The war in Ukraine and its consequences to Romania and the rest of the world

Student: Eduard MIHES, Xth A grade; Coordinating teacher: Alina POPA; School: “Samuil Vulcan” National College

Why has eastern Ukraine returned to full-scale conflict?

                Fighting started in April 2014 and raged for months until Ukraine and the separatists came to a deal on 5 September to halt the violence and free prisoners. But the ceasefire never held entirely. Although the intensity of the conflict subsided, the clashes never really ended and both sides used the relative lull to build up their forces.

            The battle raged for the control of the ruined airport at Donetsk, with Russian-backed rebels trying to seize a strategic and symbolic asset.

            A new rebel push began with the start of the year, culminating in the capture of the airport's main terminal on 22 January.

ROMANIAN DISCOVERIES

Student: Diana DOMOCOS, IXth A grade; Coordinating teacher: Natalia HEREDEA; School: “Samuil Vulcan” National College

         The Romanians have started to discover new things since the XXth century. In April 1922,  Nicolae Constantin Păulescu, scientist, doctor and physiologist, teacher at the Medical School from Bucharest,  revolutionized the studies of medicine.

  

Charlie Hebdo shooting

Student: Daniel BUDO, IXth A grade; Coordinating teacher: Natalia HEREDEA; School: “Samuil Vulcan” National College

Charlie Hebdo is a French weekly magazine that created a controversial debate about the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad Islam ( the founder of Islam ).

 As a result of the cartoons published by French weekly, on January 7, 2015 two people dressed in black and wearing masks, armed with assault rifles entered the premises of Charlie Hebdo, after they  had initially been in a wrong place , entering the Charlie Hebdo archives. 

FIRST ARTIFICIAL HEART IMPLANT IN ROMANIA

Student: Georgia Patricia MAGDA, IXth B grade; Coordinating teacher: Ioana Lacrimioara RADA; School: “Samuil Vulcan” National College

A man from Romania, aged 44, was born with a serious heart problem: his heart did not pump enough blood. The man had been on the waiting list for a heart transplant for a long time, but learned that there were other opportunities, such as an artificial heart implant. This is a new procedure in Romania, by which, patients who need a heart transplant will receive an "artificial heart". This "artificial heart" is actually a device that functions as a pump, regulating the activity of the heart muscle and heart rate. The device contains a battery which needs to be charged 6 to 6 hours, this not being though a problem for patients. The device looks like this:

 

APUSENI NATURAL PARK (ROMANIA)

Student: Robert KOVACS, IXth B grade; Coordinating teacher: Ioana Lacrimioara RADA; School: Samuil Vulcan National College

             The Apuseni Natural Park is a protected area of national interest, made up of a delimited territory where the natural, historical and cultural attributes are protected for the maintenance of a sustainable development.

              The National Park is located in the West of the country, in the central-eastern part of the Apuseni Mountains, surrounded by a range of mountains and plateaus, on the territory of three districts (Cluj, Bihor and Alba).

                 

               Bohodei Crest is located in Bihor County, halfway mountain route between Stana de Vale and Padis. It has a height of 1650 m, being the second high mountain in the framework of Vladeasa Mountains. Here we can find a rich vegetation of conifers (the spruce, the pine and the juniper), but fauna is not so complex, being noted only a few wild animals such as the golden eagle, the bear and the chamois, specific to the alpine area.

THE DRAGOBETE

by Sergilia Moț, Xth D grade; Coordinating teacher: Melania-Noemi Egyed; School: Samuil Vulcan National College

A novelty is the sensitive point of a tradition.In Romania this new concept is replacing our traditional holidays with holidays for other countries.

For example nowadays we all celebrate ”The Valentine’s Day” on the14th of February, but  few people remember that on the 24th of February we have ’’The Dragobete’’ ( a specific Romanian 
traditional holiday).

Let’s be proud

By Cristina Mada, Xth D grade; Coordinating teacher: Melania-Noemi Egyed; School: Samuil Vulcan National College

Our country, Romania has a multitude of mini-paradises. Besides its beautiful scenery we are also proud of the performances and the talent of our Romanian women in different areas: in the gymnastics we have Nadia Comaneci, who is the winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the world. In 2000 Nadia was named as one of the Athletes of the Century by the Laureus World Sports Academy.

NADIA COMANECI

HeForShe Campaign

By Amanda Schreiber & Frida Gerhardsson

Emma Watson has started a campaign for gender equality called HeForShe. She has also given a formal invitation to the men to participate. This is a big problem in the society of today and with this campaign she wants the world to take a step in the right direction for gender equality.

The Eurasian Jay, an incredible bird.

By Laura Fernández.

There’s a bird called Eurasian jay (whose scientific name is Garrulus Glandarius) which shares a lot of common traits with the Erasmus Project we’re working on.
He belongs to the ravens (Corvidae, birds of the crow family) well known because of their awesome intelligence comparable to the mammalian abilities.

Max Planck Science Center to be established in Konya

Turkey's first Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey- (TÜBİTAK) funded science center in the central city of Konya will introduce the Max Planck Science Tunnel, which has drawn 10 million visitors in 30 cities of 18 countries, from Friday to May 31. Mayor Tahir Akyürek said the interest in the center established by the municipality increases each day.

Turkey ranked 12th biggest book publisher

Turkey claims the 12th place in 2014 in the world regarding the number of published books and the capacity of its publishing industry. The director of the General Directorate of Libraries and Publications, Hamdi Turşucu, said that the number of book fairs in Turkey has increased and their quality has improved, which pleases him and the directorate. He underscored the equality of the investments made to manpower and books for future generations, and said that the proof of it can be seen at book fairs.

The first Sicilian President

by Daniele Vainella
Sergio Mattarella was born  on the 23rd  July 1941. He  is an Italian politician, lawyer and judge and the current President of Italy since his election on the 31st January 2015.
 He was a Member of the Italian Parliament from 1983 to 2008, serving as Minister of Education from 1989 to 1990 and as Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2001. In 2011, he became an elected judge of the Constitutional Court.  Mattarella is the 13th President of the Italian Republic and the first Sicilian.

Talk to him: Shane Smith

This is the first of a series of interviews we are going to publish on What's new on the news? ejournal. We've called them: Talk to him / Talk to her.
In this case the person we've chosen is Shane Smith, language assistant at IES de Catabois during the scholastic year 2014-2015.

'What's new on the news?' on the air.

In January, a group of students from IES de Catabois and the coordinator of the Erasmus + project 'What's new on the news?' were interviewed at the COPE radio station in Ferrol. It was a live programme with Ada Romero as interviewer and it was boadcasted at 13.05, on 20th January, 2015. 
This radio station has shown a great interest towards our project since its very beginning and it keeps in touch with us, collaborating in the dissemination of it. 

Turkish university develops new Turkish keyboard

Istanbul-based Boğaziçi University has developed a new keyboard with Turkish letters, the university announced on Feb. 24.

The new keyboard is called the “E keyboard,” and will compete with the previous F and Q keyboards for Turkish writers.