Tag: Romania
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” There’s some incredible places to visit in Romania”, the words of a British living in Romania
A video series entitled ” Romania through their eyes” interviews foreigners that have chosen Romania as their home. While between 2.7-3.5 million Romanians immigrated to Western countries, Romania also has been the country of destination for around 198,839 immigrants from all over the world. Damian Galvin is a British citizen who came to Romania to do…
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Romania wins silver at the Fencing World Cup
The Romanian team won on Sunday the Silver medal at the Fencing World Cup held in South Afrika. Romania’s team lost the finals to China 24-26, after beating Francd 34-21. Romania’s team consisted of Ana Maria Branza, Simona Gherman, Simona Pop and Loredana Dinu.
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Thousands of cyclists participate in the largest cycling marathon in Eastern Europe
“First escape” the largest cross country cycling marathon in Eastern Europe will take place this year on May 10, in the forests north of Bucharest. Over 2,000 participants have already subscribed and the value of the prizes is over 7,000 euro. The prizes consist of money and cycling accessories. There are several categories in which…
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Romanian family succesfully lobbies for the introduction of ecology courses in primary schools
A family from Bucharest has managed to introduce ecology courses in Romanian schools. The parents have noticed a few years ago that their children were not aware about climate changes and they did not have any knowledge related to the environment. The parents, Felicia and Marius have worked on several educational projects with the purpose…
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You have a book? You have free entrance to Cluj-Napoca’s botanical garden!
For World Book Day, which is celebrated on the 23rd of April, the Alexandru Borza botanical garden from Cluj-Napoca allows free entrance to anyone who carries a book. Hundreds of people have already signed in for this event and other people have asked for this activity to be introduced in their town. This event took…
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Alternative dogs festival held to encourage dog adoption
The festival of alternative dogs was held yesterday, 24th of August in Vlaha village, Cluj county. The festival is bilingual ( Romanian and English) and was dedicated to alternative dogs. Alternative dogs means dogs without pedigree, dogs with or without owner, former stray dogs, dogs with three legs or other types of disability. There were…
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Foster children participate in non formal education workshops thanks to the “Be ready for tomorrow” project
Children from Gulliver and Tavi Bucur foster centers, Sibiu city, Romania, will participate in six non formal education workshops thanks to the project “Be ready for tomorrow!” The money for this project was raised through a half marathon charity event that took place in May, 2014. The project has three themes ” Friends and entourage”,”…
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Gold for the Romanian team at the International Astrophysics Olympiad
The Romanian team has won six gold medals at the International Astrophysics Olympiad which was organised in Suceava, Romania, between 1st-11th of August, 2014. Second place was taken by Iran, which won four gold medals, Singapore with two medals and Serbia and India with one medal. Denis Turcu has won the best score and the…
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Romanian team wins world title in 1,000 m race at World Championships
Romanian kayak/canoe team has won the gold medal and world title on Sunday, 10th of August, 2014 in the C-2 1,000 meters canoeing race at the 2014 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Moscow. Liviu Dumitrescu and Victor Mihalachi have managed to win the race in 3 minutes, 28 seconds and 340/1000. The second place…
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South Korea and Romania work together to develop the IT industry
South Korea and Romania will work together in a few IT projects over the next three years. South Korea has opened an information technology research center recently in Bucharest and agreed to a deal which brings together the South Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and the Future Planning and Romania’s Ministry of Communications and Information…
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