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The Jews

In the nineteenth century, and also in the inner-war period, Romania had one of Europe's largest Jewish communities. Between the wars, its Jewish population was the third largest in Europe both in absolute terms (after Poland and the USSR) and as a proportion of the

The Italians

They arrived in Romania over a century ago, and they were skilled craftsmen and scholars. Now, even if they only represent a small community, a couple of thousand people, the Italians in Romania try to perpetuate and promote their traditional values.  Short historyItalians

The Land Of Nera

Between the mountains of Semenic, Anina and Almaj, to the south of the Romanian Banat, between Semenic and the Danube lies a flat land which geographers deem specific of the Carpathians. Ellipsoidal in shape, crossed by the river Nera, the land of Almas is girdled by wooded

A Brief Overview Of The Armenian Community In Romania

Editor-in-chief of Ararat The oldest evidence of Armenian presence on Romanian territory is an inscription on a tombstone dating back to 967; it was found at the White Fortress (Cetatea Alba). At around the same time, the presence of an Armenian colony in Transylvania is

Creangă And Gopo

Gopo's Little Man (see Short History - click on Scurta istorie to see movie) I have been studying the Gopo archive belonging to the National Film Archive for some years, and now the first volume goes to print. It contains only a part of the legacy left by the film genius,

Whirligig With Wing

excerpt I May the flame of Saint Vitus strike you, bubblehead! and the slaps shot out in pair like two barrels firing in unison. The one to give them was a very upset Simion Mandruta, and the one to receive them was his rascal of a son, Toader, thin like a rake, fair-haired,

Ethnicity And Imagination In The Danube Delta

The Danube Delta is a land inhabited by Romanians coming from Transylvania, Moldavia and Oltenia (Little Walachia), as well as by people who came here from Russia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. There seem to be two causes that led to this ethnic mosaic: a political one –

Măsuri pentru consolidarea cunoașterii și prestigiului culturii române întreprinse de ICR de la 1 octombrie 2012

Măsuri pentru consolidarea cunoașterii și prestigiului culturii române întreprinse de Institutul Cultural Român începând cu 1 octombrie 2012 Activitățile Fundației Culturale Române, devenită mai târziu Institutul Cultural Român, sunt cunoscute, inclusiv pe

Bursieri "Nicolae Iorga" 2012-2014

SILVIA-DANA CACIURNăscută pe 27 ianuarie 1988, în Calafindeşti, judeţul Suceava. A absolvit “Colegiul Naţional Mihai Eminescu” din Suceava (profil umanistic, ştiinţe sociale – studii europene). Între 2007 şi 2010 a urmat cursurile Facultăţii de Istorie,