Positive News about Romania

  • Students win UK camp holidays at English essay competition

    Students win UK camp holidays at English essay competition

     Summer camps in Great Britain, English summer schools, e-readers, international camp discounts and many more were the awesome prizes Romanian students won for giving advice to adults. It might seem strange, but this competition did award children for advice given to adults. The students were asked to write a creative essay in English at the…

  • Historical movie festival to be organized in Rasnov

    Historical movie festival to be organized in Rasnov

    If you love movies and history, you will love the historical movie festival in Rasnov, Romania. The festival takes place between July 29- August 7. The festival was first organized in 2009 and is considered already part of the cultural identity of Rasnov. The event helped the town to become a tourist destination, now over 200,000 tourist…

  • Ionut Radulescu: the illustrator who conquered America

    Ionut Radulescu: the illustrator who conquered America

    Romanian artist Ionu Radulescu is taking America by storm. He started as a child, drawing on garage walls in his small town of Bals and now he is one of the most appreciated and talented graphic designers in New York.Not only that, but he has also been promoted by New York Times for its illustrations. The…

  • TVR International launches campaign to promote Romania

    TVR International launches campaign to promote Romania

    TVR International channel has launched a campaign for promoting Romania and the traditional blouse, called “ia” ( pronounced- eeeyah). The campaign encourages the audience to share a photo of themselves wearing the traditional blouse and to say what Romania means to them. The campaign takes place between June 1-19 and the competitors can win three…

  • Over 100 ceramic artisans at the Hurez Rooster festival

    Over 100 ceramic artisans at the Hurez Rooster festival

    Over 100 traditional artisans attended the ” Hurez rooster” festival in Horezu. The festival brings together artists that create ceramic pottery in Romania but also people from all over the world that love traditional products. The artists came from Harghita, Suceava, Vrancea, Gorj, Mehedinti and from three centres in Valcea- Horezu, Lungesti, and Vladesti. Besides…

  • Writer Mircea Cartarescu wins Gregor von Rezzori award for ” The body”novel

    Writer Mircea Cartarescu wins Gregor von Rezzori award for ” The body”novel

    Romanian writer Mircea Cartarescu has won the Gregor von Rezzori award at the Writer’s Festival in Florence. The literary prize was given for the best foreign fiction book written in Italian. The competition took place between June 6-8 in Florence, Tuscany. The Romanian writer received the award for his novel ” The body” which is…

  • Love horses? Join the horse show in Prod village, Transylvania!

    Prod village will be home to the Transylvania Horse Show this year, an international event that gathers 60 young competitors from different countries. The event has three official competitions: the Complete International Competition, the Beginners and pre Beginners competition and the International University competition, dedicated to students. On Friday several stages of the competition started:…

  • Adopt a puppy today at dog event in Satu Mare city

    Adopt a puppy today at dog event in Satu Mare city

    A special event was set today in Satu Mare city to encourage people to adopt dogs. The event takes place today between 10.00 a.m and 4.00 p.m. in from of the Telekom building. The organizers hope that people will adopt one of more dogs that were brought at this market. The event is organized by…

  • Sibiu theatre festival is now open! Over 2,000 artists will attend

    Sibiu theatre festival is now open! Over 2,000 artists will attend

    Sibiu is once again the capital of culture, as it hosts a theatre festival for 10 days. The festival began on Friday and it will be open until June 19. 2,000 artists and almost 65,000 spectators will attend the festival. The 23rd edition of the Sibiu Theatre festival began with a series of exhibits, workshops,…

  • Cristina Neagu wins title of World Handball Player of the Year 2015

    Cristina Neagu wins title of World Handball Player of the Year 2015

    Cristina Neagu was voted world Handball player of the year 2015. A group of experts from the International Handball Federation has selected 10 best handball players in the world and the media and the fans chose Cristina Neagu as the best female handball player and Mikkel Hansen as the best male handball player. The International…