Positive News about Romania

  • At 91, Elena Pagu wins the European Masters championships

    At 91, Elena Pagu wins the European Masters championships

    The amazing Elena Pagu has won another competition this year. At age 91 she has won the European Masters championships for 5 km in her age category. Ms Pagu, who is already a European champion as well as a World champion stated that she wanted to bring a medal for our country. She stated that…

  • 16 things you didn’t know you can find in Romania

    16 things you didn’t know you can find in Romania

    Romania has amazing landscapes, great food, and many many cultural festivals. The most popular areas to visit are Bucharest, the Brasov mountainous area, Bran castle, Sighisoara medieval castle and the seaside. However, did you know there are many other interesting things you can find in Romania? We have listed 16 of them here. Wild bears…

  • Romanian photographer wins Sony National Award

    Romanian photographer wins Sony National Award

    Romanian photographer Nicu Spanu has won the SONY Romania National Award for a photograph he took in Bucovina. The photograph is called The Boot and shows an area lived by welcoming people and by wonderful landscapes. The photographer said that on Saint Nicholas Day people clean their boots hoping at night Saint Nicholas will leave…

  • Constantin Ciotoiu wins several bronze medals at the European Weightlifting Championships

    Constantin Ciotoiu wins several bronze medals at the European Weightlifting Championships

    Ilie Constantin Ciotoiu has won several bronze medals at the European Championships at the 56 kilograms category. The Romanian sportsman has won at the 137 kilograms and the total of 247 kilograms. The gold medal was secured by Josue Brachi from Spain with 254 kilograms and Mirco Scarantino with 138 kilograms. In jerk Mirco Scarantino…

  • Elena Andries wins three gold medals at the European Weightlifting championships

    Elena Andries wins three gold medals at the European Weightlifting championships

    Romanian Elena Andries has won three gold medals on the first day of the European Weightlifting Championships. Elena Andries has won the medals at the 48 kilograms category. She has won for the 79-kilogram category, 100 kilograms for throwing and the total of 179 kilograms. The silver medal was secured by Anais Michel with 174…

  • Romanian writer’s book ‘Oxenberg & Bernstein’ praised at the Leipzig’s International Book Fair

    Romanian writer’s book ‘Oxenberg & Bernstein’ praised at the Leipzig’s International Book Fair

    Romanian writer’s Catalin Mihuleac’s latest book has been praised at the International Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany and was deemed one of the best books of the year. The book entitled ” Oxenberg & Bernstein” ( Romanian title ” America over the massacre”) has been published in Romanian and German language. The book was translated…

  • Students from Constanta win NASA competition

    Students from Constanta win NASA competition

    Romanian students seem to ace NASA competitions, as reported in previous articles. This time, two students from Ovidius highschool in Constanta have won the NASA international competition. The two girls called Bianca Cosma and Mihaela Constantinescu have proposed a special project through which hotels would be built in space. The project was entitled Cicada. It…

  • Romanian cafe called “Da” opens in Stuttgart

    Romanian cafe called “Da” opens in Stuttgart

    If you like to hang out in Romanian restaurants and cafes, you would like this new coffee shop in Stuttgart. Daniela Emrich, a Romanian lady has opened up a new business, a coffee shop called ” Da” ( yes). The shop was already praised by a German newspaper as a successful business. The woman has…

  • 14 year old Alexandru Talanci invents medical app which monitors hospitalised patients

    14 year old Alexandru Talanci invents medical app which monitors hospitalised patients

    He is only 14 years old and he is already saving lives. Alexandru Talnaci has invented a medical app which monitors hospitalized patients and will help patients that are in critical conditions. The app called Smart Health Monitoring System is an app created for Android and has won the first prize at an app competition…

  • Turda beats 2,500 European towns and wins the Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning Award

    Turda beats 2,500 European towns and wins the Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning Award

    Turda has won the Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning Award in Bruxelles. Other cities that were nominated in this category were Milano and Manchester. Other cities and towns that were awarded were Viena and Igoumenitsa. The cities have won the prizes for durable mobility.  Over 2,500 towns have competed in this competition and amazingly the little…