Positive News about Romania

  • Lawyer Andrei Iancu named US Patent and Trademark Office director

    Lawyer Andrei Iancu named US Patent and Trademark Office director

    Romanian Andrei Iancu has been voted as director of the US Patent and Trademark Office. Iancu at the moment is a managing partner at a firm in Los Angeles. Andrei Iancu is an intellectual property litigator and has experience in patent and trademark prosecution. He has previously worked with digital video recording company TiVo Corp…

  • Ada Solomon chosen as executive president of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network

    Ada Solomon chosen as executive president of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network

    Romanian film producer Ada Solomon has been assigned as the new executive president of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network. The purpose of the Network is to encourage equality for women who work in the entertainment industry in relation to access to jobs and opportunities on a European level. The Network is awarding prizes every year…

  • Suceava firefighters save baby deer from death

    Suceava firefighters save baby deer from death

    A baby deer was saved from death by the Suceava firefighters. The baby slipped and fell on a river bank and it was found almost frozen by the saviors. The firefighters covered it with blankets and they took it to a shelter.The Facebook page of the ISU Bucovina Suceava showed the firefighters climbing down towards…

  • Mircea Cartarescu wins Thomas Mann prize for Literature

    Mircea Cartarescu wins Thomas Mann prize for Literature

    Romanian writer Mircea Cartarescu has just been awarded with the Thomas Mann prize for Literature 2018. The prize is one of the most important German literary awards. Mircea Cartarescu said on his Facebook page I’ve just learned with great emotion the news that I’m the winner of the Thomas Mann Prize for Literature on 2018.…

  • Couples to travel half price by train on Valentine’s and Dragobete

    Couples to travel half price by train on Valentine’s and Dragobete

    Good news for couples who want to travel on Valentine’s or Dragobete! The Romanian National Railway will offer half price tickets for couples to travel these days. Couples can buy 2 tickets to travel on the same route and on the same day for 50%. The CFR has prepared another surprise, as couples will be…

  • Romanian women artists celebrated at special event in Sibiu

    Romanian women artists celebrated at special event in Sibiu

    Romanian women artists were celebrated on Saturday in Sibiu. A special event called Women’s Centenary in Romanian Arts was organized at the Brukhenthal National Museum in Sibiu and 1060 women visual artists were honored. The purpose of the event was to showcase authentic creations that belong to contemporary Romanian women artists. Creations such as memorable…

  • Romanian painters to exhibit their art at the Oxford International Art Fair

    Romanian painters to exhibit their art at the Oxford International Art Fair

    Romanian painters Bogdan Mihai Radu and Radu Tikanete will have their works exhibited at the International Art Fair in Oxford this year. Other artists, such as Yanfei Wang from the US and August Vilella from Spain have will also show their creations alongside the Romanian artists. Radu stated   I am really excited, first because…

  • Woman from Moldova adopts six children

    Woman from Moldova adopts six children

    A woman from Drochia city, Moldova has decided to adopt six children from an orphanage after her children went to university to study. Lidia Buculici and her husband have adopted the children 6 years ago. According to Protv the woman loves her adopted children like they were her own. She was aware that each one…

  • Free digital courses for women in Bucharest this month

    Free digital courses for women in Bucharest this month

    A great new project aims to help women learn how to use computers. The courses are aimed at any girls or women from social groups that are considered disadvantaged, such as those with a low level of education, unemployed women, Roma women.   The activities are organized by the Centre for Equality in Bucharest at…

  • Romanian woman living in Germany helps poor children in Chiesd commune

    Romanian woman living in Germany helps poor children in Chiesd commune

    A Romanian woman who lives in Germany is spending her time helping the poor from her own Romanian hometown. Petruta-Ramona Bauer from Zalau has lived in Chiesd, Romania. However, she moved to Germany and she has lived there for 14 years where she works in a shop and where she has a family. According to…