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  • Romanian ballerina praised by New York Times magazine

      Alina Cojocaru, a ballet dancer of Romanian origins has been recently praised by the famous New York Times magazine after she performed on stage on the prestigious Rose Theater in New York. The article said: “Is there a ballerina today held in more widespread affection than Alina Cojocaru? This Romanian-born dancer was trained in…

  • Romanian university professor awarded Order of Merit by German president

    University professor Nicolae Alexandru Pop has been distinguished by the president of Germany, Joachim Gauck with the Cavaliers’ Cross of the Order of Merit. This distinction has been given by the German ambassador of Germany, Werner Hans Lauk. This distinction is a sign of appreciation for his efforts in favour of the Romanian-German relations by…

  • Romanian traditional dance included in UNESCO cultural heritage list

    A Romanian traditional dance called “Feciorescul de Ticus” which is specific to Ticusul Nou village is now part of the immaterial cultural patrimony of UNESCO, together with other 19 customs from around the world. According to mytex.ro, Romania has managed thanks to the Ministry of Culture to include on the immaterial patrimony list this dance…

  • Romanian woman develops software that protects confidentiality for Google

    Raluca Ada Popa is considered now one of the most successful women in the world. Her software programme called CryptDB, which was created in order to protect confidential data against hackers has been used by famous companies such as Google and Lincol Labs. The programme is so efficient that companies have been fighting over the…

  • Five year old Romanian child genius the youngest MENSA member

    Anthony Popa Urria a five year old child of Romanian origin is now the youngest member of MENSA, the High Level IQ People’ Society.  He has an IQ of 154, which means he is considered a genius child. Reportedly a score of over 140 can be achieved only by genius individuals. The child lives in Calgary,…

  • International Female Police peacekeeper award for Romanian policewoman

    Romanian police officer Raluca Domuta has been awarded the title of International Female Police peacekeeper 2015 due to her involvement in ONU search and rescue missions in Haiti. The award has been given by the International Association of Women Police – IAWP, which was held in Cardiff, this year. Raluca Domuta was appreciated for her efforts in…

  • Romanian scientist wins the “Oscars of inventions”

    Romanian physics professor Flaviu Turcu, from Babes- Bolyai university in Cluj, has won the R&D awards, also widely recognized as the “Oscars of invention”. Every year R&D awards 100 most innovative breakthroughs of the year and this year Turcu was one of the winners. Flaviu Turcu was recruted among with other scientists in 2010 to…

  • Romanian wins paragliding World title

    George Cotet from Brasov has won the world title for paragliding at World Air Games which took place in Dubai this year. Cotet has competed with 18 other paragliders from around the world. At the moment he is also considered the best pilot at fixed point landing in Romania and the fourth best in the…

  • Romanian students invent machine that recycles leaves

      Three students from Iasi have invented a machine that recycles leaves that fall from the trees. They came up with the idea when they noticed that there were a lot of trees surrounding their high school and a lot of leaves went to waste. “We realised that we needed to do something in order…

  • Maria Boldor wins Fencing World Cup

    Maria Boldor from Steaua Bucuresti has won Sunday the World title for Fencing, junior section, after beating Flora Pasztor with 15-12. According to the Romanian Federation of Fencing, Boldor has also beat Tatiana Yu Rong Wong from Singapore with 15-8, Beatrice Argenti from Italy, with 15-10 and Marie Soriano, from France with 15-6. Besides Maria Boldor,…