Positive News about Romania
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Timisoara Revolution music festival reached the finals of the European Festival Awards
Revolution Festival has reached the finals of the European Festival awards. The Timisoara festival has been nominated on two categories: Best New Festival and Best Small Festival. This is the only festival from Romania that has been nominated this year. The nominated events have been voted by over one million people. Revolution Festival has started…
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Bucharest voted amongst the top 14 most sparkling European cities you have to see at Christmas time
MSN has organized a top European cities that you have to see at Christmas time. Bucharest was chosen alongside Paris, Berlin and Budapest. This year Bucharest was was decorated with over 3 million tiny lightbulbs for the Christmas celebrations. The decorations were set up over 29 kilometres in 52 locations. MSN wrote Bucharest’s University Square…
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Sing-a-long Romanian carol concert in London to be organized next week
The wonderful month of December has started. In order to get in the mood, you can go to special carol concerts. This year, if you live in London, the Romanian Cultural Institute organizes a sing-a-long concert. The songs are performed by Oana Catalina Chitu, one of Romania’s most celebrated voices. She will be accompanied by…
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40 traditional blouses on exhibit at the Museum of the Romanian peasant
A special exhibit with 40 traditional Romanian blouses , including a replica of Elisabeta Rizea’s ia opened at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant. Ioana Corduneanu, the organiser of the project stated that the exhibit contains 40 Romanian blouses that are replicas of those that can be found in collections at the Metropolitan Museum, New…
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Traditional wall-carpet craftmanship now part of UNESCO’s heritage list
Traditional wall-carpet craftmanship is officially now part of UNESCO’s heritage list. Wall carpets were produced in the past in Romania and Moldova with the purpose of insulation but also for decorations. Moreover, they were also a part of a bride’s dowry. To create these special carpets many techniques were used and carpets had different motifs…
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Mayor Irina Onescu: How a young woman has broken prejudices and changed a whole village
A young woman who used to work as an MTV veejay has become the mayor of a little commune in Arad. Although this story would determine some people to laugh, Irina Onescu has proved everyone that she is the best young mayor in Romania. Although she is young and inexperienced in politics she has done…
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Poet George Bacovia honoured by 47 international artists at a special exhibition in Bacau
47 artists from 19 countries have presented graphic works inspired from Bacovia’s creations. The event was organized to celebrate a century since his poem volume “Plumb” was published. The international exhibit was opened at City Library in Bacau. 124 works of arts were presented. Anca Sion, the organizer of the project said that these works…
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Romanian invents tyre that produces electricity
Razvan Basarabeanu has invented a tyre that produces electricity. According to him this tyre will increase the autonomy of electric cars with almost 1,000 kilometres. He stated that his idea means that piezoelectrical crystals are introduced in the structure of the tyre with the purpose of producing electricity and the electricity transfer is done through…
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Norman Manea wins the big prize at the Guadalajara Book Fair
Norman Manea has won the 2016 Literary Award of the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Romance Languages. The Romanian writer was previously Romania’s nomination for the Nobel prize for literature in 2014. This is the first time a Romanian author has been given this award. The prize was generous, as he received 150,000 dollars at the…
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82 year old couple run the Alba Iulia Union cross competition holding hands
Over 500 people have participated this weekend at the Union cross this weekend at the Alba Carolina citadel in Alba Iulia. Among the runners there was also an elderly couple, both of 82 years of age, that ran the whole 2,7 kilometres while holding hands. They have been together for 56 years and they both…
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