Fascist and authoritarian right-wing regimes coming to power all over Europe in the late 30s, massively relied on the radio as a means of propaganda, in a bid to gain legitimacy and consolidate their position. The same things happened in Romania.
Radio had a major educational role in its early years. Many intellectuals, politicians and social thinkers believed that it could offer continuous education for the masses, in a precarious economic and cultural situation, lifting them up to the condition
At the European Fencing Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia, Romanian athletes managed to pull a string of fine performances, which earned them numerous medals.
King Carol II of Romania was the type that would declare open conflict even to members of his own family.
In March 1948, a Resolution by the Cominform (the Communist Information Bureau) condemned Yugoslavia and its leader Tito as traitors of the communist cause and agents of the capitalist regime. As the conflict burst out between the USSR and Yugoslavia, the
During Modernity, the Romanian Principalities witnessed the widest political, administrative, economic, social and cultural transformation in their history.
Bucharest came under heavy Allied bombardment in April 1944, when the country was still fighting on the side of Nazy Germany.
The ruler of Moldavia with the longest reign was Stephen the Great, who led the country for close to half a century, between 1457 and 1504.
Find out more about the socialist ideas circulating in Romania at the start of the 20th century.
In theory, weapons and sacred areas should not coexist, but people of yore had a different mindset.
In the first half of the 19th century, the modern Romanian state was taking shape against the background of major shifts in international relations.
Together with Aurel Vlaicu and Henry Coanda, Traian Vuia is one of the pioneers who shaped the aeronautic history of Romania in early 20thCentury.
Iosif Vissarionovici Stalin went down in history as the cruelest criminal.
