Positive News about Romania
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The story of a Romanian woman who created a sophisticated pencil for Queen Elizabeth
A Romanian woman has become famous due to her unusual talent. Daniela Paladi creates luxurious pencils and one of her pencils was offered to Queen Elisabeth. Daniela Paladi was born in Lugoj, Romania and has studied at the Arts and Architecture University in Sibiu. She has become a Maths teacher and after ’89 she moved…
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Angela Gheorghiu awarded Victoire d’Honneur for her entire career
Angela Gheorghiu, one of the most famous Romanian sopranos has received the Victoire d’Honneur award at the Les Victoires de la Musique Classique event in France. The awards were transmitted live on several French TV channels. Angela Gheorghiu was presented as “the most flamboyant, the most amazing and exciting of today’s sopranos,” with a ” velvety…
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Romanian ballerina awarded UK National Dance award
A Romanian ballerina was recently awarded the National Dance award for her Outstanding Classical performance in Akram Khan’s production for the English National Ballet. The dancer has received the prize on February 19 at the Barbican Centre in London. The award was given by the Critics’ Circle. Alina Cojocaru has been performing in the UK…
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Adina Pintilie’s “Touch me not” wins Golden Bear award
A big victory for Adina Pintilie this weekend as her movie has won the Golden Bear award. “Touch me not” won the best movie award and also the Best Debut movie. Pintilie said that she was curious to see how the media and the audience will react to the movie because the movie is an…
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101 smilling portraits exhibited at the Botanical Park in Timisoara
Who doesn’t love a smile? Now you can see many smiles thanks to a special exhibit in Timisoara. The portraits of over 101 simple people smiling are exposed at the Botanical garden until March 20. This has been done thanks to the “I am here” project which aims to make people acknowledge that they are…
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Another amazing victory! The Robotics National Team wins first place at the Russia Open International Robotics Championships
Another great success for our Romanian students, as the AutoVortex team has won the first place at the Russia Open International Robotics championships. 27 teams have participated in this competition and the first prize means that the team has qualified for the International Championship in the USA. This is not the first time the team…
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Cluj City Hall to pay rent for victims of domestic violence
The Cluj-Napoca city hall will pay fully or partially the rent for victims of domestic violence. The city hall will give between 900- 1400 lei for a period of one year. According to notabn.ro the mayor stated that around half a million euro was allocated for this project. This is a first for Romania, as…
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Pororoca:a review of an award winning Romanian thriller
The Pororoca is a monstrous and destructive tidal bore that travels upstream the Amazon River. This natural phenomenon is never mentioned in “Pororoca”, but the enigmatic title can be interpreted as an abstract metaphor for the corrosive effects of sudden, unexpected and destructive events in our lives. What would you do if your child suddenly…
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Sergiu Pasca wins Vilcek Prize for biomedical research
Sergiu Pasca, a Romanian neuroscientist has been awarded the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in the Biomedical Science category. The scientist is currently doing research at Standford University. The prize was given for “for developing realistic models of the human brain and unearthing fundamental insights into the biology of neuropsychiatric diseases like autism” and it…
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Girl from Galati wins Best Romanian Student in Europe award
A young lady from Galati has won the Best Romanian Student in Europe award. Claudia Gabriela Mitrofan is currently a student at Medicine at Cambridge University. Claudia said that she considers herself a product of Romanian education and that she wants to return to Romania. She said that she did not expect to receive the…
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