Ecaterina Teodoroiu was a symbolic figure of WWI thanks to her personal sacrifice. She was the soldier-woman who refused to stay behind the front line, where battles were fought, choosing instead to be present where clashes were fiercest
Romanticism was a literary and artistic movement that placed ethnicity and language at the heart of human existence.
Moldovan identity emerged as a formula in the imperialist discourse of Russia, used to undermine the construction and consolidation of the Romanian state as early as the mid 9th century
Ion Ratiu was one of the most prominent and outstanding Romanian democratic politicians after 1990, who militated both against the fascist and communist dictatorships
The first Russian-Turkish war of the 19th century had a tragic outcomes for Romanians in Moldavia
On May 10th, 1877 Romania proclaimed its independence and became one of the 20 European nations enjoying this status
The communist regime that was freshly instated in 1945 initiated an education reform.
Bucharest, as any modern city, has been constantly changing since the first half of the 19th century.
After the painful loss of the national treasure, which was taken by Russia during WWI, the Romanian authorities thought of taking the treasure of the National Bank of Romania to a safer place during WWII
Radio Free Europe journalist Monica Lovinescu about the attempts of the Romanian communist regime to stifle dissenting voices.
Ideology and dictatorship in the first half of the 20th century
After the installation of the first communist government in Romania, the Romanian Communist Party began to implement the planned or command economy.
Throughout history, challenging the authority of the clergy was often accompanied by movements that sought to reform religion.
On March 27, 1918 the Country's Council, the representative assembly of all Romanians from Bessarabia, voted for the union with the Kingdom of Romania
In times of war, heroism blends with the tragic, the comic and the absurd.
