Tag: Romania
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Microsoft awards Romanian teenager for inventing guiding glasses for the blind
photograph by Daniel Guta, Adevarul. Cristi Dragomir, a 17 year old teenager has recently been awarded by Microsoft for inventing a type of eyeglasses that will help blind people navigate. According to Romanian newspaper Adevarul, the competition was organised by Microsoft on a national scale with the purpose of creating the best software to solve…
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Romania wins Women’s Youth World Handball Championship 2014!
The Women’s Youth World Handball Championship was won on Sunday, 3rd of August, 2014 by the Romanian team which beat Germany with a score of 32-21. This is the first time Romania has won this title on this category. According to the International Handball Federation Romania had a strong defence from the beginning of the…
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Gold for Romanian participants at the Linguistics Olympiad
The International Linguistics Olympiad in Beijing has recently awarded the gold medal to Romanian participant Dan Mircea Mirea. The 12th International Linguistics Olympiad was held in Beijing, China between July 21 to July 25, 2014. It is estimated that 39 teams from 28 countries have participated, with around 152 contestants. According to the official website…
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Jackie Chan to open Chinese film festival in Romania
Jackie Chan will open the “Chinese film Festival” on September, 2014. The film festival will be organised this year between 11-18 September in both China and Romania due to a mutual understanding between Romania’s Cinematography Center and the Chinese State Administration for the Media, Radio and TV. According to Romania Insider Jackie Chan will come to Romania…
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Don’t know what to do this summer? Visit Fan Fest, an activist festival!
Fan Fest is an activist festival that takes place every year in Rosia Montana, Romania. This is no festival like any other, as it is organised by volunteers.The festival started in 2004 due to Save Rosia Montana campaign which is one of the largest anti mining campaigns that has run in Romania for the last…
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The biggest plastic bottle bridge in the world opens up in Romania
The largest plastic bottle bridge in the world was created and inaugurated a few days ago in Timisoara. The bridge is part of a project that wants to draw attention to the plastic waste that ends up in our waters. The bridge that was built from 157, 000 plastic bottles is 23 metres long and…
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Romanian economy considered one of the fastest developing markets
The Romanian economy is considered one of the fastest developing markets outside of Asia. According to europe-emerging.com Romania has got all characteristics to persuade businesses to invest in the country. While Romania has received its fair of negative press in the last few years, this good news will surely put the country on the map in…
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700 students flashmob to support Cluj-Napoca for European Youth Capital in 2015
Around 700 Romanian students have participated in a flash mob that supports Cluj- Napoca in its application for the European Youth Capital title in 2015. According to actualdecluj.ro students from different towns and villages were invited to participate by writing their support messages on the sides of a cube which was put in the centre of the…
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Romania’s tourist numbers rise in 2014
More and more tourists chose Romania as a holiday destination and this year the numbers have gone up. Between January and May the number of tourists staying in Romania rose with 6.2 %. According to romania-actualitati.ro most tourists come from France, Germany, Poland, Belarus and Moldavia and the majority chose to visit the Black Sea…
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