Positive News about Romania
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Good news! Dobrogea spur-thighed tortoise population has doubled
The Dobrogea spur-thighed tortoise population has doubled in the last 12 years according to the Macinului mountains National Park Administration. Today there are around 4,000 spur-thighed tortoises and although it seems like a small number, this is a significant increase of the population. Viorel Rosca, the director of the administration has pointed out that the…
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Romania wins four medals at the European Table Tennis Championships
Romania has won one gold medal and three bronze medals at the European Table Tennis Championships. Daniela Dodean Monteiro with her Portuguese husband Joao Monteiro have won the gold medal in the mixed doubles competition. They have beaten Mattia Karlsson and Matilda Ekholm from Sweden with a score of 3-2. The bronze medal was secured by…
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Sieranevada and Graduation awarded at Chicago International Film Festival
Romania was a big winner at the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival. Sieranevada has won the Gold Hugo prize, the festival’s biggest prize for the best international movie. Cristi Puiu has also won the directing award. Another Romanian-French movie called “Graduation” directed by Cristian Mungiu has won the screenplay award and also the best…
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” Plant of the future” to be cultivated in Romania
The so-called “plant of the future”, called topinambour will be grown in Romania. The plan is also called sunroot, sunchoke and Jerusalem artichoke and it is a species of sunflower which is native to North America. A specialist team from Buzau has managed after 20 years of research to create a new type of topinambour…
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Want to have a laugh? The largest comedy festival in Europe just started in Cluj
The International Film Comedy Festival in Cluj has brought over 150 Comedy Films from all over Europe. The event lasts for 10 days and it already opened last week at the Florin Piersic cinema with a New Zeeland comedy called ” Hunt for the Wilderpeople”. The comedy has won eight prized at the International festivals.…
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Romania’s dancers rank first in the world
Romania’s dancers and Italy dancers currently rank first in the world. The rating was done according to the number of medals. In 25 years, Romanian dancers have won 11 gold medals and 18 bronze ones at the world championships. The competitors who have won at least 8 world titles…
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Romanian students win gold, silver and bronze medals at International Astronomy Olympiad
Romanian students tend to conquer all olympiads and this year they managed to win several medals at the Astronomy olympiad. Students Robert- Gabriel Pascalau from the Tudor Arghezi school in Navodari, Constanta county, Paul Florin Rebenciuc from the Miron costin primary school, Suceava and Radu Andrei from the Nicolae Balcescu national college in Braila have…
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Romanians will no longer need visa to travel to Canada
The president of Romania has just announced that Canada and Romania have reached an agreement concerning the issuing of visa. From May 1st 2017 Romanians that used to have visa for Canada will no longer need visa to travel to Canada. Starting December 1st 2017 all Romanians regardless their status will no longer need visa…
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Cluj teachers awarded on the International Day of Education
176 Romanian teachers and 128 retired teachers were awarded in an Excellence Gala on the International Day of Education. Teachers that have obtained grades between 9,50 and 10 at the tenure exam, teachers that work with students with disabilities and also retired teachers were congratulated for their efforts and their activity in the educational field.…
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French expat in Romania:” Here I feel more free, more alive!”
In a time when Romanians migrate to different countries, foreigners migrate to ours. Romanians have always been curious about them and always have wondered why people from countries like France, UK and the US move here. Often the reason is that people are friendly and Romania is just an amazing, beautiful place. One Frenchman who…
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