Romania is an European country. By Romanians "There is an untranslatable Romanian word that expresses with great precision the kind of unbearable longing and nostalgia that grips one's heart when thinking of home. That word is dor. I have felt it many...
Romania CAPITAL: Bucharest (Bucuresti) FLAG: The national flag, adopted in 1965, is a tricolor of blue, yellow, and red vertical stripes. ANTHEM: Trei culori (Three Colors). MONETARY UNIT: The leu (L) is a paper currency of 100 bani. There are coins of...
Ion IliescuPresident (pronounced "ee-AHN ee-lee-YEH-skew") "The main arguments [in favor of economic reform] are the facts. And people should see that all these measures—the privatizations, the improvement of the...
A gold mine—jointly owned by Romania and an Australian company—dumped cyanide-tainted water into a major river in Romania in January 2000, killing fish and endangering the health of people in several countries. • Countries weigh...
Forward 12-08-2000 Romania, Romania Romania is a land that is rich in culture and memory, and poor in almost everything else. A proud Latin island in the Slavic sea of Eastern Europe, it was for years a maverick within the communist bloc. Now...
IN ROMANIA Iliescu leading, polls show Former president has said he will slow move to market economy Associated Press Monday, November 27, 2000 Bucharest, Romania -- A former communist who said he would slow Romania's move toward a Western-style...
Area: 238,391 sq km (92,043 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 21,577,000Capital: Bucharest Chief of state: President Traian Basescu Head of government: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu Romania was offered full membership in the European Union on Sept. 26, 2006, although EU officials continued to have serious...
BUCHAREST, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Activists urged the Romanian government on Thursday to do more to curb discrimination against Gypsies, in response to an apology by President Traian Basescu for Romania's role in sending Roma to World War Two death camps. Basescu said earlier...
