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  • Romanians win gold, silver and bronze medals at 2015 Gwanju Summer Games

    Laura Ilie,22 from Romania, was the first one to win the gold medal in the riffle category at the Gwanju Summer Games in South Korea. The Dinamo sports team representative got 454,4 points and defeated Valentina Protasova from Russia. Silver medals were won by Soare Nicolae in the men’s 10,000 metre race, Andrei Gag in…

  • American, Spanish and Russians dancing groups perform at World Folklore Festival in Romania

    International folklore is celebrated these days (8-12 June) in Timisoara, Romania in the Park of Roses. The 26th edition gathered dancing and singing folklore groups frorm Bulgaria, Columbia, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldavia, Georgia, Russia, Spain, Serbia, U.S.A., Turkey, Hungary and Romania. The festival started with performances from “Timis” folklore dancing group and folklore singers Nicoleta Voica,…

  • Romanian fireman wins gold at 2015 World Police and Fire Games

    Fireman Iulian Pitulac, 31, from Vrancea has won the gold medal in the Martial Arts competition at World Police and Fire Games held this year in North Virginia, U.S.A. The event gathered 17,000 sportsmen from all over the world. Iulian Pitulac, who works for the Emergency Inspectorate in Vrancea, is the only Romanian competitior that…

  • Romanian students win gold, silver and bronze at the European Informatics Olympics

    Romanian students have won four medals at the Central European Informatics Olympics.  Alexandru Velea, from Cluj-Napoca won the gold, Rares-Darius Buhai from Bistrita and Valentin-Marius Harsan won silver. Andrei Popa, from Vaslui, the youngest of all, has managed to secure a bronze medal. 44 students from different countries have participated in the Central European Informatics Olympics,…

  • Festival that reconstitutes Roman battles celebrated in Salaj county, Romania

    Porolissum Fest was celebrated this weekend in Salaj county, Romania. The festival aims to reconstitute Roman traditions that used to be held in this area. 11 groups of people have participated in the historical reconstitution.The public was able to see gladiator fights and a siege of a Roman castra with arrows and projectiles.

  • Romania to compete in the finals of the World Architecture Festival 2015

    This year Romania will bring two projects in the finals of the World Architecture Festival, which will be held in November in Singapore. Romania was chosen from over 700 participants from all over the world. The two projects will be focused on the city of Constanta and Beclean town. One of the projects aims to…

  • Romanian becomes mayor of village in Spain

    Aurel Truta, 39, has become the mayor of Paramo de Boedo, a tiny Spanish village of only 100 inhabitants. Truta has left Romania 15 years ago like many other immigrants looking for a better life. Since then, he has worked in agriculture, constructions and restaurant industry. Before the elections the local political party proposed him…

  • The Treasure wins Cannes Festival prize

    Cannes International Festival has awarded Corneliu Porumboiu’s The Treasure this Saturday, 23 May.  The juru that chose the winners was formed by Isabella Rossellini, Haifaa-al-Mansour, Panos Kourras, Nadine Labaki and Tahar Rahim. The film tells the story of two men that go through several adventures in their attempt to find a treasure buried in their…

  • Top ten false facts we believe about Transylvania

    Transylvania, the land of vampires, surrounded by mysterious dark mountains covered in fog, where werewolves wait in the shadows for their future victims… This is what we think when Transylvania is mentioned in the media. Probably most of us would not choose it as a touristic destination because some of us might think it’s fictional…

  • Documentary on Romanians living in UK, created by a British journalist, releases first teaser

    13 shades of Romanian is a documentary that was created in response to the British media’s negative coverage of Romanian immigrants in the UK. The documentary, which was funded entirely through crowfunding, focuses on the way Romanians live, work and integrate in the British culture. The producers of the documentary have stated on their website: “Our image,…