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Movie festival held in Iasi city
Iasi city hosted a very special movie festival for five days. The festival, called Romanian film evenings, had many special guests, including Mircea Diaconu. Over 60 guests came between May 4-8, and 35 movies were shown in cinemas. The seventh edition has also shown a collection of movies, in which famous actor Mircea Diaconu has…
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Historical decision: Vacaresti park becomes protected area!
Vacaresti lake has been declared a natural park with protected area status after many years of lobbying. This is considered a historical decision by many, as this green area, with over 97 bird species, is the largest urban natural park in Europe. The associations that fought for the park are Asociatia Parcul Natural Vacaresti, Asociatia Salvati Dunarea…
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Garden party and concerts at the Peles castle
Thousands of people have participated at events that celebrated 150 years of Royal family at the Peles castle in Sinaia on 10th of May, 2016 and in Bucharest. The day started in Bucharest, at the statue of king Carol I in the Royal Palace market, with a military ceremony with attendance from princess Margarete,…
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Romanian students win third place at World’s Largest Robotics Competition
The Autovortex Romania team has won the third place at the World’s Largest Robotics Competition held in Saint Louis, USA. The team is formed by 16 students from Tudor Vianu National Informatics College in Bucharest. The team has built a 54 kilograms robot that can undertake different duties. The students have built the robot using a standard set of components…
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Traditional Romanian festivals: Sambra oilor
While there are plenty of festivals that you can go to across Europe, traditional festivals are quite rare, compared to music and film festivals. One of the oldest celebrations in Romania takes place in the beautiful county of Satu Mare. It is called Sambra Oilor and it celebrates the return of the sheep herds…
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Romanian pianist honoured by a British royal college
Alexandra Dariescu is the first Romanian pianist to be named the Honorary Associate Artist of Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. The Romanian pianist, along with other prestigious musical talents, such as Tom Harrold, Mikhail Nemtsov, Kathryn Rudge and Le Yu will be ambassadors of the Music College starting from September. Alexandra Dariescu, from Iasi…
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CSM Bucharest qualified for the Champions League finals!
CSM Bucharest has qualified for the Champions League final at women handball on Saturday. The team has beat Vardar Skopje from Macedonia with 27-21. It is the first time the team has participated in an inter club competition and they have proved to be a very capable team. Jelena Grubisic from Croatia was considered the best…
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Simona Halep qualified for the finals of Madrid open
Simona Halep has qualified in the finals of the Madrid open after defeating Samantha Stosur from Australia with 6-2,6-0. The game started with an equal score of 2-2 and it did not suggest that Halep will continue to win all games without difficulty. After 11 games Halep has won the game in only 52…
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Largest art exhibit in Romania now open in Bucharest
The largest art exhibit in Romania is now open at the Dacia-Romania palace and also in several art galleries throughout Bucharest. The exhibit is organized by Art Safari 2016 and it focuses on uncomfortable questions related to society and the purpose of art, bourgeois sensibility and traditional norms. The galleries that host the event are: Balamuc, AICC,…
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The inspirational story of a farmer who helps sick children
Over 50 children suffering from diseases were healed thanks to the efforts of a simple man called Vlad Placinta. Vlad Placinta is not a doctor, but a simple farmer as everyone else in his village. So how is he helping sick children? Well, after a hard day’s work in the field, Vlad goes to his…
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