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36 unusual facts about România


1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France

The 1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France was a series of ten matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Romania and France in October and November 1981.

AHG Industry

The holding is formed by several companies active in Germany, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, People's Republic of China, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Iraq.

Alvin M. Owsley

In 1933 Owsley was rewarded for his efforts as a campaign speaker for Franklin D. Roosevelt with an appointment as the U.S. minister to Romania (1933–35).

Bogata River

Bogata River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Breaza River

Breaza River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Bridge of Flowers

Bridge of Flowers (event), an event in 1990 by demonstrators who advocated for the unification of Romania and Moldova.

Cleopa Ilie

The current patriarch, Daniel, was one of his disciples along with other current bishops.

Colnic River

Colnic River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

CSU Aurel Vlaicu Arad

CSU Aurel Vlaicu Arad is a Romanian semi-professional rugby union club from Arad, which will play the 2011 season in Romanian Rugby Championship, the first division of Romanian rugby.

Direcţia Generală de Protecţie şi Anticorupţie

Direcţia Generală de Protecţie şi Anticorupţie (General Directorate for Protection and Anti-corruption, DGPA; known before as Serviciul Intern de Protecţie şi Anticorupţie- Internal Service for Protection and Anti-corruption, SIPA) was the secret service of the Ministry of Justice of Romania.

Donald R. Heath

From 1920 to 1929, Heath held consular positions in Romania, Poland, and Switzerland.

Dwijen Mukhopadhyay

As a member of ‘Indian Cultural Delegation’, he toured Soviet Union and East European countries like Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia.

European Masters in Interactive Multimedia

European Master in Interactive Multimedia (EMIM) is a partnership between five institutions of higher learning in Europe: Babeş-Bolyai University in Romania, ITIN in France, Staffordshire University in United Kingdom, Tallinn University in Estonia and Yeditepe University in Turkey.

Hidişel River

Hidişel River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Iezeru River

Iezeru River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Internet in prisons

In Romania, a survey was conducted in 2008 to access the situation on availability of IT services to inmates in prisons.

Joaquín Albarrán

Named with American urologist John Kelso Ormond (1886–1978); also known as "Gerota’s syndrome", after Romanian anatomist and urologist Dimitrie Gerota (1867-1939).

Joseph Franz von Goez

Joseph Franz von Goez (born 28 February 1754, Sibiu, Romania) was a lawyer, artist, illustrator and portraitist active in Vienna in the mid-18th century.

Lupeni Strike of 1929

A trial ensued, and as the ruling of a court in Deva was not to the miners' liking, they appealed to the High Court of Cassation and Justice.

Moara Dracului River

Moara Dracului River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Mociar River

Mociar River may refer to one of the following rivers in Romania

Neptun

Neptun, Romania, resort town on the southeast Black Sea coast of Romania

Nicolae Leon

Nicolae Leon (1862-1931) was a Romanian biologist of world renown.

Pentru Voi

Fundatia Pentru Voi (Pentru Voi Foundation) from Timişoara, Romania was established in 1995 as a Foundation for supporting people with intellectual disabilities.

Pintii River

Pintii River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Pompiliu Constantinescu

Pompiliu Constantinescu (May 17, 1901 – May 9, 1946) was a Romanian literary critic.

Potârnichea River

Potârnichea River can refer to one of the following rivers in Romania

Râul Popii

Râul Popii can mean the following rivers in Romania

Roman governors of Lower Moesia

This is a list of Roman governors of Lower Moesia (Moesia Inferior), in the modern states of Bulgaria and Romania (Dobruja).

Slătioara River

Slătioara River may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Targus

:Targus is occasionally seen as a translation for the Târgu or Tîrgu regions in Romania.

Tibiscus University of Timişoara

Tibiscus University of Timişoara is an accredited university in Timişoara, Romania.

Valea Carelor River

Valea Carelor River may refer to one of the following rivers in Romania

Valea Fetii River

Valea Fetii River can refer do one of the following rivers in Romania

Valea Frumoasă River

Valea Frumoasă River may refer to one of the following rivers in Romania

Valea Peşterii River

Valea Peşterii River may refer to the following rivers in Romania


2010 Men's European Volleyball League

In the final four tournament, the semi-final matches featured Portugal and Spain defeating Romania (3–2) and Turkey (3–0), respectively, to produce a rematch of the 2007 final.

Alexandru Mironov

A former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Counsel for President Ion Iliescu, Mironov was Minister for Youth and Sport in 1993-1996.

Born in the Bessarabian locality of Vertujeni, now part of Moldova, Mironov was from a family which took refuge in southern Romania following the region's second occupation by the Soviet Union before the end of World War II.

Alro Slatina

In September 2005, Alro bought from Balli Group 67% of Alum a Romanian company based in Tulcea that produced 540,000 tonnes of alumina in 2006 for around US$ 9 million.

Batushansky

Although there is no place named Batushany, a number of populated places with similar names exist, including Botoşani in Romania's region of Moldavia and the village of Butuceni in the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of Moldova.

Bobbi Trout

This was another record broken by Trout and was later recognized by King Carol II of Romania where a representative gave her the Royal Decree and the aviation cross for pilots who made record flights, a distinction which was only given to two other pilots - Earhart and Charles Lindbergh.

Boian culture

The culture's geographical extent went as far west as the Jiu River on the border of Transylvania in south-central Romania, as far north as the Chilia branch of the Danube Delta along the Romanian border with Ukraine and the coast of the Black Sea, and as far south as the Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea in Greece.

Bucharest Alexeni Airport

Alexeni Airport was a project for a new low-cost airport for Bucharest, located in the Alexeni town, in Ialomiţa County, at 60 km north-east of the capital city of Romania.

Carabus hungaricus

The majority of its populations inhabit calcareous sandy grasslands from the Deliblat (Serbia: Deliblatska Peščara) throughout the Banat (Serbia, Romania) and sandy areas in Hungary along the Danube River all the way to Vienna (Austria) and South Moravia (Czech Republic).

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

Devilish Presley

In November 2008 the band toured Europe again including a debut gig in (Romania) in the capital (Bucharest).

DGIA

Direcţia Generală de Informaţii a Apărării (General Directorate for Defense Intelligence) is Romania's military intelligence agency, subordinated to the Ministry of National Defense.

Dorohoi pogrom

On 1 July 1940, in the town of Dorohoi in Romania, Romanian military units carried out a pogrom against the local Jews, during which, according to an official Romanian report, 53 Jews were murdered, and dozens injured.

Dovid Knut

In 1920, when Bessarabia became part of Romania, the family moved to Paris, where Dovid had factory and other jobs during the day and studied French at the night school of the Alliance française, opened his own eatery in the Latin Quarter, studied in the Department of Chemistry of the University of Caen in Normandy, and worked as an engineer.

Ectoedemia klimeschi

It is found in eastern and south-eastern Europe, where it is especially common in the Danube basin, from western Germany to Romania.

Eugen Nae

Eugen Gheorghe Nae (born 23 November 1974 in Periș, Romania) is a Romanian former footballer.

Florin Răducioiu

An even greater success for Florin would come three months later when in Toftir, he managed to score all four of Romania's goals against the Faroe Islands, becoming the first Romanian player to score four goals for the national team in modern times, a record equaled only by Gheorghe Popescu in 1997 against Liechstenstein.

Foreign direct investment in Romania

General Motors could shortly begin investments in order to develop a production centre in Romania, with Cluj-Napoca as a potential location for the future plant, close to the Nokia Village.

Galați steel works

The idea of building a large steel works in eastern Romania, with access to the Danube and/or the Black Sea, was first discussed in 1958 at a plenary session of the ruling Romanian Workers' Party.

Greek-Catholic Church in Bocşa

The Greek-Catholic Church in Bocșa is a church in Bocșa, Sălaj, Romania.

Igor Klipii

He studied law and history at the "Ion Creangă" State University in Chişinău and international relations at the National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest (Romania) and the European Institute of High International Studies in Nice (France).

Ioan Dimăncescu

Dimǎncescu took YMCA courses in Romania (1920–1921) and became a ski instructor in the 1st Mountain Troops Battalion in Sinaia.

Ioana Olteanu

Ioana Olteanu (born 25 February 1966 in Drăcșenei, Teleorman) is a Romanian rower who has won three Olympic medals in the eights competition.

Lucia Hossu-Longin

Lucia Hossu-Longin is a Romanian TV producer/director, best known for the documentary series Memorialul Durerii.

Magda Herzberger

Magda Herzberger (born 1926, Cluj, Romania) is an author, poet and composer.

Marian Sârbu

A member of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and formerly of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Călăraşi County (1996-2008) and Vaslui County (since 2008).

Neagu Djuvara

He attended lycée in Nice, France, and graduated in Letters (1937) and Law (1940) from the University of Paris (his Law thesis dealt with the antisemitic legislation passed by the governments of King Carol II in Romania).

Nicolae Dărăscu

He traveled extensively and lived in the south of France (Toulon and Saint-Tropez, 1908), to Venice (1909), in Romania (to Vlaici, Olt County, 1913, and in Southern Dobruja - Balchik, 1919).

Nicolae Mărăscu

The highest point of Mărăscu career was at the 1924 Olympic Tournament, when Romania, even losing to France (59-3) and the United States (39-0) still won the bronze medal by finishing in 3rd place.

Petya Miladinova

She has played in "Thessaloniki conspirators," "In the Moon Room", "Confusion", "That's absurd," "The Importance of Being Earnest", etc. and participated in numerous theatrical performances of festival projects in countries of Europe such as Hungary (Budapest and Szeged), Georgia, Uzbekistan (Tashkent), Russia (Yaroslavl) Italy (Urbino and Rome), France (Avignon) and Romania (Iași).

Râul Crucii

Râul Crucii may refer to the following rivers in Romania

Sergiu Luca

Sergiu Luca was born in Bucharest, Romania, but his family moved to Israel at his age of 7, and as a 9 year old he debuted with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra.

Sesostris

In Herodotus' Histories there appears a story told by Egyptian priests about a Pharaoh Sesostris, who once led an army northward overland to Asia Minor, then fought his way westward until he crossed into Europe, where he defeated the Scythians and Thracians (possibly in modern Romania and Bulgaria).

Snowboarding at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

Snowboarding at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival is held at the Clăbucet Sosire (Arrival) slope in Predeal, Romania from 19 to 22 February 2013.

Starčevo site

The culture of Starčevo is connected with other cites from Balkan and middle Europe where they use the term Starčevo-Keres-Kris culture in Hungary and Romania cites to symbolize the union of three close culture: culture of Starčevo, culture of Kereska and culture of Kris all of them located on the region of today southeast Hungary, Serbia and Romania.

Ștefan Iovan

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the of 1986 European Cup Final.

Stere Gulea

Stere Gulea (born 2 August 1943 in Mihail Kogalniceanu village, Constanţa County) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Stratos Boats

Stratos began building boats in 1984, and sells throughout a network of dealers throughout the United States, Australia, France, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Italy and Venezuela.

Summit cross

A superlative example is the Heroes' Cross on Caraiman Peak, in the Bucegi mountains of Romania at an altitude of 2291m — the greatest construction of this sort in the world (as recognized in 2013 by the Guinness World Records).

Techint

Companies owned by the Techint group through Tenaris include: Siderca and Siat (Argentina), Confab (Brazil), Tamsa (Mexico), Algoma (Canada), Dalmine (Italy), Silcotub (Romania) and has production facilities in the US and a joint venture with NKK (Japan), holding 51% of NKK shares since 1999, making it the first Japanese steel company in foreign majority ownership.

Teodor Florian

Florian career highest point was his presence at the Romania team that reached the 3rd place at the 1924 Summer Olympics, even losing to France (59-3) and the United States (39-0).

Valea Pustie River

The Valea Pustie River may refer to one of the following rivers in Romania

Valentin Porcișteanu

Before running in the Romanian National Rally Championship, Valentin Porcisteanul competed in the Romanian Hill Climb Championship, obtaining two podiums in Abrud Hill Climb 2003 (3rd place, young drivers' classification) and Brasov Hill Climb 2003 (3rd place, Class N1.6).

In 2008 Valentin Porcisteanu stepped into the top class of the Romanian National Rally Championship, competing with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII and finishing 7th in the Overall ranking and 4th in the Mitsubishi Lancer Cup.

Victor Brauner

When his family returned to Romania in 1914, he continued his studies at the Evangelical school in Brăila.

Virgil Mihaiu

Virgil Mihaiu (born June 28, 1951 in Cluj, Romania) is a Romanian writer, jazz critic, diplomat, jazz aesthetics professor, polyglot, and performer.

Wilfrid Loizeau

After passing through the renowned youth academies of Le Havre and Auxerre, Loizeau spent the early years of his professional career with Créteil (then in Ligue 2) and Paris FC (then in Championnat National) before moving abroad in 2006, to Romanian Liga II side Petrolul Ploieşti.

Zalman Kornblit

Bercovici, Israil, O sută de ani de teatru evriesc în România ("One hundred years of Yiddish/Jewish theater in Romania"), 2nd Romanian-language edition, revised and augmented by Constantin Măciucă.