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People feel that encountering a Chamois on the highest peaks of the Carpathian Mountains is something very special indeed, an opportunity to be proud of. The Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)1 is certainly an exceptional creature in our fauna. They only roam the limited space

More bear attacks occur each year, often in cities or villages, with human victims killed or severely wounded. Romania is now known as the country of the 6,000 bears, at a time when the optimum calculated number would be 4,400. So, this country has the largest number of

Towards the end of the 12th century, in full maturity of the Romanesque order—and this concordance is purely symptomatic—a new type of book was created: The Bestiary with illuminations, which would have a particular impact and an overwhelming influence among educated

an interview with Cristian LASCUCristian Lascu is editor in chief of National Geographic Romania, a speleologist and researcher. His CV features a variety of activities and awards: he is a national judo champion, scuba diver, founder of the Group for Underwater and Speleological

see photos an interview with Marian Chiseliţe, photojournalist Marian Chiseliţe, 31, has a degree in law but he never went into practice, although he very much wanted to. He had all sorts of jobs, even working as a “transport coordinator dispatcher” for a truck company,

Currently, there are some 2,510 Carpathian bears in the Carpathian woods, compared with almost 8,000 registered in 1989. The late Nicolae Ceausescu hunted approximately 4,000 bears while he was the president of Romania. The bear is an endangered species hunted by poachers.

on the fight between the hulky body of the hunted and the narrow mind of the hunterYou're a stupid idiot!-thus sounded the insult addressed by a desperate man to a taxi driver, before my very own eyes. The text you are about to read is governed by this paradoxically

Cuvânt înainte de Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici. Reşedinţe şi familii aristocrate din România prezintă cele mai importante, din punct de vedere arhitectonic şi istoric, situri aristocrate şi expune succint biografiile aristocraţilor ce au stăpânit domeniile

Versiune în limba engleză. Traducere în limba engleză: Mihnea Gafiţa Cuvânt înainte de Constantin Bălăceanu-Stolnici. Reşedinţe şi familii aristocrate din România prezintă cele mai importante, din punct de vedere arhitectonic şi istoric, situri aristocrate

Volumul de texte critice ale lui Ştefan I. Neniţescu, unul dintre marii esteticieni ai perioadei interbelice - alături de Tudor Vianu, Alexandru Busuioceanu, Petru Comarnescu ş. a -, cuprinde mici eseuri despre pictori români şi străini, deopotrivă, care, dincolo

20 ROMANIAN WRITERS An: 2007 Traducatori: Alistair Ian Blyth Lansat în 2005, programul 20 de autori are ca scop promovarea creaţiei literare româneşti pe piaţa internaţională de carte. Editori, personalităţi culturale, critici literari şi toţi cei preocupaţi

H. -R. Patapievici – născut la 18 martie 1957 (Bucureşti). Studii de fizică (1977-1981; diplomă de specializare 1982), cercetător ştiinţific (1986-1994), asistent universitar (1990-1994), director de studii (1994-1996), membru în Colegiul Consiliului Naţional