Positive News about Romania
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Romanians invent app that notifies you about dangers nearby
A new app created by Romanians will alert users about dangers in their area. The smartphone application was already launched in October. It is called Stay Safe and it can alert users in real time. The project was created by five developers in a year. The team has grown to 30 people who are working…
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The Romanian community in Minnesota create an association to help preserve cultural identity
There is a significant Romanian community in the US. Reportedly there are around 518,000 Americans who state that they have Romanian ancestry. The immigration of Romanians in the US started in the 19th century and most of them migrated to large cities such as Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit. Most of them came from the area…
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This American couple found out why Romania is a popular dental tourism destination
Medical tourism is becoming more and more popular and Romania seems to be one of the people’s favorite destinations not only with Europeans but also with Americans. Recently, an American newspaper called the Inquirer has written a material on this subject. The story focused on an American couple who traveled to Romania to fix their…
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Daniela Rus, the Romanian woman who is building tomorrow’s robots at MIT
There are many successful Romanians across the world. One of them is Daniela Rus, who is one of the most respected professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Daniela Rus is one of the directors of the IT and AI laboratory at MIT and she is hoping that in the future autonomous independent…
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“Romania has an excellent catalogue of worthwhile tourist attractions”-interview with Leif Pettersen, author of “Backpacking with Dracula”
Meet Leif Pettersen, an American freelance writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. You might have already read some of his work, as he has written many articles for Lonely Planet. Leif has traveled the world a lot ( 55 countries!)and has also lived for a while in Romania, Spain, and Italy. He has also written guidebooks for…
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Avram Iancu nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award
Avram Iancu, the Romanian who swam 2800 kilometers along the Danube river has been nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year award. The award is given by the World Open Water Swimming Association, an association which is monitoring swimmers from around the world. 13 swimmers from Italy, France, UK and US…
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Romanian police officer wins gold medal at the World Fudokan Karate championships
Mihai Tampeanu, a police officer from Galati has won the gold medal at the World Fudokan Karate championships. The competition was held in Cluj last week. Mihai has won the seniors individual kata category. He not only won the gold medal but he also managed to secure another two silver medals at the masculine enbu…
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Romanian woman opens free laundry service for the poor
A Romanian woman who lives in France has decided to help her village in Romania by establishing a free laundry for the people that do not have running water or cannot afford a washing machine. The woman has chosen the location of the laundry at the Carp manor house in Tibanesti. Raluca Laffaille used to…
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An intelligent scooter produced by an Arad startup is among the finalists of a US competition
An intelligent scooter produced in Arad is among the finalists of the LACoMotion competition which takes place in Los Angeles, USA. The scooter called Project Scooterson is created by a team formed of Mihnea de Vries, Flavius Balak, George Poenaru and Pavel Kiss all from Arad city. The scooter was made to be used…
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Girls’ choir from Timisoara wins Gold medal at an International music competition in Croatia
The girls’ choir from the Ion Vidu National Art college in Timisoara has won the gold medal at an International competition in Croatia. The girls’ choir, also called The Swans were supported by the Timisoara city council to travel to this competition. They were accompanied at the competition by the Cantanti children, which is the…
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