Babe?-Bolyai University

The Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, central Romania and the Norwegian Historical Data Centre at the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) are drafting the first historical population database of Transylvania, which can provide insight…

Romania might have a twin registry, as a first. The initiative belongs to the researchers from Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, central Romania. The experts want to find out how some genetic factors, but also the environment, can…

MP Elena Udrea, former Regional Development and Tourism Minister, former presidential adviser, has announced on Wednesday, while at the Supreme Court, that she will run in the general elections this autumn, claiming “someone to defend…

Former Regional Development and Tourism Minister, former presidential adviser and incumbent MP Elena Udrea said on Wednesday she will attend the courses of a Master in Pastoral Counselling and psycho-social assistance at the Babes Bolyai…

Cluj-Napoca is the third city in Romania by number of inhabitants (310.243 in 2007). The name Cluj comes from Castrum Clus, first used in the 12th century as the name of the citadel surrounding the city. Clus means ‘closed’ in Latin…

An electronic micro rock drill worth EUR 1 M, unique in Romania, was bought by the Geology Faculty of Babes-Bolyai Faculty in Cluj-Napoca and will be able to detect the rocks’ age. The acquisition came following a European program designed…

Young Ph.D. student in Chemistry at Babe?-Bolyai University, Sebastian Paic, owns an impressive collection of Romanian traditional costumes. He managed to gather more than one thousand garments for the past ten years, spending all his…

The first Armenology Institute in Romania serving within “Babe?-Bolyai” University (UBB) was inaugurated on Friday in Cluj-Napoca. The institute aims at researching the Armenian communities in Central and Eastern Europe. “The activity of…