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  • Romania to compete in the finals of the World Architecture Festival 2015

    This year Romania will bring two projects in the finals of the World Architecture Festival, which will be held in November in Singapore. Romania was chosen from over 700 participants from all over the world. The two projects will be focused on the city of Constanta and Beclean town. One of the projects aims to…

  • Romanian team wins gold at fencing at Baku European Games 2015

    The Romanian fencing team has won gold after defeating Estonia with 31-25. The team is formed of  Ana Maria Branza, Simona Gherman, Simona Pop and Amalia Tataran. This is the second gold medal after Ana Maria Branza has won the individual. Romania has also got a  bronze medal thanks to Simona Gherman and a silver…

  • The American Embassy awards Romanian crepe business

    The American embassy has awarded Clatos mobile crepes company an “Entrepreneur of the month” award for its originality, quality and courage to transform an idea into reality. Alexandra Lipovan, who lives in Satu Mare, has invested her money into a crepe micro company when she was still a student. Alexandra said she wished to be…

  • Electric castle festival gathers thousands of festival goers despite the rain

    Electric castle festival gathered this year many famous music bands such as Fatboy Slim, The Cat empire and Asian Dub Foundation. The festival takes place every year around June (25-28 June) at Banfy Castle in Bontida, Transylvania and this year despite the heavy rain people seemed to enjoy the festival. The festival could be now…

  • Romanian becomes mayor of village in Spain

    Aurel Truta, 39, has become the mayor of Paramo de Boedo, a tiny Spanish village of only 100 inhabitants. Truta has left Romania 15 years ago like many other immigrants looking for a better life. Since then, he has worked in agriculture, constructions and restaurant industry. Before the elections the local political party proposed him…

  • Anda Gansca chosen as one of Inc’s 30 under 30 list

    Anda Gansca, 26, a Romanian entrepeneur was recently chosen as one of Inc’s 2015′ 30 under 30 list. This list prouds itself in being able to predict future succesful personalities. Some of their famous predictions include Facebook’s Mark Zuckeberg and Elizabeth Holmes of Theranod, a health industry leader in USA. Anca Gansca, which is founder…

  • The Treasure wins Cannes Festival prize

    Cannes International Festival has awarded Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure this Saturday, 23 May.  The juru that chose the winners was formed by Isabella Rossellini, Haifaa-al-Mansour, Panos Kourras, Nadine Labaki and Tahar Rahim. The film tells the story of two men that go through several adventures in their attempt to find a treasure buried in their…

  • Top ten false facts we believe about Transylvania

    Transylvania, the land of vampires, surrounded by mysterious dark mountains covered in fog, where werewolves wait in the shadows for their future victims… This is what we think when Transylvania is mentioned in the media. Probably most of us would not choose it as a touristic destination because some of us might think it’s fictional…

  • Documentary on Romanians living in UK, created by a British journalist, releases first teaser

    13 shades of Romanian is a documentary that was created in response to the British media’s negative coverage of Romanian immigrants in the UK. The documentary, which was funded entirely through crowfunding, focuses on the way Romanians live, work and integrate in the British culture. The producers of the documentary have stated on their website: “Our image,…

  • ” There’s some incredible places to visit in Romania”, the words of a British living in Romania

    A video series entitled ” Romania through their eyes” interviews foreigners that have chosen Romania as their home. While between 2.7-3.5 million Romanians immigrated to Western countries, Romania also has been the country of destination for around 198,839 immigrants from all over the world. Damian Galvin is a British citizen who came to Romania to do…