Nicolae Titulescu: the Diplomat Who Fought War
Born in 1882 in the capital city of Oltenia, Nicolae Titulescu is undoubtedly that region’s most internationally influential native. The...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Feb 27, 2019
- 3 min
A Star-Bound House: The Astronomical Observatory Admiral “Vasile Urseanu”
Out of a love of sea a star-bound house was born: the Astronomical Observatory in Bucharest. It was 1908 when Admiral Vasile Urseanu was...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Feb 13, 2019
- 5 min
Ana Pauker, the Iron Lady of Romanian Communism
“Stout, with unruly short greying hair, sharp blue eyes beneath the low eyebrows and a fascinating smile . . ., she made everyone feel...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jan 23, 2019
- 4 min
A People’s Masterpiece: Atheneul Român (the Romanian Athenaeum)
As you walk past the elegant statue of national poet Mihai Eminescu, located in the little park in front of it, as you climb up the...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
Barbu Ştirbey, the Perfect Grey Eminence
They say he was the mastermind behind Romania’s Crown during the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie, the great unifiers of the...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Nov 28, 2018
- 13 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Jewish Romanians
Romania’s Jewish community has dwindled dramatically over the past decades: while in 1930 more than 4% of the country’s population was...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Nov 21, 2018
- 11 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Hungarian Romanians
When talking about Hungarian ethnics in Romania, one encounters a problem of scope and of historical positioning. Most of Romania’s...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Nov 14, 2018
- 11 min
Romania’s Treasures: the German Romanians
“When the Germans came to the country . . . they built a city for the Romanians, they taught them professions, they gave them land when...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Nov 7, 2018
- 12 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Roma Romanians
In her Memoirs, Zoe Cămărăşescu, a Romanian aristocrat whose mother had been a lady-in-waiting at the belle époque Court of King Carol I...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Oct 31, 2018
- 12 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Romanianists
100 years of Romania. What Romanians have done for their country this past century in areas ranging from the humanities to science and...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Oct 17, 2018
- 5 min
Romania’s Second Unifier: Alexandru Ioan Cuza
There’s a Romanian saying, “Tot ce-i trei e bun” (“Good things go in threes”). It means that you have to try something twice and then...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Oct 10, 2018
- 4 min
Romania’s First Unifier: Michael the Brave
This year Romanians are celebrating 100 years since the Great Union. Back in 1918, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania saw their...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Sep 26, 2018
- 9 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Entrepreneurs
Looking into entrepreneurship in contemporary Romania can be a bit like entering perilous territory. As a recent documentary shows...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Aug 22, 2018
- 13 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Actors
If we were to search back in time for images of the first Romanian actors, we might well have to put up with scattered blurry memories of...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 30, 2018
- 14 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Humanists
Any piece of writing dealing with the humanities must necessarily start out by reminding its readers that the status quo of the...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 18, 2018
- 4 min
Peaceful Weekend Getaways: Three Monasteries
Personally, I love visiting cathedrals. Integrated into the urban landscape and yet cutting out a section of it which is emotionally...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 12, 2018
- 19 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Athletes
How long have Romanians done sports? That can be answered highly accurately: not as long as the Greeks. For we didn’t invent the Olympic...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jul 4, 2018
- 3 min
Dead Funny Up North: Săpânţa’s Unique Cemetery
It probably takes comedian Hugh Laurie’s straight face to be able to announce serenely, “This lovely summer we warmly recommend that you...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jun 27, 2018
- 14 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Film Makers
Popcorn and movies – such a match made in heaven. Don’t ask when Romanians took to popcorn just to find out when cinema appeared in this...
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Ilinca Stroe
- Jun 20, 2018
- 11 min
Romania’s Treasures: the Scientists
Scientists tend to be eccentric figures. Especially in popularisation articles like this one. Some Romanian scientists over the last two...
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