Positive News about Romania
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Why is Dacia so successful in France?
French newspaper Le Monde has examined the reasons why the Dacia is so successful in France. It seems that there are plenty of qualities that make the Dacia attractive to the average French: price, design, and reliability. The most known models in France are Logan, Duster and Sandero. According to the report, last year, although…
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Romanians in Belgium: Marian Sava, a world renowned sculptor
There are many Romanian artists that have become succesful abroad. One of them is Marian Sava, a sculptor who lives in Belgium. Marian Sava used to work as a sailor, however he has always had the dream of becoming a sculptor. At age 35 he ran from communist Romania to Belgium. Since then, he has…
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Vlad Tanase, the man who ran the North Pole marathon for 7 days at -30 degrees
A young man from Slatina has chosen to compete in the toughest marathon in the world, the North Pole marathon. Vlad Tanase is one of the 20 people in the world that have managed to finish this marathon in the last eight years. The man, who works as an economist, has chosen to run in…
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Ioana Cozmuta, the story of a Romanian who works at NASA
Ioana Cozmuta from Baia Mare is currently studying different ways in which people can colonize the moon and how people can adapt their life and work in space. She has been working at the American Space Agency for 15 years. Ioana Cozmuta has graduated from Babes university in Cluj-Napoca. Ioana Cozmuta has done her Ph.D. in…
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Tecau and Rojer win the Dubai Tennis Championships
Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer have won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday. The Dutch-Romanian team has managed to beat Marcin Matkowski and Rohan Bopanna with 4-6,6-3,10-3. Tecau and Rojer have proved to work together well as a team as last year they have also won the Mutua Madrid open and in 2015…
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Adrian Bejan, a successful Romanian:28 books written,600 scientific papers published and 18 honorary Ph.D. awards
You might have heard of Romanian personalities, such as Nadia Comaneci or Tudor Giurgiu, however, there are many more Romanian personalities that are successful in their field, even though they are not known to the wide public. One of them is Adrian Bejan, a Romanian professor who currently teaches at Duke university, where is a…
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Why more and more French people move to Romania
There are many reports that state that many French people come to study and live in Romania and that there is a quite large community in Romania. In fact, positivenewsromania.com has interviewed one French expat who lives in Cluj county. Sources report that the highest number of foreign people living in Cluj in 2013 were…
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Children surround the Alba Iulia citadel with the longest martisor ever made
On March 1st, on Martisor day, the largest martisor in Romania surrounded Alba Iulia citadel. The largest martisor in Romania measured 3 kilometres and was carried by 300 volunteer children. Each child received 10 metres of white and red ribbon which they had to braid to form a martisor. Rares Buglea, the organizer stated that over…
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Romanian becomes famous conductor in Spain
A Romanian has become a successful and admired conductor in Spain. Conductor Virgil Popa is currently working with the Stradivari Simphony Orchestra in Madrid. Popa has funded the orchestra 12 years ago and since then he has become famous among musicians in Spain. Virgil Popa grew up in a family of musicians and has previously…
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Romanians celebrate first day of spring by giving each other “martisor”gifts
Every year on March 1st Romanians celebrate the first day of spring with a lovely custom. They wear a Martisor ( pronounced muhrtzishor), which is a little decorative object that symbolizes spring: it could be a snowdrop, a horse shoe or a chimney sweeper. A red and white string is always attached to the object.…
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