In today's feature we will be taking a look at the visits of American presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford to Bucharest.
A difficult person, Carol II would eagerly start a conflict even with members of his own family, such as his brother Nicolae.
Francisc Rainer is the first man to teach a university course in anthropology in Romania and a precursor of this field in this country.
The Soviet advisers brought the communist mindset and specific ways to implement it in Central and East European countries.
Romania entered World War II on the side of Germany in 1941 at a time when efforts to maintain peace in Europe turned out to be to no avail
In its early days, Western socialism was an ideology and social reform project aimed at alleviating the poverty of the working class. Socialism was strictly related to industry and the standard of living set by economic and social relations between factor
As early as the autumn of 1944 anti-communist and anti-Soviet resistance groups were formed in the Romanian mountains. Soldiers, students, peasants,...
An iconic figure of the struggle against communism was a peasant, Elisabeta Rizea from the village of Nucşoara.
On April 4th, 1944, a few hundred American bombers took off from Foggia, in Italy, to survey the Romanian air space and bomb targets of economic importance.
Fascist and authoritarian right-wing regimes coming to power all over Europe in the late 30s, massively relied on the radio as a means of propaganda, in a bid to gain legitimacy and consolidate their position. The same things happened in Romania.
Radio had a major educational role in its early years. Many intellectuals, politicians and social thinkers believed that it could offer continuous education for the masses, in a precarious economic and cultural situation, lifting them up to the condition
At the European Fencing Championships held in Zagreb, Croatia, Romanian athletes managed to pull a string of fine performances, which earned them numerous medals.
King Carol II of Romania was the type that would declare open conflict even to members of his own family.
