Tag: Romania
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Thousands of volunteers spend the first days of spring planting trees all over the country
This spring started with a beautiful campaign ” We plant good deeds in Romania” that consists of planting trees all over Romania. The campaign started on 19th of March with many volunteers heading towards Timis, Iasi, Buzau, Valcea and Giurgiu. In Timis county 300 volunteers planted trees in Sinmihaiu Roman area, while in Iasi volunteers will plant…
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On Monday you can pay for your coffee with a poem
Romanians will be able to buy coffee with poetry in over 200 coffee shops from around the country. The manifest campaign called “Pay with a poem” will take place for one day only, on the 21st of March, 2016. The campaign started in 2013 when 6,300 poems were gathered.In 2014 on the International Day of Poetry coffee…
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Romanian wins hardest ultramarathon in the world
Tiberiu Useriu, a Romanian ultra marathon runner has crossed the finished line at Tuktoyaktuk, Canada, winning the toughest race on the planet called the Arctic race 6633 Arctic Ultra. This has not been an easy race for Tiberiu as he has run 563 km for a week across the Arctic shore, in very tough weather…
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Former teacher from Harghita collects over 100 unique traditional Romanian shirts
Doina Dobreanu, former teacher in Subcetate commune, Harghita county has gathered over a hundred unique traditional shirts in her lifetime. She mainly collects shirts from the area of Superior Mures. Some of these shirts have their own history, as they have been created by hand in the beginning of the 20th century. The commune…
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Romanian photographer captures unique patterns of the human eye
Andrei Mogan, a graphic designer from Cugir town, Alba county has impressed the world with his collection of macro photography. He has taken over 300 photos of the human eye. The project is called “Look into my eyes” and many of the photos are actually eyes of Andrei’s friends. He photographed their eyes and after posting them…
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400 “mucenici”pastries baked for retirement home residents by Masterchef cooks
400 retired people from two retirement homes in Bucharest have enjoyed special traditional pastries called “mucenici”this week. The pastries were made by combining traditional recipes with fusion cooking. The food was prepared by four retired ladies that work with the Never Alone association ( Niciodata singur) together with the Bionic Chefs. The Bionic chefs…
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101 year old woman celebrated by the community
A 101 year old woman from Oarda de Jos, Alba Iulia has been celebrated by the community for her longevity. On women’s day, on the 8th of March, the Military college “Mihai Viteazu” from Alba Iulia has awarded female teachers honorary awards and has also invited Maria Barb. The war veteran widow was born…
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Transylvanian hand painted furniture now selling worldwide
Beautiful hand painted furniture from Transylvania, Romania now can be enjoyed by everyone in the world thanks to Mircea Ungureanu and Oana Cerbu. The couple have started their business in 1996 when Mircea Ungureanu noticed a furniture shop where a lady was selling painted furniture with Hungarian inspired illustrations. According to Adevarul he said ”…
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Village in Romania will allow you to experience ancient Dacian lifestyle
Many people would like to travel through time and experience the past times. Until someone builds a time machine, we will be able to experience the Dacian times thanks to Mihail Milea. Mihail Milea is a priest who is very passioante about history. So big is his passion that he decided to build a…
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American music band finds success in USA through their love of Romanian music
Four American musicians have formed a Romanian music band. It might sound as a joke, however what it means is that the four musicians are playing Romanian traditional music. The Garlic band is now travelling through the US promoting Romanian music and has had a huge success. The band members are inlove with Romania…
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