 Bucharest Bucharest is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is located in the southeast of the country, and lies on the banks of the Dambovita River.
Bucharest was first mentioned in 1459 and became the capital of Romania in 1862. Since then, it has gone through a variety of changes and has become the centre of the Romanian mass media, cultural and arts scene. Its eclectic ... Date added: 04 April '06 |
 Craiova Craiova is a Romanian city, the capital of the county of Dolj, situated near the left bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia (the political center of which it was for long), at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians (north) and the Danube (south). Craiova is the chief commercial city west of Bucharest.
An ancient Dacian fortress, the Bans' fortress in the Middle Ages, cap ... Date added: 04 April '06 |
 Travel to Romania by Herminne Tonita -
The first question that comes into out mind when we have to decide the country where we'd like to spend our holidays is: "Why should we go to…?" Well, why should you visit Romania? The straight answer is because "it is one of the most beautiful countries of Southeast Europe" or because "few regions offer a more dazzling display of cultural and artistic treasures, or it has ... Date added: 31 May '07 |
 Andreea Balan Andreea Balan (full name Andreea Georgiana Balan) was born on June 23, 1984 in Ploiesti, Romania. She is a famous Romanian singer.
Biography and Carrer :
Her first appearance on Tv was at the age of 11 during a kids show on Tvr named : "Ba Da Ba Nu". In 1997 she releases her first album produced by Sandel Balan.
In March, 1998 she took part at "Gala Nationala Eurovision" where she was aw ... Date added: 15 February '08 |
 Laura Andresan Laura Andresan was born in Onesti and is a famous Romanian star.
Biography and Career :
She started as a journalist in Bucharest but quitted after a quarrel. She wrote that she had affairs with many politicians, especially Military ministry called Ioan Rus.
Because she wasn't satisfied with her image she had a silicone implant.
Laura was asked to be photographed by the Penthouse magazi ... Date added: 22 August '06 |
 Ioana Ginghina Ioana Ginghina was born on September 21, 1977 in Copsa Mica, Sibiu, Romania. She is a famous Romanian actress.
Biography and Career :
Before entering the media life, Ioana Ghinghina used to be involved in theatre.
Her first appearance on the scene was in the play "Boabe de roua pe frunze de lotus in bataia lunii". She also has many roles for Ion Creanga Theatre from Bucharest in : "Pinoc ... Date added: 23 November '07 |
 Celia Petricu Celia Petricu was born on January 25, 1975 in Romania. She is a famous Romanian TV hostess and news presenter.
Biography and Career :
After graduating an economic profile High-School she attended the Law Faculty and International Relationships.
Celia Petricu started to work in a completely different domain : television. She worked first as a reporter and news presenter for TVR Internation ... Date added: 01 March '08 |
 Adrian Copilul Minune Adrian Copilul Minune (real name Adrian Simionescu, also known as Adrian the Wonder Boy or Adi de Vitto) was born on September 24, 1974 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a famous romanian manele singer.
Biography and Career :
He is a lovely and passionable man and he knows how to respect people around him. Adrian Copilul Minune considers the idea "live your life and don't disturb the others" a vi ... Date added: 21 December '07 |
 Luminita Anghel Luminita Anghel was born on October 7, 1968 in Bucharest, Romania. She is a famous Romanian singer.
Biography and Career :
Luminita Anghel studied at Popular Art School, the Music section and after that she attended the Psychology-Sociology Faculty from the University of Spiru Haret.
Since she was 8 years old Luminita Anghel discovered her passion for music and started to sing.
Her art ... Date added: 05 December '07 |
 Andreea Esca Andreea Esca was born on August 29, 1972 in Bucharest, Romania. She is a famous Romanian journalist and TV hostess.
Biography and Career :
Andreea Esca finished Lazar High-School from Bucharest in '90 and after that graduated the Journalism Faculty in 1992.
Andreea Esca started her career in 1992-1994 being a reporter and TV presenter for Soti TV.
In 1995, Andreea Esca made a TV docume ... Date added: 14 June '08 |
 Serban Huidu Serban Huidu was born on July 16, 1976 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a famous romanian radio and television personality.
Biography and Career :
Serban Huidu proved even as a child that his destiny is to be in the show biz and television life. He discovered his passion for mass-media during his voluntary stage for a radio channel in Romania.
He is a self-confident person and one could hardl ... Date added: 01 March '08 |
 Ionel Ganea Ionel Ganea (full name Ioan Viorel Ganea) was born on August 10, 1973 in Fagaras, Brasov, Romania. He is a very valuable Romanian football player.
Biography and Career :
He started playing football at FC Brasov and he debuted in Liga 1 (the 1st Romanian League) on 20th August 1994 in a game against Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt, ended with his team’s lost, 3-1.
Before his debut in Liga 1 he pla ... Date added: 17 October '06 |
 George Ogararu George Ogararu (full name George Cristian Ogararu) was born on February 3, 1980 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a professional football player.
Biography and Career :
George Ogararu started his professional football career playing for Steaua Bucharest at 18 years old.
He debuted in Liga 1 (first Romanian league) on the 28th of November 1998 in a game against Olimpia Satu-Mare. This was a li ... Date added: 13 December '07 |
 Eugen Baciu Eugen Baciu (full name Eugen Catalin Baciu) was born on May 25, 1980 in Vaslui, Romania. He is a famous Romanian football player.
Biography and Career :
He started playing professional football in 2000 at a B Division team (second Romanian League) Laminorul Roman. He didn't end the season at Laminorul because after 23 games was remarked by FCM Bacau, a team from the first Romanian League and ... Date added: 27 November '07 |
 Banel Nicolita Banel Nicolita was born on January 7, 1985 in Faurei, Romania. He is a famous Romanian soccer player.
Biography and Career :
Banel Nicolita began his career playing for Dacia Unirea Braila in the B Division. He made his first appearance in the First Romanian Division(Divizia A) in 2004, when he was only 19 years old, while he was playing for Poli Timisoara in a match versus CFR Cluj. Poli lo ... Date added: 07 June '08 |
 Adrian Nastase Adrian Nastase was born on June 22, 1950 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a famous Romanian politician.
Biography and Career :
Nastase graduated the Law Faculty and the History-Philosophy Faculty in Bucharest. He taught international public law in different schools in Bucharest (1990-1992).
Between 1976 and 1989 he was a member of PCR (the Romanian Communist Party). He was also a FSN member. ... Date added: 06 December '07 |
 Geo Bogza Geo Bogza was born on February 6, 1908 in Blejoi near Ploiesti, Romania. He was a famous Romanian academician, journalist, poet and writer.
Biography and Career :
He was the son of Alexandru Bogza and big brother of Nicolae Bogza, the real name of the poet Radu Tudoran.
Geo Bogza was a great Romanian poet, creator of the Romanian literary reportage, avant-garde theoretician (his most impo ... Date added: 26 November '07 |
 The Education of the Gipsy Children : one of the biggest challenges of the social economical and cultural environment from Romania by Monique Barb -
The education of the gipsy children represents one of the biggest challenges of the social, economical and cultural environment from Romania. It `s a part of a larger problem – the children who are in situations of being left–out, excluded for different reasons – who needs various approaches in function of many specific parameters: residence area, the belonging to an ethnic ... Date added: 20 October '06 |
 School Abandon Among Minorities in Romania by Monique Barb -
School abandon meaning : leaving school at an early age, leaving school before the final exams, difficulties in learning, failure in exams at different levels etc, represents an important problem of the Romanian system of education due to the profound implications in the social community life in which the minorities live.
The notion of „School abandon” is used in the sen ... Date added: 20 October '06 |
 The Range of School Abandonment in Romania by Monique Barb -
One of the most important indicators for the efficiency of the educational system is the range of school abandonment. Although several actions were planned and taken to action, the results haven’t achieved yet their high. One of the factors that influences the school abandonment is the financial state of the pupils. We chose to speak ,about the romani children because of some ... Date added: 20 October '06 |
 School Desertion is a Major Problem for Minority Groups in Romania by Monique Barb -
The school desertion create the conditions of failure of social integration, in the way that it reduce significant the chances of auto realization in the areas of legal activities. The causes of school desertion are multiple, this represent an expression and a resultant of a double situation of inadaptation. It is, in a way, about the inadaptation of the pupil at the activity ... Date added: 20 October '06 |
 Deva Deva, the town at the foot of Cetate is one of the oldest settlement from Romania. Deva takes the first important place between the municipalities of Hunedoara Shire, being an important political center, administrative and cultural and also the residence of the shire.
History, Culture and Attractions
It is situated in the central part of the shire, at 45º 53’ north latitude and 25º 54’ eas ... Date added: 20 October '06 |
 Vlad Tepes Vlad Tepes (or Vlad III the Impaler was born in November/December 1431 in Sighisoara, Romania and died in December 1476. He was voivode and one of the greatest rulers of Walachia.
Biography and Career :
He is also known as Vlad Dracula and his father was Vlad II Dracul. The story of his reign in Walachia starts in 1436 when his father was named ruler of the region. Vlad had two brothers, R ... Date added: 23 August '07 |
 Gabriel Cotabita Gabriel Cotabita was born November 1, 1955 in Craiova, Romania. He is a famous Romanian singer.
Biography and Career :
His primary studies were done in Local School No. 11 from his native town. After that he studied at "Nicolae Balcescu High-School" (now "Carol 1") in Craiova.
Gabriel Cotabita graduated the "Electrotechnic Institute" in Craiova. Between 1967 and 1969 he is a student at th ... Date added: 26 November '07 |
 Adrian Pintea Adrian Pintea was born on November 9, 1954, in Bistrita, Romania. He is a famous Romanian actor.
Biography and Career :
In 1979 he graduated the Theatral and Cinematographical Institute "I. L. Caragiale" in Bucharest, Romania. Since he was a student, he got many of his important parts of his career. He starred in plays of Shakespeare, Strindberg or R.Stanca. He is one of the greatest actors ... Date added: 18 December '06 |
 Irina Lazareanu Irina Lazareanu was born on June 8, 1982 in Romania. She took refuge to Canada and became a supermodel.
Biography and Career :
Before modeling she was the drummer for the Babyshambles, an U.K. band. She was friend with supermodel Kate Moss and that's how she ended as a model. Her career started at the December/January issue of Vogue: Paris and from then on she modeled for Nicolas Ghesquicre ... Date added: 22 December '06 |
 Andrei Aradits Andrei Araditd was born on December 18, 1973, in Bucharest, Romania. He is a famous Romanian artist.
Biography and Career :
After his name, we may think his family might have Hungarian origins. He is a Sagittarius that loves acting and theatre most of all in his life. He graduated the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, making his debut on the stage of the State Jenos Theatre in 1996. ... Date added: 08 January '07 |
 Newspapers in Romania by Herminne Tonita -
Newspapers represent one of the best-know forms of mass-media, together with magazines, television, radio or the internet. The press is considered to be the fourth power in the state, the eyes and ears of society, the thing that keeps us in the news.
Most newspapers editors say that their job is to "keep the public informed". But the most important issue is to inform th ... Date added: 26 January '07 |
 The Accession of Romania to the European Union by Monique Barb -
I'll start directly saying that I found I can't escape of all those news regarding the so-called and so well-known EU integration. Almost all the TV shows (with the specific profile) are talking about this, and also the commercials and different posters placed in the center of every town and village, and shops, and schools, and everything and everywhere is a certain amount of ... Date added: 07 February '07 |
 To Be Or Not To Be An European by Monique Barb -
It has been said on all TV channels, radios and newspapers that in 2007 Romania would become a member of the EU. Well that moment is here and I see no changes in every day life and nothing arises in the future.
It is said that America is the country of immigrants. If that is true we are a country of emmigrants. We have borrowed other's traditions and holidays that much tha ... Date added: 07 February '07 |
 Is Is Worth Working In Romania? by Monique Barb -
Working in Romania or going to a foreign country to work is a real issue of nowadays generation. Because Romania joined the European Union, the possibility to work legally abroad represents the dream of almost every Romanian student.
To work in an European country with a high life standard for a good salary weighs more in the balance than starting to work in our country wher ... Date added: 07 February '07 |
 A Sentimental Christmas Journey by Monique Barb -
These are extraordinary times for traveling, for knowing and improving, for spending holidays whenever one wants, at home, or abroad, in Romania, Europe or South America for example.
Recently Romania has joined the European Union family therefore, dreams long time repressed are allowed to come to life, waiting for fulfillment.
Mine has always been to spend Christmas in t ... Date added: 10 February '07 |
 Dan Puric Dan Puric was born on February 12, 1959, in Bucharest, Romania. He is a Romanian actor.
Biography and Career :
He graduated the high school of Arts "Nicolae Tonitza" in Bucharest and after the "I.L.Caragiale" Institute of Cinematography and Theatral Arts in Bucharest. Dan Puric performed at the Theatre in Botosani between 1983- 1988. After that he was the employee of the National Theatre in ... Date added: 13 February '07 |
 Ion Antonescu Ion Antonescu (full name Ion Victor Antonescu) was born on June 15, 1882, in Pitesti, Romania, in a bourgeoisie family. He was the prime minister and leader of Romania during World War II.
Biography and Career :
Following the military tradition in his family, he graduated the Military School in Craiova and Iasi. He also graduated the School of Cavalry in 1904 and the Military Academy at Sain ... Date added: 13 February '07 |
 Romanianness Versus the Other by Cristina Nuta -
When imagining the term of 'other' compared to the one of 'Romanianness' we have to refer to the concepts of inside and outside. These two terms depend one on the other because of their existence, as there can only be an 'inside' if there is an 'outside', too and the latter is also called 'the other'.
Therefore, in Romania, which can be considered an 'imagined country', th ... Date added: 26 February '07 |
 Timisoara the Small Wien on the Bega by Herminne Tonita -
Situated in the Western part of Romania, at the border between the Occident and the Orient, a multicultural and multiethnic space, Timisoara is the largest town in Banat and the forth town in Romania taking into account the number of its inhabitants. The first mentioning of the town dates to the XIII th century, more exactly in 1212 as Castrum Temisiensis, or Castrum Regiu ... Date added: 27 February '07 |
 Craiova - My Native Town by Cristina Nuta -
Craiova, the most important town of the Oltenia region, also known as the 'capital' of this region, is situated in the south- western part of Romania. Its population was of around 300.000 inhabitants two years ago and apart from native people one can find inhabitants of other nationalities as Greeks, Turks, Arabs and also gypsies.
I like my native town and I have always b ... Date added: 05 March '07 |
 There is an inflation of Singers and Bands that Have Little to Do with Good Music by Cristina Nuta -
Present society is being confronted with an interesting, but at the same time a sad phenomenon: there is an inflation of singers and bands that have little to do with good music. In Romania and not only, there have appeared many singers or bands who know little about what good music means. What is the cause of this inflation?
Well, most of these singers have taken music as ... Date added: 21 May '08 |
 What is Work and Travel Programme by Cristina Nuta -
In 2005, almost 5,500 Romanian students went to the USA with the Work and Travel programme. The next year, more than 7,000 Romanian students decided to leave for the United States, and in 2007 it is estimated that the number will reach 10,000 students. This programme was organized by the United States of America in 1940 and belongs to a governmental politics which wants to mo ... Date added: 23 April '07 |
 The Master's degree, a passport for Europe by Cristina Nuta -
Students who choose to leave for a foreign country with a master scholarship return home with a huge baggage of knowledge. This doesn't mean that there is much more material to learn than in our country, but everything is different there as they concentrate on logic and nothing is to be crammed.
Our system of studying is quite different from the one abroad. If in Romania ... Date added: 23 April '07 |
 Ecological Disaster in the Danube Delta by Cristina Nuta -
It is very important to protect nature and the environment we live in, for a better functioning of the ecological system. But, still, man seems not to take into account this because he destroys great treasures nature has left us and which we should take care of.
One of the problems that concerns Romania in this respect is represented by the Danube and its delta. It seems ... Date added: 25 April '07 |
 Romanians: We are Fewer and Fewer by Cristina Nuta -
In the last years, the population of Romania has diminished greatly, compared to the precedent years. The cause of this situation is the fact that more and more old people die and babies are born in a low number. According to some researches the number of babies who live no more than one year has also increased in 2007, compared to the last months of 2006. Still, we can noti ... Date added: 25 April '07 |
 Is there a 'culture of perfumes' in Romania? by Cristina Nuta -
Nowadays, in Romania, a good perfume is like Kent cigarettes in the past, when people could not afford to buy them. But do women in Romania know what perfume matches perfectly their personality and tastes, the season of the year or the occasion? Or do they just use cheap perfumes or the ones they receive on different occasions, as for example on the eight of March?
In Roma ... Date added: 25 April '07 |
 How do Romanians celebrate the 1st of May? by Cristina Nuta -
The 1st of May is known as the International Workers' Day, when people who work are given the day free in order to spend it together with families and friends, in different ways.
The majority of Romanians organize a camping day together with friends. They get into cars and look for a nice place in a forest nearby the place they live. And the activities here are numerous: ... Date added: 08 August '07 |
 Veronica Micle Veronica Micle was born on April 22, 1850 in Nasaud, Romania and died on August 3, 1889 in Varatec, Romania. She was a poet and she is also known as the women who conquered Mihai Eminescu's (the greatest Romanian poet of all times) heart.
Biography and Career :
Ilie Campeanu and his wife Ana were her parents. She was their second child. Her father died before she was born and her mother deci ... Date added: 23 August '07 |
 Romanian teenagers after Ceausescu's dictatorship Sixteen year ago, the youth from Romania fought against Ceausescu's dictatorship. This fight was motivated by everyday lacks, by the absence of some elementary civil rights and by the limitation of any perspectives. Nowadays, there are civil rights, there is welfare and there are perspectives, but only for a small minority.
Unfortunately, the society is not concerned about the faith of the you ... Date added: 29 November '07 |
