Positive News about Romania
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Romanian midwife praised in national NHS campaign in UK
A Romanian midwife has become the image of the National Health Service in the UK and her photograph has been featured all over the country on bus stops and billboards. Claudia Anghel is one of the three people chosen in the Midlands ( area of the UK) for a special project that celebrates 72 years…
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Top 10 inspiring Romanian photographers to follow on Instagram
Instagram is the best social media app for up-close photos of life in Romania, off the beaten track tips, and beautiful travel videos. However, Instagram is quite a big place, and it’s filled with so many random photos, how do you find the best accounts to follow? We’ve made up a list of the most…
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The 5 million years old bizarre creatures of the Movile cave
The Movile cave, located in the southeast region of Romania, was discovered in 1986 by the Romanian scientist Cristian Lascu, Stefan Sarbu si Radu Popa and it has since caught the attention of the scientists due to its peculiar ecosystem. After 5.5 million years, in 1990, NASA researchers have opened and studied the place, arriving at the conclusion that the underground environment of this cave resembled that of planet Mars.…
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Bucharest voted world’s best city for remote work
Best city in the world for remote working? Bucharest. Why is that? Besides the really fast cheap and fast internet ( one of the fastest internet in the world is in Romania), the cost of living is relatively low and there are many jobs available that allow remote working. A recent study by the British website…
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Monica Ulmanu and her team win Pulitzer Prize for climate change story
Monica Ulmanu and her team have won one of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. The team was awarded for the “2C:Beyond the Limit” series which is considered a ” groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet.” The team has written the series for The Washington Post and…
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Daniela Rus elected to the White House science council
Daniela Rus, the head of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has been chosen in the White House Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The role of the advisor involves giving advice on security and economy issues such as recommending certain policies in science and technology, data privacy and STEM education and to…
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16 Romanian movies you can watch on Netflix right now
Back when we only had TV, you would rarely see a Romanian movie on, especially if you lived abroad. Now, thanks to Netflix, we can enjoy many Romanian movies, depending on where you live. Not to worry, they always have English subtitles if you want to watch with a friend. These are the Romanian movies…
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Self-isolation: volunteers deliver and donate food to the elderly
An association from Bistrita has been helping the elderly that have been under isolation and were not able to go out and shop or could not afford the shop. The association called ” Imparte bucurie” ( Share joy) wanted to help them so they reached out on Facebook and asked people to help. Several people…
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Man rides a horse for 40 km to see his wife who gave birth
Photos with a young man riding a horse throughout Iasi went viral these days for the right reasons. It seems that the young man wanted to go see his wife who was giving birth to a baby boy. The post that went viral said that the buses stopped running due to the coronavirus pandemic so…
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Coronavirus: Volunteers create free visors for over 3,000 Romanian doctors and nurses
Tough times bring people together and this is what happened with the makers community in Romania. As doctors and nurses need more help and protection in their fight against the corona pandemic, the community has started collaborating in order to create special protection visors. The team has created a special prototype that takes a really…
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