Positive News about Romania
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Rares Darius Buhai included in the International IT Hall of Fame for winning four gold medals at the International IT Olympiad
A young student from Bistrita was placed 2nd in the Hall of Fame of the IT international Olympiad. In the history of the Olympiad, only two young students have managed to win 4 gold medals by participating in the Olympiad four times. These were Rares Darius Buhai and a student from Poland, Filip Wolski. The…
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Rimetea village awarded by the European Commission
Great news from the European Commission as Rimetea village, from Alba county has been awarded. The village was given the award due to the fact that they have managed to preserve many traditional houses since 1999. Many locals and NGOs have contributed to restoring and preserving 138 traditional houses. One year after that the National…
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Romanian students win gold, silver and bronze medals at the SEEMOUS competition
The Babes-Bolyai university students have won gold, silver and bronze medals at the South Eastern European Mathematical Olympiad of University Students 2018. Moreover, several students from the University of Bucharest have won two gold medals and three silver medals. The competition was organized in Iasi, between 27 February- 4th of March 2018. This year 83…
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Woman’s story goes viral after she feeds and takes in poor man off the streets
A Romanian woman’s gesture has become viral online in the last few days. The woman has decided to help an old homeless man and she invited him to her place. She noted on Facebook that she was returning home one night when she met a 73-year-old man. She noticed how he was poor, his clothes were…
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Romanian movie wins award at New York film festival
Romanian movie The Wanderers: The Quest of the Demon Hunter has won the Best Dramatic Feature award at a film festival in the US. The movie is directed by Dragos Buliga, was written by Octav Gheorghe and the Bucharest ad agency Gavrila and Asociatii and it stars the well-known actor Armand Assante. The movie also…
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Romanian entrepreneurs create travel website to compete with Airbnb
You probably heard of Airbnb and you probably booked a room with them on one of your holidays to get a local type of experience. A group of Romanian entrepreneurs thought about the fact that this type of website is not adapted to Romanian internal tourism. So, they created a Romanian platform for accommodation and…
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CSM Satu Mare has won the Central Europe League
CSM Satu Mare has won the Central Europe League in female basketball this Sunday. The team has beat BC Pharmaserv Marburg with 69-60 ( 20-17, 21–11,12-17,16-15). The competition took place at the Dumitru Popescu-Colibasi sports hall in Brasov. CSM Satu Mare has won both games with Marburg with 84-71 in Brasov and 71-54 and 71-54…
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Romanian painter wins 1st place at the Oxford International Art Fair
Romanian painter Bogdan Mihai Radu has won the first place at the Oxford International Art Fair 2018. This is the first time the Romanian artist has participated at an international art fair. By winning this award the artist will be qualified to participate at the International Art Festival in Tokyo. The Oxford International Art Fair organizers…
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Dutch company to build the fifth largest eolian park in the world in Romania
An enormous eolian park is to be built in Romania in the near future. The park will be the fifth largest park in the world and it will be built by a company from the Netherlands. The investment for the 1,000 MW park would cost 1 billion euros and the construction would start this year.…
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Man from Oradea builds house to accommodate abandoned elders
There are many kind-hearted people out there, but some people really dedicate their lives to help others. Such is this incredible case of Viorel Pasca, a man who created a special asylum for the elderly. The asylum accommodates 200 old people now. However, at the beginning, the man was accommodating them in his own house. He was…