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Romanian woman wins silver medal in the North Pole marathon
A Romanian woman has managed to win the silver medal at a North Pole Marathon competition. Simona Dumitrescu is actually also the first woman to race in such a marathon. Simona managed to beat marathon champion Kit Ching Yiu from Hong Kong with 6.35.41 hours and she was beaten by Frederique Laurent from France with…
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Romanian law students win 3rd place at International Law competition in Hong Kong
Four law students from Bucharest have won the third place at an international law competition in Hong Kong. This is the largest competition of its kind in the world. The four law students have managed to beat Harvard and Stanford students. Thanks to the award that they have won, the students were already offered scholarships…
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Top 11 Romanian Easter Traditions
Romanians’s easter holiday follows the Orthodox calendar, which is usually different from the date when other Christian churches celebrate. Although in western coutnries, Easter seems to have lost much of its importance, Easter is viewed as important as Christmas in Romania. Families gather together, eat special foods and they go to church. There are also…
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Romanian short movie wins the grand prize at the FilmFest International Shortfilm Festival in Dresda
“First Night” movie directed by Andrei Tanase has won the grand prize at the Dresda-Filmfest International Shortfilm festival. The movie presents a special moment in the life of a young man. The movie shows the fragility of the masculine identity. The movie stars Alfredo Minea, Cristiana Luca, Mimi Branescu and Elvira Deatcu. The movie was…
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Romania wins the ICE Hockey U18 World Championship
The Romanian hockey team has won the 2017 IIHF ICE Hockey U18 World Championship after beating South Korea. The competition took place in Gangneung, South Korea. The Romanian team, coached by Cornel Chirita has managed to beat South Korea with 2-1 (1-1,1-0,0-0_ thanks to Reszegh Zsolt with the help of Eduard Casaneanu and Dosa Csaba. In…
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Romania wins the European Karate Championships
Romania has won 13 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 7 bronze medals at the European Karate Championship. The competition is organized in Cluj-Napoca this year and Romania has managed to win the European Championship, after already winning 30 medals. Romania has lost the championship last year to Italy. 1,846 sportsmen from 26 countries participate…
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Romanian woman wins US chess championship
Romanian chess player Sabina-Francesca Foisor has won on Sunday the USA Women Chess Championship. The competition took place in Saint Louis, Missouri. She has earned 8 points out of 11. She has managed to beat Nazi Paikidze with 7 points and Irina Krush with 6,5 points. Sabina Foisor was born in 1989 in Timisoara, Romania.…
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Over 140 traditional craftsmen present at the Florii crafts market in Bucharest
The Museum of the Romanian peasant has hosted a special market this weekend. The market was set up to celebrate the Florii holiday. The market was focused on traditional crafts, such as clothes, furniture, decorations and food. Over 140 traditional crafts people participated in this market. source photos:Idilia photo idilia.ro
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Florist plants 27,000 tulips in the centre of Oradea at his own expense
Marian Sabau, a florist from Oradea has planted 27,000 tulips in Oradea’s city centre park. The florist has paid for all the flowers and he did it to make the area more beautiful. He said that he wanted to do it just to prove to himself that he can do it. The tulips can be…
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Romanian cultural palace wins EU architecture prize
A Romanian architecture project has won the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage in the Conservation category. The Cultural Palace, which is located in the town of Blaj, close to Alba Iulia was designed in 1930 by Victor Smigelschi. The palace was built with the purpose of hosting cultural events. It was also used to accommodate a…
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