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Ioana Cozmuta, the story of a Romanian who works at NASA
Ioana Cozmuta from Baia Mare is currently studying different ways in which people can colonize the moon and how people can adapt their life and work in space. She has been working at the American Space Agency for 15 years. Ioana Cozmuta has graduated from Babes university in Cluj-Napoca. Ioana Cozmuta has done her Ph.D. in…
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Tecau and Rojer win the Dubai Tennis Championships
Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer have won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday. The Dutch-Romanian team has managed to beat Marcin Matkowski and Rohan Bopanna with 4-6,6-3,10-3. Tecau and Rojer have proved to work together well as a team as last year they have also won the Mutua Madrid open and in 2015…
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Adrian Bejan, a successful Romanian:28 books written,600 scientific papers published and 18 honorary Ph.D. awards
You might have heard of Romanian personalities, such as Nadia Comaneci or Tudor Giurgiu, however, there are many more Romanian personalities that are successful in their field, even though they are not known to the wide public. One of them is Adrian Bejan, a Romanian professor who currently teaches at Duke university, where is a…
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Why more and more French people move to Romania
There are many reports that state that many French people come to study and live in Romania and that there is a quite large community in Romania. In fact, positivenewsromania.com has interviewed one French expat who lives in Cluj county. Sources report that the highest number of foreign people living in Cluj in 2013 were…
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Children surround the Alba Iulia citadel with the longest martisor ever made
On March 1st, on Martisor day, the largest martisor in Romania surrounded Alba Iulia citadel. The largest martisor in Romania measured 3 kilometres and was carried by 300 volunteer children. Each child received 10 metres of white and red ribbon which they had to braid to form a martisor. Rares Buglea, the organizer stated that over…
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Romanian becomes famous conductor in Spain
A Romanian has become a successful and admired conductor in Spain. Conductor Virgil Popa is currently working with the Stradivari Simphony Orchestra in Madrid. Popa has funded the orchestra 12 years ago and since then he has become famous among musicians in Spain. Virgil Popa grew up in a family of musicians and has previously…
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Romanians celebrate first day of spring by giving each other “martisor”gifts
Every year on March 1st Romanians celebrate the first day of spring with a lovely custom. They wear a Martisor ( pronounced muhrtzishor), which is a little decorative object that symbolizes spring: it could be a snowdrop, a horse shoe or a chimney sweeper. A red and white string is always attached to the object.…
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Romanian wins Oscar for visual effects
Ioan Boieriu is part of the team that has won an Oscar for visual effects on Sunday night. Boeriu is the technical director for visual effects for the movie The Jungle Book. Ioan Boieriu is 37 years old and is from Brasov. After he graduated from the IT university in Brasov he worked in computer…
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Six Romanian photographers reach the finals of Sony World Photography Awards
Six Romanian photographers have managed to reach the finals of the Sony World Photography Awards 2017. Over 227,000 photographs from 183 countries are competing this year. The winners will win Sony photo equipment worth 30,000 dollars. The winners for the Open category will be announced on March 28 and the winners of the Professional and Youth…
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Romanian sabre team wins World Cup!
The Romanian sabre team has won the World Championships. In the finals, which were held in Warsaw, Romanians managed to beat the Italian team with a score of 45-44. The team has reached the finals after beating France with 45-40, then the Russian team with the same result and then in the semifinals they managed…
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