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Romanian judo player wins gold at the World Judo Tour competition
Judo player Larisa Florian has won the gold medal at the Grand Slam competition in Baku, Azerbaijan. Florian played in the 52 kilograms and managed to beat Reka Pupp, from Hungary. Previously this year Florian has won the third place at the Grand Prix competition in Dusseldorf where she managed to beat Charlie van Snick…
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Romania wins three gold medals and two silver medals at the International Olympiad of Mathematics
The Polytechnic University team have won the first place at the International Olympiad of Mathematics for students, 2017. The olympiad took place between March 1st-3rd in Macedonia. The team has won three gold medals and two silver medals and has managed to beat teams from 20 universities from South-East of Europe. The students who…
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Over 100 volunteers helped feed 500 rescued bats
100 volunteers have helped feed over 500 bats that were rescued from under debris in a neighbourhood. Without their care, the bats would have died. The bats were cared for in a special centre in Bucharest for a few days by researchers and volunteers. One volunteer saidȘ It is very interesting for me because I…
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Italian media praises Romanian binman who returned wallet with 600 euro in it
A 42-year-old Romanian has returned a wallet with 600 euros in it. Daniel Nelu Foca, who works as a binman in Padova has found the wallet and immediately returned it to the police. Foca has found the walled in riviera Tiso in Camposampiero in Padova, while he was working on emptying the bins. He said…
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Adrian Ghenie’s painting sells for 3,252,500 pounds at Sotheby’s auction
One of the most successful painters in Romania, Adrian Ghenie has sold another painting just yesterday. The painting called Self Portrait as Charles Darwin was estimated between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 pounds and it sold for 3,252,500 pounds. The painter had another creation, called Memories, which was estimated at 350,000-500,000, however it did not sell. Sotheby’s said…
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Polish people set up a fan club to show their love for Romania
A group of Polish people from Krakow have formed a club that is centred around their love for Romania. They have no connection to Romania or Romanians outside the fact that they just love the country. They have learnt the language, they go on holiday there and they promote it in their country. Now they…
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New cycling route takes you through beautiful unexplored areas of Transylvania
If you love biking in nature, you will love biking through Transylvania. A new route was established that goes from Viscri to Sighisoara and it is 100 kilometres long. This route goes through eight villages ( Viscri-Bunesti-Crit-Mesendrof-Cloasterf-Saschiz-Archita-Daia) and it was made with the purpose of promoting natural landscapes, culture and history. It goes…
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Why is Dacia so successful in France?
French newspaper Le Monde has examined the reasons why the Dacia is so successful in France. It seems that there are plenty of qualities that make the Dacia attractive to the average French: price, design, and reliability. The most known models in France are Logan, Duster and Sandero. According to the report, last year, although…
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Romanians in Belgium: Marian Sava, a world renowned sculptor
There are many Romanian artists that have become succesful abroad. One of them is Marian Sava, a sculptor who lives in Belgium. Marian Sava used to work as a sailor, however he has always had the dream of becoming a sculptor. At age 35 he ran from communist Romania to Belgium. Since then, he has…
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Vlad Tanase, the man who ran the North Pole marathon for 7 days at -30 degrees
A young man from Slatina has chosen to compete in the toughest marathon in the world, the North Pole marathon. Vlad Tanase is one of the 20 people in the world that have managed to finish this marathon in the last eight years. The man, who works as an economist, has chosen to run in…
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