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Caragiale’s Bucharest festival has started!
Between November 1-6 a humour festival takes place in Bucharest. The festival called Caragiale’s Bucharest has six days of theatre, music and film.Caragiale is a beloved Romanian writer and satirist and is well known for writing funny theatre plays that criticize society and politics. The festival is organized at the Comedy Theatre, Amena studio, Bulandra…
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Romanian police officers won 6 medals at the European Police Championships!
Romanian police officers have been highly succesful at the European Police Championships this year. The officers have won 5 bronze medals and one silver medal. The competition took place between October 24-21 in Bratislava and it was organised by the European Police Sports Union. The police officers that made us proud are -Alexuc Alin, C.S. Dinamo…
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How two priest brothers are helping their communities by providing free meals
Two priests from two villages in the county of Teleorman, Romania got together to help their residents. The priests have built soup kitchens next to their churches in Lada and Negrenii de Sus, and so far 200 people, including children and old people with financial problems came to eat. The priests get the money for…
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Elena Pagu breaks world record in Australia competition!
We reported yesterday about the amazing Elena Pagu. Today she has proved she is more amazing! She has broken the world record for her age category in the W90 5000m walk at Ern Clark Athletic Centre City of Canning. The competition took place in Perth, Australia. Elena Pagu has finished the 5 km competition in…
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European bison to double its population in Romania
The bison population in Romania will double by 2020, which means there will be over 100 bisons in the Carpathian mountains. The announcement was made Friday by the WWF Romania and Rewilding Europe. The organisations are working together on this project since 2012 and they are trying to reintroduce the bisons in the Tarcu mountains.…
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The amazing Elena Pagu! At 90 she wins gold medals at running competitions!
At 90 years old Elena Pagu is a woman worth of admiration. She has recently won the gold medal for a 5,000 metre competition and is currently preparing for another world championship in Australia. Elan Pagu has already seven world titles and she will not stop there. This summer she celebrated her 90th birthday and she…
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Great news for taxpayers! Over 100 taxes removed by Romania’s Chamber of Deputies
Great news for taxpayers as the Parliament has agreed to a law project that eliminates 102 non-fiscal taxes. The law was voted yesterday, October 25 with no opposition. According to romania-insider, Dragnea stated on Facebook: “These taxes meant time and money lost for all Romanians. We want more Romanians in the middle class and for…
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Good news! Dobrogea spur-thighed tortoise population has doubled
The Dobrogea spur-thighed tortoise population has doubled in the last 12 years according to the Macinului mountains National Park Administration. Today there are around 4,000 spur-thighed tortoises and although it seems like a small number, this is a significant increase of the population. Viorel Rosca, the director of the administration has pointed out that the…
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Romania wins four medals at the European Table Tennis Championships
Romania has won one gold medal and three bronze medals at the European Table Tennis Championships. Daniela Dodean Monteiro with her Portuguese husband Joao Monteiro have won the gold medal in the mixed doubles competition. They have beaten Mattia Karlsson and Matilda Ekholm from Sweden with a score of 3-2. The bronze medal was secured by…
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Sieranevada and Graduation awarded at Chicago International Film Festival
Romania was a big winner at the 52nd Chicago International Film Festival. Sieranevada has won the Gold Hugo prize, the festival’s biggest prize for the best international movie. Cristi Puiu has also won the directing award. Another Romanian-French movie called “Graduation” directed by Cristian Mungiu has won the screenplay award and also the best…
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