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  • People run 21 kilometres in honour of Union Day

    20 people ran 21 kilometres on the 24th of January, from Galati to vama Girgiulesti in Moldova Republic only for the purpose of dancing the Unification Hora called “Hora Unirii” across the border. The activity was called “Let’s join hands” and people got together to run in spite of the really cold weather. It was -14…

  • Hobbit style houses built in Romania

      At 20 km from Buzau, at Berca, a pretty little village is being built and it is quite similar to the hobbits ‘houses in the Lord of the Rings. The five houses have unusual characteristics, the windows are actually car windscreens and the roof is built in such a way that grass will grow…

  • Romanian film festival takes place in Strasbourg in January-February

      The fourth edition of the Romanian film Festival „4ème Quinzaine du Cinéma Roumain” takes place until 16th of February in Strasbourg and will present six movies from Romania and Moldavia that were filmed between 1987-2015. The festival will present documentaries, comedies, historical movies, love themed movies and political movies. Director Leontina Vatamanu and producer Virgiliu Margineanu…

  • Mergea and Bopana qualify to doubles at ATP World Tour finals

    Florin Mergea and Rohan Bopanna, the Romanian-Indian tennis player team has qualified on Friday to the last 16th stage in Melbourne, after defeating Lukas Dlouhy/Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 6-3, 6-2 in 58 minutes. The pair will receive a check of 40,000 Australian dollars and 180 ATP points and in the next stage they will play against…

  • Warm welcome for Dakar competitor, Mani Gyenes

    Emanuel Gyenes, a motorcyclist who has gained the 14th place in the Dakar rally, 2016 has received a very warm welcome when returning to his workplace in Satu Mare, receving a 48 kg cake that represented the mountains of South America. Emanuel is very proud of his achievement, even though 14th place does not seem…

  • Romanians come back home to open successful businesses

      A part of Romanians who emigrated a few years in order to have a better life have returned in the country and have opened successful businesses. According to stirileprotv.ro Romanians have put aside thousands of euro and now they open businesses such as producing candles. This example comes from an individual called Gabriel Hognogi,40…

  • Students from Cluj win NASA competition

    Five students from Cluj have won the European NASA Space Robotics competition for the 11-13 years category. The five students from Nicolae Balcescu highschool and Iuliu Hatieganu school from Cluj-Napoca have worked half a year to develop the project under the supervision of their teachers. Their older colleagues will also participate in the finals of…

  • Romanian girls win BT Young Scientist award

      Maria Louise Fufezan, 16 and Diana Bura, 15 have won the biggest prize of “BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition 2016”, which was organized in January in Dublin.Their project was called „An Investigation into the Effects of Enzymes used in Animal Feed Additives on the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis Elegans”. Diana Bura was inspired to undertake…

  • Angry with the local authorities’incompetence, a commune mayor cleaned the streets off snow

      Valentin Vrabie, the mayor of Pestera has decided to clean the streets off snow with the help of the Council employees, after the authorities did not bother to clear the roads. Pestera commune was isolated for two days due to heavy snow and blizzards. The schools were closed and food delivery stopped. The authorities had…

  • 122 years since the birth of Romanian hero, Ecaterina Teodoroiu

    January marks 122 years from the birth of Catalina Teodoroiu, a Romanian woman who has fought and died in World War I and is viewed as a heroine of Romania. Ecaterina Teodoroiu was born on 16th of January 1894, in Vadeni village which is now a neighbourhood of Targu-Jiu. She was part of a poor…