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2 unusual facts about Timişoara


Cricket in Romania

In recent years the game has begun to grow again, particularly in Bucharest, Timișoara and Transylvania.

George Scripcaru

He is a graduate of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport of the West University, Timişoara.


Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara

Other performers in Timișoara have included pianists Annie Fischer, Artur Rubinstein, and Carlo Zecchi; violinists Bronisław Huberman, Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, and Eugène Ysaÿe; and cellists Pablo Casals and Gregor Piatigorsky.

BBC Romanian

Since 2004 it broadcast on its own frequency (only in Bucharest - 88 FM, Chişinău - 97,2 FM, and Timişoara - 93,9 FM); until then its signal was re-broadcast by local radio stations, partners of BBC Romanian.

Bega Veche River

The river is the old course of the Bega River, It drains the area north of the city of Timişoara and after crossing the border between Romania and Serbia, joins the Bega Canal near the city of Zrenjanin

Blue Air

At its founding, Blue Air also operated a domestic Bucharest-Timişoara flight, though this was discontinued in March 2005 due to low demand and competition from TAROM as well as Căile Ferate Române, the Romanian rail company.

Celelalte Cuvinte

Celelalte Cuvinte (The Other Words) is a Romanian rock band from Oradea, founded in December 1981, in Timişoara and still active to this day.

Claudiu Ionescu

Claudiu Mircea Ionescu, Romanian football player currently playing for FC Timişoara

Corina Peptan

She is a former World Youth Chess Champion in all girls categories: Under 10 years in Timişoara, Romania 1988, Under 12 years in Fond du Lac, United States 1990, Under 14 years in Warsaw, Poland 1991, and Under 18 years in Guarapuava Brazil 1995.

Costel Pantilimon

Initially Pantilimon was Timișoara's second-choice goalkeeper, behind Marius Popa; however, in May 2008 the owner of the club, Marian Iancu, transferred Popa to the second team, and Pantilimon took the pole position.

Dan Alexa

In the summer of the same year, Politehnica boss Marian Iancu decided to bring Alexa - by then, a real "persona non grata" in Timișoara, due to his pledge of loyalty to Dinamo - back to the city where he started his career, together with team-mate Ştefan Grigorie.

Dušan Uhrin, Jr.

Mladá Boleslav impressed in Europe the following season, not least because of defeating Olympique de Marseille in the first round of the UEFA Cup, and one of the people who took notice of Uhrin's achievements was Timișoara boss Marian Iancu.

FC Politehnica Timișoara

Over the years, Politehnica Timișoara fans have established close friendships with the supporters from Rapid București and the Nordkurve from Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Gheorghe Benga

Gheorghe Benga (born on January 26, 1944 in Timişoara, Romania) is a professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Haţieganu" of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Ion Iliescu

In the last days of his President mandate, he awarded the National Order Steaua României (rank of ceremonial knighthood) to the ultra-nationalist controversial politician Corneliu Vadim Tudor, a gesture which drew criticism in the press and prompted Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, fifteen Radio Free Europe journalists, Timișoara mayor Gheorghe Ciuhandu, song writer Alexandru Andrieș, and historian Randolph Braham to return their Romanian honours in protest.

Ion Timofte

After his retirement, as prove of his love for the club, Timofte opened a restaurant and a hotel in his hometown, Timişoara, both called Boavista.

Jaša Tomić

He attended elementary school in Vršac, then gymnasium in Timişoara and Kecskemét.

MitOst

The culmination of the union year is an international MitOst festival that takes place annually in a new city (2003:Pécs/Hungary, 2004:Vilnius/Lithuania, 2005: Wrocław/Poland, 2006: Timișoara/Romania, 2007: Görlitz/Zgorzelec, Germany/Poland).

Pentru Voi

Fundatia Pentru Voi (Pentru Voi Foundation) from Timişoara, Romania was established in 1995 as a Foundation for supporting people with intellectual disabilities.

Prostitution in Austria

The last time prostitution was completely forbidden in Austria was under Maria Theresa of Austria (1740-1780), who shipped prostitutes along with other "antisocial" people down the Danube to Timișoara in the Banat region of Romania.

Romstrade

Important projects for the company include construction and rehabilitation on several important Romanian roads like DN7, DN1, DN1A, DN73, DN65, DN21, DN2, DN66, DN67C, and DN7A, as well as roads in Bucharest, Voluntari, Ploieşti, Timişoara, Deva and Giurgiu.

Sânandrei

Covaci, which benefits economically from its proximity to Timișoara, is about 10 km north of the city, on the right bank of the Bega Veche River.

Sergei Lepmets

After winning the 2011–12 Liga II season with Poli Timişoara, the player, alongside teammates Rover Cârstea and Rafael Rocha, moved to CS Concordia Chiajna.

Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu

The stadium is named after Politehnica Timișoara's legend Dan Păltinișanu who played 271 matches in 10 years for the club and scored very important goals, including the qualification goal in UEFA Cup against Celtic and Atlético Madrid.

Stevan Moljević

The Serbian unit was to include Bosnia, Mostar (Herzegovina), parts of Croatia (Metković, Šibenik, Zadar, Ploče, Dubrovnik, Karlovac, Osijek, Vinkovci, Vukovar), as well as Pécs (Hungary), Timişoara (Romania), Vidin and Kyustendil (Bulgaria), the entire Macedonia and North Albania.

Teodor Ilincăi

His debut in Puccini’s La Bohème in Timişoara, Bucharest and Hannover followed.

Tibiscus University of Timişoara

Tibiscus University of Timişoara is an accredited university in Timişoara, Romania.

Victor Zâmbrea

His works are found in private and public collections in Paris, Bucharest, Moscow, Kiev, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Montreal, Riga, Vilnius, Timişoara, Braşov, Odessa, Nikolaev, Tumen, Novokuznetsk, Esentuki, Sighetu Marmaţiei.


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