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Two Romanian brothers risk their lives to save 9 people during Italian earthquake
Two Romanian brothers have saved 9 people during the earthquake that devastated Italy. It is well known that Italy has a high number of Romanian expats and many of them have been affected by the earthquake. During the event many people have helped save lives and two of them were Romanian brothers Marian and Daniel…
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Romanian comedy ” Selfie69″ selected at Montreal international movie festival
Romanian comedy ” Selfie69″, directed by Cristina Iacob has been selected by the Festival des Films du Monde de Montreal. The festival takes place between August 25- September 5 in Quebec. The director stated ” Thank you so much Canada! Merci beaucoup, Montreal! It is an honour for us to represent Romania at one of…
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Brasov History Festival marks 100 years since the first world war
This weekend a special historical reconstitution festival took place in Brasov. The festival is remembering 100 years since Romania has entered the First World War. The participants have come all the way from the Czeck republik, UK and Austria. The soldiers have reconstituted the battles that took place in 1916.Several other European countries have…
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Amazing 86 year old Romanian man donates two incubators to Slatina hospital
86 year old retired English teacher Ion Mihai Giuran has donated 21,000 euro for the Slatina emergency hospital. The hospital has bought two incubators for premature newborn babies. Ion Mihai Giuran is not a rich man, however, he donated money to help the lives of babies. It is well known that hospitals in Romania suffer…
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Romanian students win gold medals at the International Geography Olympiad
Romanian students continue to impress the world. These days they have won four medals at the International Geography Olympiad. Maria-Sabina Calisevici from Campulung Moldovenesc and Ioan-Adrian Toma, from Focsani, have won the gold medals. Radu Artiom, from Jean Monnet high school in Bucharest, has secured the silver medal and Sorina Avadanei, from the Calistrat Hogas…
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21 year old Andreea Grad, named Sorbone valedictorian
At the young age of 21 Andreea Grad can be proud of her achievements. This year she has graduated from Sorbonne university in Paris and she has managed to have the highest academic rank in her class. Andreea Grad is from Luna Ilvei commune, population 3,000, Bistrita-Nasaud county. She attended the Andrei Muresanu national college in Bistrita, finished…
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Over 600 artists dance together at Romania’s largest interethnic festival
The beautiful town of Sighisoara has celebrated national minorities this weekend.] in a festival called Pro Etnica. This is one of the largest festivals in Europe to promote minorities. More than 600 Albanian, Turkish, Greek, Italian, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Romanian artists danced together with tourists in the central market. The festival also included workshops, art…
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Cluj-Napoca-to become first city in Romania to use electric buses
Cluj-Napoca will be the first city in Romania to use electric buses. The city hall has already purchased 30 electric buses with Swiss funds. The company that produces the buses has convinced the city hall that the buses are very efficient and that they can handle heavy traffic. The Hungarian team has travelled for…
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“A mere breath” wins Best Documentary award at Sarajevo film festival
Romanian documentary ” A mere breath” has won the Best Documentary Award at the International Film Festival in Sarajevo. The documentary is focused on Sicrea family’s life for seven years, as Dobrin waits for a miracle to help his daughter to get up from her wheelchair. The movie shows how the children grow up,…
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Gheorghe Visu wins Best Actor Award at Sarajevo Film Festival
Romanian thriller ” Dogs” directed by Bogdan Mirica has won two prizes at the Sarajevo film festival. On Saturday, Gheorghe Visu has won the Heart of Sarajevo award for best actor. The second award the movie won was a Special Mention of the Jury The movie ” Dogs” will be shown in theatres in Romania…