Positive News about Romania
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Ana Maria Popescu wins the silver medal at the World Fencing Championships in China
Another victory for Romanian fencing as Ana Maria Popescu has won the silver medal at the World Fencing competition in Wuxi, China. Popescu has managed to beat several competitors. She has beaten Kanna Oishi from Japan with 15-9, Rosella Flamingo from Italy with 15-8, Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura from Ukraine with 15-9, Olena Krivitska from Ukraine…
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Romanian students win silver and bronze medals at the International Biology Olympiad
A group of Romanian students have returned from the International Biology Olympiad with several medals. Students from Bucharest, Timisoara and Craiova have competed with other 280 students from 70 countries and have managed to win one silver medal and three bronze medals. Andrei Mitrofan from the IT Highschool in Bucharest has won the silver medal,…
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Romanian professor invents app that translates legal and medical jargon to plain language
Have you ever found yourself in the position of not understanding legal or medical papers? What if there was an app that would do just that? Romanian professor Cosmin Munteanu who currently teaches at the University of Toronto has created such an app that will help people understand documents written in a medical and legal…
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Radu Jude’s movie wins the grand prize at the Karlovy Vary movie festival
A new Romanian movie was one of the biggest winners of the Karlovy Vary movie festival in Czeck Republick. “I don’t care if we go into history as barbarians” directed by Radu Jude has won the grand prize this weekend. It is a first for a Romanian movie to win such a prize. The Crystal…
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Forbes: Best 10 Romanian cities to do business in
Forbes has listed the best cities for business in 2018. Forbes has created the list according to the medium wage, foreign investments, unemployment rates, the number of active companies, profit, infrastructure and the number of schools and residential units. Forbes has also taken into consideration the existence of nearby airports. Forbes wanted to examine and…
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Romanian students win the gold medal at the Genius Olympiad in New York
A competition focused on environmental issues has gathered students from all over the world. Romanian students Andrei Gabriel Preda, Victor Suciu and Alexandru Turcanu from the International IT highschool in Bucharest have won the gold medals at the robotics category of the competition. The bronze medals were secured by Raffaelli Ionut Bogdan Ispas and Alexandru…
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Romanian students won several gold medals at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad
Romanian students who participated in the Balkan Olympiad have come back home with several medals. Romania’s team has won the competition, beating 18 countries. The olympiad took place in Greece this year and it targeted students under the age of 15. Students from Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Hertegovina, Cyprus, Greece, Makedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Turkey, Croatia,…
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Romanian man saves woman from drowning in Italy
A dramatic event has taken place in Rome, Italy where a woman was rescued from drowning by a man. An Italian website called ilmesagero.it reported that a 46 year old woman has jumped of the bridge over the Tevere river, near Cestio river. A Romanian citizen who was in the area quickly jumped to save…
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The story of Jean Calcianu- a Romanian Grand Prix pilot who contributed to the invention of the tank
Every nation has its inventors and Romania makes no exception. We’ve written before about Romanian inventors and we’ve revealed how some of them have saved people’s lives or have helped us travel faster. Maybe it is also less known that one of the inventors of the classic tank machine was a Romanian. This special tank…
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Top 10 festivals worth going to while in Romania
Romania is a wonderful country to visit as it has medieval towns, amazing landscapes and friendly people. While these alone would make for a great trip, we also recommend that you visit some of the festivals that take place every year. If you love techno music, Christmas markets, food or medieval festivals there is something…
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