Between 1945 and 1989 the Romanian mass media was controlled by the Communist power. The process of gaining power...
Religion and churchgoing were generally frowned upon back in Communist Romania. Religious practices were being discouraged and back in the early days of communism, some clergymen served many years in prisons for their faith
The Union of the Romanian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, on January 24, 1859, was made by domestic pressure, but also under propitious international circumstances
On December 1, 1918, Romanians in Transylvania proclaimed the union with the Kingdom of Romania. The fluid and muddled situation in the autumn of 1918, at the end of WWI, led to confusion among individuals and communities
The early 19th century was a time when the Romanian space modernized. It involved a new way of seeing the world, with an increasing awareness of fundamental rights and freedoms that no authority could violate
The Mavrocordatos were the first Phanariote family to rule in the Romanian Principalities
In the first half of the 1940s, Romania and Germany were allies. In spite of this alliance, there were differences between them in regard to the way they treated Jewish communities
29 years ago, Romania, along with other Eastern and Central European countries, broke the yoke of communist tyranny and joined the democratic community it had been a part of before WWII
The Bolshevik revolution of 1917, which had secured the victory of Communism in Russia, was only the beginning of anarchy.
The French Revolution was the most important process of the 18th century, leading to the most extensive transformation of European societies to date
A look at the Romania's participation in World War I
On 1 December 1918, the city of Alba Iulia, in what is now central Romania, was the gathering place for the National Assembly of Romanians in Transylvania, who decided that the future of Romanians in Austria-Hungary was with Romania
French geographer Emmanuel de Martonne was one of the greatest fans of Romania in the first half of the 20th Century, even the greatest, according to some. He published studies and maps which had a great influence in the drawing of borders after WWI
Alternative history, also called 'uchronia', has been imagined by many authors so far, generating a rich corpus of literature.
Initiated by amateurs and supported by the state, Romanian radiophony was in perfect tune with the times, being a witness of the countrys major...
