tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127Fri, 08 Mar 2024 09:31:26 +0000TourismTransylvaniaCastleairportmotorwaytargu mureswww.transylvanianews.info <br> Transylvania (Romania) related news in international media<br> ~ Stiri despre Transilvania in media internatională ~ <br> ~ Erdélyi vonatkozású hírek a nemzetközi médiában ~http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)Blogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-5355802278174275404Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:36:00 +00002010-10-01T17:41:43.490-04:00Sorry, this blog has been suspended.Please note! A newly developed English - Hungarian - Romanian interactive dictionary is available at EuDictionary.info!http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2010/10/sorry-this-blog-has-been-suspended.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-19124921757409316Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:26:00 +00002008-08-10T12:28:50.790-04:002.5 million-year-old mastodon unearthed in RomaniaThe Associated PressPublished: August 8, 2008BUCHAREST, Romania: Miners in Romania have unearthed the skeleton of a 2.5 million-year-old mastodon, believed to be one of the best preserved in Europe, a local official said Friday.They stumbled on the remains of the mammoth-like animal during excavations in June at a coal mine in the village of http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/08/international-herald-tribune-25-million.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-3873221854707477302Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:33:00 +00002008-08-04T21:37:51.778-04:00Karolyis' Olympics rise is gym dandyHusband-and-wife team have shaped gymnastics in U.S.By Clay Latimer, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)Sunday, August 3, 2008BEIJING — Looking back, trying to make sense of it all, Bela Karolyi barely can fathom what happened to him on that autumn day in 1976.In the rush of national pride after the Montreal Olympics, where Nadia Comaneci scored an unprecedented http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/08/rocky-mountain-news-karolyis-olympics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-5907690721436359828Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:13:00 +00002008-07-07T22:15:16.322-04:00Tourist attractions in Transylvania, center of Romania, are among the top holiday destinations in Europe that the renowned site USA Today recommends to American tourists. With all prices going up, and the dollar down, USA Today has intended to make a classification of the most beautiful tourist destinations in Europe accessible to American commoners.Unlike Romanians, who believe their country hashttp://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/financiarul-transylvania-among-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-5912585176739043906Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:46:00 +00002008-07-02T21:50:09.218-04:00Washington, June 14 : New evidence has confirmed that dwarf dinosaurs existed in Transylvania, the land of the mythical, blood-drinking Count Dracula.According to a report in Discovery News, the sister of an eccentric Austro-Hungarian aristocrat named Baron von Nopsca found a tiny bone on the baron's family estate in Transylvania in 1900.The baron, who was a dinosaur buff, identified the bone as http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/07/newkeralacom-dwarf-dinos-once-roamed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-5993353742392081726Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:19:00 +00002008-06-05T22:21:15.455-04:00Newmont ups Gabriel stake to 19.9%Posted By THE CANADIAN PRESSNewmont Canada Ltd. has purchased 3.9 million more shares in Gabriel Resources Ltd., raising its total to 50.7 million shares representing 19.9 per cent of the company.The move by the Canadian division of the major U. S.- based gold producer comes as Gabriel's Rosia Montana open-pit project in the Transylvania region of Romania remainshttp://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/06/daily-press-newmont-ups-gabriel-stake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-7030188629009660854Sun, 18 May 2008 10:27:00 +00002008-05-18T06:35:43.920-04:00TourismTransylvaniaCastleMay 18, 2008Rod Liddle finds a corner of Europe yet to be invaded by Starbucks. And it cost only £1,500 for a holiday for fiveIn winter, the wolves migrate down from the frozen Carpathian mountains and prowl the snow-covered, wooded hills beyond our farmhouse – usually just out of sight, though you can hear them doing their famous howling thing.In spring, the wolves head back to the peaks, but http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/05/perfect-budget-eco-break-romania.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-540446792364772556Fri, 16 May 2008 03:17:00 +00002008-05-15T23:21:58.662-04:00Hungry bear and cub take refuge on roof of 4-storey building in central RomaniaThu May 15, 8:44 AMBy The Associated PressBUCHAREST, Romania - A couple of bears caused quite a stir Thursday in the central Romanian city of Brasov.The mother bear and her young cub were first spotted wandering through gardens and breaking fences in search of food in the downtown area.Traffic was stopped for about twohttp://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/05/yahoo-news-hungry-bear-and-cub-take.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-3314870175595534483Thu, 15 May 2008 02:22:00 +00002008-05-14T22:25:09.864-04:00'Transylvania is in my blood' says Prince Charles on Romania trip13 MAY 2008Prince Charles had the opportunity to revisit little-known ancestral ties on a recent trip to Romania. The heir to the throne, whose great grandfather's cousin Marie married the crown prince of Romania and went on to rule the country with her husband after WWI, visited several villages in the country's Transylvania regionhttp://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/05/hellomagazinecom-transylvania-is-in-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-4343566695109087383Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:07:00 +00002008-04-07T21:13:16.545-04:00By NICHOLAS KULISHPublished: April 7, 2008SFANTU GHEORGHE, Romania — Dozens of wreaths trailing ribbons in red, white and green, the colors of the Hungarian flag, covered the base of a memorial to the 1848 revolution in the town park here on a recent day. Deep in the heart of Romania, just one lonely garland bears the country’s own blue, yellow and red banner.New Year’s is celebrated twice here, http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/04/kosovos-actions-hearten-hungarian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-6249266216697850292Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:22:00 +00002008-03-26T03:25:29.699-04:00airportmotorwaytargu muresMinister Borbely negotiates the return of Wizz Air on Targu Mures airport.published in issue 4148 page 7 at 2008-03-26Targu Mures – Targu Mures Vidrasau Airport becomes, according to a governmental ordinance, an institution of national interest, a fact which will allow it to benefit from state and European funds, announced yesterday, in a press conference the Minister of Development, Public Workshttp://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/03/transylvania-airport-on-list-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-5082856945072498694Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:30:00 +00002008-02-18T22:35:28.574-05:00Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:24pm ESTBUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's will not recognize Kosovo independence, parliament declared on Monday, highlighting fears that such a move could fuel separatist moves in the Balkans.The biggest country in the region, Romania has long been trying to carve out a role as a regional mediator before and after it joined the European Union in January 2007."Conditions to http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/02/reuters-romania-will-not-recognize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-1726267681061631361Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:19:00 +00002008-02-09T12:23:20.638-05:00Along with Poland and Bulgaria, Romania is at the bottom of the pile in the EU in terms of its number of kilometres of motorways. While Romania has only 298 km of motorways built, Germany has almost 9,000 km, France 8,000 km, while Great Britain has around 3,000 km.The lack of road infrastructure has bad consequences for the country’s economic development. Foreign and local companies, investors http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2008/02/romanias-absence-of-motorways-has-been.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-8797677235238642429Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:31:00 +00002007-02-02T09:34:26.604-05:00Manor house in Dracula land lures lovers of rustic Romanian lifeUpdated 1/31/2007 7:19 AM ETMICLOSOARA, Romania (AP) — There is only one count in this remote Transylvanian village of 512 souls nestling in the wilds of the Carpathian Mountains — and it isn't Count Dracula.Meet Count Tibor Kalnoky, a dashing 40-year-old entrepreneur and son of Transylvania descended from a noble family which http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/02/usa-today-manor-house-in-dracula-land.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-2976478194637354166Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:55:00 +00002007-01-31T09:59:35.270-05:00Sharing Romanian Under a SphinxBy PETER MEEHANPublished: January 31, 2007MARIGOLD walls, goldenrod tablecloths, egg yolks spilling into moist corn-colored mamaliga: yellow, yellow, yellow at Acasa in Sunnyside, Queens.Acasa is a new Romanian place on a stretch of Skillman Avenue that’s not poor in the Romanian department. The dining room is dominated by a massive photo mural that struck me as http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-york-times-sharing-romanian-under.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-1039718992364571803Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:37:00 +00002007-01-21T21:57:29.237-05:00Romania’s Athlete Maria Cioncan Dies In Car CrashBUCHAREST, Jan 21Romanian athlete Maria Cioncan, awarded with bronze at the 2004 Olympic Games from Athens, died Sunday in a car crash in Bulgaria. The accident took place Sunday morning. Stefan Beregszaszy, Cioncan’s coach, was in the same car, but he was not able to give any details about the accident because of the shock. Former world champion http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/mediafax-romanias-athlete-maria-cioncan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116921383465997539Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:33:00 +00002007-01-19T08:37:15.353-05:00'The most polluted town in Europe'By David Shukman BBC science correspondent, Copsa Mica, RomaniaLevels of lead in the town far exceed permitted levelsFirst impressions leave a mark and mine were of an immediate assault on the senses.Within minutes of arriving in Copsa Mica, a small industrial town deep in a valley in Transylvania, I could feel the pollution in my eyes and nose. I could even http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/bbc-most-polluted-town-in-europe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116913628546375799Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:02:00 +00002007-01-18T11:04:46.756-05:00Where are Dracula’s roots?By NitwitA look at one of literature’s most fascinating figuresFor as long as I can remember I have always had a fascination with Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The later movie Dracula 2000 put out a theory that was interesting yet a little disappointing.The character Dracula was always associated with the darker side of seduction, which held the viewers attention.In the movie, http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/reportercoza-where-are-draculas-roots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116891595996566679Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:50:00 +00002007-01-15T21:52:40.436-05:00Dracula castle too expensive for RomaniaBUCHAREST, Romania, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Romania's culture minister said he won't pay $78 million for the Hapsburg royal family's so-called "Dracula's castle," Mediafax reported Monday.Culture Minister Mircea Iorgulescu said the ministry will give up its option to buy the Bran castle, one of Romania's top tourist sights in central Transylvania, Mediafax http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/united-press-international-dracula.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116890467891804442Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:42:00 +00002007-01-15T18:44:39.613-05:00Sibiu Turns European Capital of Overpriced Construction Work14 Ianuarie 2007 de Dan ConstantinSibiu city, in central Romania, shares with Luxembourg the status of cultural city of Europe this year. But the joy that fills Romanians’ hearts should not drain their pockets clean.For instance, the price paid for a pole went to 1,000 RON ssome 285 eurost, and to 1,350 RON ssome 385 eurost for a http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/jurnalul-national-sibiu-turns-european.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116833539612003368Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:32:00 +00002007-01-09T04:36:46.170-05:00N.Y. Man May Sell Childhood Home - Dracula's CastleBy DAVID LOMBINOStaff Reporter of the SunJanuary 9, 2007A Westchester County man who is a descendant of the royal family of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Dominic von Habsburg, could soon sell Dracula's Castle — the 13th-century palace where he grew up before the property was seized by communists — to the local Romanian government for more than $78http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-york-sun-ny-man-may-sell-childhood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116826044168596047Mon, 08 Jan 2007 12:45:00 +00002007-01-08T07:47:26.626-05:00Romania sinks its teeth into the tourist tradeCHRIS STEPHEN IN SIGHISOARAROMANIANS have gone Dracula crazy, hoping that the country's association with the fictional vampire will trigger a tourist boom.Tourism officials have long marketed Dracula to visitors, but EU membership and visa-less travel have seen the cottage industry hit the big time.Hotels and restaurants across the northern province http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/scotsman-romania-sinks-its-teeth-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116809250147379099Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:56:00 +00002007-01-06T09:09:15.593-05:00Old goldPreserving the historical to the artisanalBy Tom Haines, Globe Staff January 7, 2007SIBIU -- During the past 40 years, as communism and then capitalism descended upon Romania's rural villages, Corneliu Bucur preserved the details of life tied to the land.It was natural enough, then, that as he wandered wooded trails in an outdoor museum he helped create, passing a woolen mill transported http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/boston-globe-old-gold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116808374337144118Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:39:00 +00002007-01-06T06:45:02.386-05:00Initiative: Cristian Chivu Clothing Line05 Ianuarie 2007 de Marcel Raducanu, Delia GomoescuAfter opening a store in Timisoara, Cristi Chivu is to launch his own clothing line, which will mostly regard casual outfits. The clothes will be manufactured in Romania with Italian fabrics.Cristi Chivu is known for his fine taste when it comes to choosing the clothes he wears, managing to avoid being http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/jurnalul-national-initiative-cristian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35622127.post-116800273999093836Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:07:00 +00002007-01-05T08:12:20.556-05:00Hermannstadt: Kür auf europäischem Parkett PortraitSibiu: Freestyle in the European arenaThe Romanian city of Sibiu, in the Transylvania region, is making waves alongside Luxembourg as joint European Capitals of Culture 2007It was Richard Wagner, a Romanian-born German author, who first made news with this year’s European cultural capital as the ‘wonder of Sibiu’ in the Neue Züricher Zeitung. http://transylvanianews.blogspot.com/2007/01/cafebabelcom-sibiu-freestyle-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Transylvania.NEWS)0