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40 traditional blouses on exhibit at the Museum of the Romanian peasant
A special exhibit with 40 traditional Romanian blouses , including a replica of Elisabeta Rizea’s ia opened at the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant. Ioana Corduneanu, the organiser of the project stated that the exhibit contains 40 Romanian blouses that are replicas of those that can be found in collections at the Metropolitan Museum, New…
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Traditional wall-carpet craftmanship now part of UNESCO’s heritage list
Traditional wall-carpet craftmanship is officially now part of UNESCO’s heritage list. Wall carpets were produced in the past in Romania and Moldova with the purpose of insulation but also for decorations. Moreover, they were also a part of a bride’s dowry. To create these special carpets many techniques were used and carpets had different motifs…
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Mayor Irina Onescu: How a young woman has broken prejudices and changed a whole village
A young woman who used to work as an MTV veejay has become the mayor of a little commune in Arad. Although this story would determine some people to laugh, Irina Onescu has proved everyone that she is the best young mayor in Romania. Although she is young and inexperienced in politics she has done…
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Poet George Bacovia honoured by 47 international artists at a special exhibition in Bacau
47 artists from 19 countries have presented graphic works inspired from Bacovia’s creations. The event was organized to celebrate a century since his poem volume “Plumb” was published. The international exhibit was opened at City Library in Bacau. 124 works of arts were presented. Anca Sion, the organizer of the project said that these works…
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Romanian invents tyre that produces electricity
Razvan Basarabeanu has invented a tyre that produces electricity. According to him this tyre will increase the autonomy of electric cars with almost 1,000 kilometres. He stated that his idea means that piezoelectrical crystals are introduced in the structure of the tyre with the purpose of producing electricity and the electricity transfer is done through…
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Norman Manea wins the big prize at the Guadalajara Book Fair
Norman Manea has won the 2016 Literary Award of the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Romance Languages. The Romanian writer was previously Romania’s nomination for the Nobel prize for literature in 2014. This is the first time a Romanian author has been given this award. The prize was generous, as he received 150,000 dollars at the…
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82 year old couple run the Alba Iulia Union cross competition holding hands
Over 500 people have participated this weekend at the Union cross this weekend at the Alba Carolina citadel in Alba Iulia. Among the runners there was also an elderly couple, both of 82 years of age, that ran the whole 2,7 kilometres while holding hands. They have been together for 56 years and they both…
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4,000 volunteers plant over 90,000 trees across Romania in one day
Volunteers have planted over 70,ooo trees in 7 counties of Romania. This huge tree planting has been done within the campaign ” We plant good deeds for Romania”. The planting took place on November 19 in 7 out of 9 planned counties. The planting in Harghita took place on November 12 and the one in…
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“Romanians adopt remainians”campaign wins 3 awards
The ” Romanians adopt remainians” campaign organized by Gandu newspapers and GMP Advertising/Webstyler has received three awards at the Internetics 2016 gala. The campaign has received the Silver Viral Non Video award in the Social-Media-Online PR section and in the Social Media-Online PR Special Project section and has won the Art, Culture, Media and Entertianment,…
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The first smart pedestrian crossing to be set up in Tulcea
The first smart pedestrian crossing will be set up in Tulcea at the end of the week. The crossing will help drivers, as they will be warned when someone crosses the street. The smart crossing was set up in two weeks and it is located in the centre of the city. The crossing will light…
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