes. Dragobete was the son of Baba Dochia, who is a mythical character identified with the return of…
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Eduard Casaneanu wins gold at the Olympics individual hockey skills competition
Eduard Casaneanu has won the ice hockey skills contest on Thursday, 18th of February at the 2016 Youth Olympics organized in Lillehammer, Norway. Casaneanu managed to get 14 points after six rounds, beating Sebastian Cederle from Slovakia, with 12 points and Erik Betzold, representing Germany with 11 points. Eduard Casaneanu was very proud and…
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Female bobsleigh team wins Bronze medal at World Winter Champhionships
The final day of the 2016 Iglis World Winter Champhionships, that took place in Austria, brought bronze to the Romanian bobsledders female team. It was a historic four-woman exhibition race and the competition saw two Canadian teams winning the gold and silver medal while the Romanian team settled for the bronze. Maria Adela…
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How an optimistic Romanian created a Romanian positive news website
If you only watch TV and read the newspapers you will think nothing good happens in Romania. However, if you go online there is one website that is doing their best to show good people doing amazing kind acts. The website is called romaniapozitiva.ro and it showcases many positive stories about Romania. Recently, another…
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Down Beat Magazine gives five stars to Romanian-American jazz band
American jazz media outlet DownBeat Magazine has given five stars to jazz band Elevation for their album Songs from Afar. The album has songs written by Romanian pianist Lucian Ban and also includes songs inspired from folk and wedding songs from Romania, specifically the Transylvania region. The jazz group is formed of Abraham Burton,…
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“Illegitimate” movie receives Berlin Festival award
“Illegitimate” directed by Adrian Sitaru has won the C.C.C.A.E.- Confederation Internationale des Cinemas d’Art et d’Essai award. The movie was nominated in the 66th edition of the Berlin International Festival and was selected from 44 movies that were nominated. The award was received by the producer Anamaria Antoci. The movie was aclaimed by criticis…
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Volunteers will build 40 houses in 5 days for disadvantaged people in Bacau
There are many organisations that try to improve people’s lives, but perhaps there is no organization that changed the life of the poor like Habitat for Humanity. This organization has built houses for 64,000 people in Romania in 20 years of activity, an investition that costs around 15 million euro. The houses are built…
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Brancusi week: 140 years from the birth of sculptor Brancusi honoured worldwide
This weeek we are celebrating Brancusi week, a Romanian sculptor who has been considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century. His sculptures were exhibited in many museums across the world, some of the most famous exhibits were set in the famous Guggenheim museum and the Musee National d’Art Modenre in…
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