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Ruxandra Draghia-Akli to manage the EU department of research and innovation
Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, a Romanian researcher will manage the department for research and Innovation as the new deputy director-general of the European Commission from September 1, 2016. She will work together with other three deputy general Directors: Charlina Vitcheva, Mario Campolargo and Carlos Alegria. Ruxandra Draghia-Akli currently works for the European Commission’s department of research and innovation and…
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Documentary on famous road”Transalpina- the road of the kings” to be launched in September
Transalpina road will have its own movie,called ” Transalpina-road of the kings”. Dumitru Budrala, the director will introduce the viewers into the unknown history of this road. The movie will be launched in September. So why would a road be the subject of a movie? According to the director, this road has been used…
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Largest flying dinosaur in the world to be exhibited at Antipa museum
Hatzegopteryx, the largest flying dinosaur in the world will be exhibited at the Grigore Antipa National museum of natural history on July 28. The dinosaur has wings that measure 12 metres and a skull that is 3 metres long. It is the largest known pterosaur and was a predator of a small to medium game.…
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Three men rescue woman from drowning
A woman was saved from drowning by three men on Monday. The men were in the area of Sasar river, in Baia Mare city, when they saw the woman floating in the water. They went fast and took her out of the water and helped by a SMURD team they managed to save her. The…
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Team led by Romanian professor discovers super-hard metal ‘four times tougher than titanium’
A team led by professor Emilia Morosan from Rice University, Houston have managed to create an alloy that is stronger than pure titanium. The team has melted titanium and gold and merged them. The alloy is the hardest metallic substance that is compatible with live tissues, is four times harder than pure titanium and…
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Ten medals for Romanian students at the International Pluridisciplinary Olympiad in Russia
Romanian students were awarded at four subjects at the Tuymaada International Pluridisciplinary Olympiad in Yakutsk, Russia. The students have managed to win tow gold medals, seven silver medals, a bronze medal and one mention at Mathematics, Informatics, Physics and Chemistry. At Informatics Andrei Costin Oncescu has won the gold medal , Alexandru Petrescu and…
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Monica Niculescu and Yanina Wickmayer win Washington tennis competition
Monica Niculescu, from Romania and Yanina Wickmayer from Belgium, have won the Citi Open Washington Doubles. The pair has managed to beat Shuko Aoyama and Risa Ozaki from Japan with 6-4,6-3. The game lasted an hour and 15 minutes and it was interrupted by rain in the first set with a score of 2-1 for the Romanian-Belgium…
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Interested in Romania? These are the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts you should follow
If you have ever watched the news you might have noticed that Romania is always presented in a negative way and perhaps you have never ever heard anything good about it. No one could blame you if you did not even think about spending your holiday there, considering the things that are said on TV or online.…
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Ultra-sky marathon to be organised in Fagaras mountains
Marathon competitions are gaining popularity in Romania. So, there is no surprise that more difficult and diverse competitions started to appear. One of them is the 2×2 Race, which is the only ultra-sky marathon in Romania. The route includes Negoiu peak (2.535 m) and Moldoveanu peak (2.544 m). Both peaks are in Fagaras mountains. The…
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Romania wins four medals at World Championship of Performing Arts
The Romanian team has won six medals at the World Championship of Performing Arts. The competition is open to dancers, singers and theatre performers. The Romanian team has won several medals for modern dance, lyrical dance and contemporary dance. The absolute winner was 9 year old Giada Giardinelli from Straoane commune, Vrancea county. She has…
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