In the run-up to the European election campaign, Mr Farage was branded 'racist' following comments in an interview with LBC Radio about Romanian immigrants.
The Ukip leader was questioned on his previous claim that he would feel uncomfortable if a group of Romanian men moved in next door to him.
When asked whether he would feel the same about a group of German children, Mr Farage replied: "I think you know the difference.
"We want an immigration policy that is not just based on controlling not just quantity but quality."
They claim Romania has plenty of available jobs and affordable accommodation and they have invited readers to join in the campaign by coming up with other reasons why Romania is a great place to end up if you're British.
One reader who wrote: "Our draft beer is less expensive than your bottled water".
Another added: "Half of our women look like Kate. The other half look like her sister."
The newspaper also points out that property deals in Romania are so good that even Prince Charles bought a house in the country in 2005 and, despite visiting several times, Prince Harry has yet to be photographed naked in the country.
They also point out that in Romania: "Summer here lasts three months, not three hours".
The Gandul campaign was started after last week's European elections, when Ukip won a significant number of European Parliament seats.
The campaign has the motto: "In Romania, things are not all right, but at least they are not far-right".
The left-wing Gandul newspaper was first printed in 2005, modelling itself on the British Guardian in its style.
Editors of the paper said that the campaign was in attempt to "raise awareness against political extremism".
Social media users in Romania have posted often highly critical comments about Britain following Ukip's success.
Horosanu Gheorghe Dambla said of Mr Farage: "It is interesting to see that so-called more democratic countries can still produce morons that end up getting praised."
Another user named Timur said: "How can you take seriously a country where all the people look like Mr Bean."
And Nelu Cojocariu wrote: "The recession started because of the greed in Western banks. Instead of admitting their fault, they think why not let people like the Ukip blame it on us?"
Criticism of Ukip has been widespread in Romania, with even the country's prime minister Victor Ponta questioning Mr Farage's view of the country.
He said: "We are the fastest growing economy in the region and all politicians, even extremist and populist, like Mr Farage, should know that we are right now a success story.
"The fact is that 99 per cent of Romanians living in Italy, UK and Spain are honest, hard working and well skilled.
"Blaming a whole population just to get votes, like Mr Farage is doing, is a senseless policy that will not help in any way either British society or the European society."
Mr Farage refused to give an interview to Gandul last year, the paper claimed, after his staff said he was too busy.
At last week's European elections, the Ukip leader hailed a "political earthquake" when his party received 27.5 per cent of the vote and 24 of Britain's MEPs.
According to the Office for National Statistics, in the year to December 2013, some 201,000 EU citizens came into the UK as long-term immigrants, something officials said was a statistically significant increase of 43,000 over the previous year.
Ukip MEP Bill Etheridge said: "UKIP has no problem with the Romanian people or any other nationality for that matter.
"We simply want to control our borders and manage the quantity and quality of people coming to the UK, as do the vast majority of ordinary decent British people."
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