A Moment as an Eternity: 14-Year-Old Writes Her First Novel

Tuesday, November 18th, 2014 by Mihaela Bogdan
A Moment as an Eternity: 14-Year-Old Writes Her First Novel

The 14-year-old Romanian writer, Irina Novac, recently published her first book, “A Moment as an Eternity.” About love, crime, and drama, her novel takes place in the U.S. for the first half and Romania for the latter. The story centers on two high-school sweethearts, Angela and Chuck. At their prom, Chuck proposes to Angela and she accepts. The […]

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Prietenii Mocanitei: preserving and restoring the Sibiu-Agnita narrow gauge railway as a tourist attraction

Saturday, June 14th, 2014 by Raluca Besliu
Prietenii Mocanitei: preserving and restoring the Sibiu-Agnita narrow gauge railway as a tourist attraction

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Mocanite, narrow gauge railways, trailed stunning mountainous areas to connect cities across Transylvania, Romania. The Mocanite, whose locomotives were steam-powered, were built for cargo and passenger services. The longest Mocanita at the time it was built ran for 123 km between Sibiu, Agnita and Sighisoara, crossing the […]

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Urban Explorer Captures the Beauty of Bucharest

Monday, February 3rd, 2014 by Raluca Besliu
Urban Explorer Captures the Beauty of Bucharest

A journalism student passionate about photography and traveling, 22-year-old Alex Iacob is the creator of a blog about urban exploration in his hometown of Bucharest, Romania. Alex explores overlooked or forgotten urban spaces such as old bourgeois residencies, factories and monuments, all left to decay in the communist and post-communist eras. Because his explorations are […]

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Ionut Budisteanu invents low-cost, self-driving car

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 by Raluca Besliu
Ionut Budisteanu invents low-cost, self-driving car

Nineteen-year-old Ionut Budisteanu from Romania developed a model for a low-cost self-driving car that uses artificial intelligence. Ionut is not the first one to put out a prototype for fully autonomous vehicles, which Google Inc has been working to develop since 2010. Google’s model would be extremely expensive, costing around $75,000, due to its use of a […]

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