Positive News about Romania
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14 year old volunteer boy teaches children from poor families
More and more children are starting to volunteer and they are learning the benefits of volunteering. Tudor Vartic is one boy who found satisfaction in helping children for example. He is only 14 years old but he is helping students with different school subjects, such as Maths, Romanian and English language. For three hours every…
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The Romanian twin architects who design futuristic buildings
You’ve probably heard about intelligent houses, futuristic transportation and also futuristic airports. What you didn’t know is that some of these ideas are transformed into reality by two Romanian twin brothers. Max and Daniel Zielinski are two architects who were born in Bucharest and now they live in London. The two men have become passionate…
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Meet Mihai Enache, the youngest teacher in Romania
He is only 14 years old and he is already helping many children. Mihai Enache is in the 8th grade and he has been teaching IT and programming to other children. Mihai is studying at the primary school but at the same time, he teaches IT at the Step IT Academy which is a private…
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Romanian inventor part of team of inventors working to create the train of the future
A train of the future is currently in the works. And if the project succeeds, we will be able to travel 500 kilometers in 30 minutes. That’s roughly the distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco, or Baia Mare and Bucharest. Seems unrealistic? Not so much, when you think that Elon Musk has taken over…
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” I baked a cozonac. When do I get my citizenship?” -British deputy head of British embassy in Romania
The British vice ambassador in Romania is hoping to receive the Romanian citizenship after cooking a cozonac Romanian cake. Adam Sambrook has published recently a photo of a cozonac cake on Twitter in which he stated I have a Romanian wife, I live in Bucharest, now I baked a cozonac. When do I get the…
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Free IT school opens in Bucharest
Good news for those who are looking to get into the field of IT. A free IT school has just opened in Bucharest. The school is called Academy Plus and it is functioning with the help of several private companies. The school will teach 140 students in 6-9 months. The teaching style will be mostly based…
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Volunteers hand out soup to homeless people in Bucharest
Several volunteers have served hot meals and gave away clothes and other essential objects to homeless people and poor people in Bucharest. The event took place on December 13, 2017 at the Gara de Nord and it was called ” Christmas Soup”. This is the 5th year the give away was organized and the British…
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Romanian students reach the finals of the NASA competition
Seven Romanian students have reached the finals of the Zero Robotics competition. The competition is organized every year by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency and the Technological Institute of Massachusetts. The competition focuses on programming SPHERES robots, which are experimental satellites which are currently on board of the International Space Agency. The Romanian…
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Romanian IT company evaluated at 600 million dollars
Romanian IT business Bitdefender has been recently evaluated at 600 million dollars. The valuation was undertaken by Vitruvian partners which are a London-based private equity. Vitruvian Partners has recently bought 30% of Bitdefender form a local investment Axxess Capital, according to Romanian Insider. This means now Vitruvian Partners are the second-biggest shareholder of the Romanian…
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Hundreds of carol singers to perform on the streets of Timisoara
Christmas is coming and the lovely Romanian traditions are starting to take place. These days in if you are visiting or living in Timisoara you are in for a special treat. Hundreds of carol singers ( around 350!) are going to march through the city and sing and dance traditional dances such as The Goat…