The first major genocide of the century was perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians.
The descendant of a rich noble family from Moldavia, Lascar Catargiu was one of the most important figures of the 19th century.
It was only after Stalins death in 1953 that Romania started its own initiatives in the region.
Before the installation of the communist regime, communist ideas had relatively little appeal in Romania.
The collapse of the Soviet Union has left room for armed conflicts.
Former inmates of the Jilava communist prison recount their horrific detention experiences.
Between 1946 and 1949, Greece suffered a crippling civil war between the USSR-sponsored communist guerrillas and Greek government forces.
The communist regime counted on industry as the main economic sector. However, a systematic investment policy was only possible starting with the second half of the 1960s.
One of the most violent events in post-1989 Romania.
The first Romanian tank project yielded results in 1972.
Simona Pop won bronze at the 2015 European Fencing Championships
Tractors were the sign of a developed, industrialized economy, mechanization being its main feature, resulting from the industrial revolution of the 1820s.
A look at the banking system in Romania after the Second World War
An outlook on the impact of Radio Free Europe in Romania
The Romanian bus industry has a history dating back to the early 1900s.
