Romania

General	Country Overview	News
Foreign Affairs	Defense & Security	Geography
History	Society	Human Rights
Minorities	Travel	Environment
Language	Culture	Romanian Studies
Economy	State & Politics	Gender
Media Situation	Religion	Miscellaneous

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General Sites | top

• Romanian Home Page - by the Research Institute for Informatics
  
• Discover Romania - by Irina & Stefan Gheorghiu
  
• CountryWatch.com - Romania
  

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Country Overview | top

• CIA World Factbook - Romania
  
  1. Factbook 1995
     
  
  
• Agenda 21 - Country Information - United Nations Sustainable Development
  
• UNDP - Human Development Reports
  
  1. Romania Report 1996
     
  
  
• Nations in Transit - Romania - from Freedom House's 1998 annual report
  
• Romania Country Data - Romanian Embassy in Tokyo
  
• Background Notes: Romania, June 1997 - U.S. Department of State
  
  

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Language | top

• Romanian Basic Phrases and Pronunciation
  

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Culture | top

     Literature

• Romanian Poetry Page from the Website of "Romanian Voice"
  
• Foundation "Romanian Literature" - in Romanian
  
• Colectia Romania literara - in Romanian
  
  
  
  
• Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889)
  
  1. 2000: Year of Eminescu - by Catherine Lovatt
     
  2. Mihai Eminescu Museum
     

  
  

• Eugene Ionesco (1912-1994)
  1. Eugene Ionesco - from the website of "Bohemian Ink"
     
  2. Romanians and their contributions to the World - Ionesco's biography
     

  
  
       Philosophers / Thinkers
  

• Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) - by Bryan Rennie
  
• Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) - from the Romanian American Forum Website
  
  

     Fine Arts

• Arhitext Design - a Romanian journal for architecture and arts
  
  
  
  
• Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957)
  1. Romanians and their contributions to the World - Constantin Brancusi
     
  2. Constantin Brancusi - by the Isam Noguchi Garden Museum
     

  
  
  

     Music

• Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996)
  1. Sergiu Celibidache's Page - by Paul Smith
     
  2. Sergiu Celibidache - Greatest Performer of Twentieth Century - by Akira Tagata
     
  3. Celibidache's brief biography - from the Romanian American Forum Website
     
• George Enescu (1881-1955) - from the Romanian American Forum Website
  
  
  
       Folk Culture
  
  

• Romanian Traditional Culture - from the Webpage of "Smithsonian Folklife Festival"
  
• Museum of the Romanian Peasant
  
  

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Romanian Studies | top

• The Society for Romanian Studies
  

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Miscellaneous | top

• Romanian Academy
  
• A Romanian Cookbook
  
• Romanian Recipes - from the Webpage of "Smithsonian Folklife Festival"
  
  

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Online News & Journals | top

    Romanian Press

• Adevarul - in Romanian
  
• Cotidianul Online - in Romanian
  
• Journal National - in Romanian
  
• Mediafax - in Romanian
  
• National - in Romanian
  
• RADOR (the press agency of the Romanian Radio)
          - RADOR Archive
  
• Romania Libera - daily,in Romanian
  
• Ziua - daily,in Romanian
  

    International Press

• Washington Post and Associated Press - Romania
  
  

    Radio & TV (RealAudio/Video)

• BBC - News in Romanian
  
  

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Romanian Economy | top
    General

• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and of Bucharest Municipality - in English / Romanian
  
• Imago
  
• The Romanian American Forum - Information on Romanian Laws

    Economic Overview

• Romanian Economic Overview - by ANEIR (Foreign Trade Promotion Centre)
  
  
• Country Reports On Economic Policy and Trade Practices - by US Dep. of State
  1. 1999 Report
     
  2. 1998 Report
     
  3. 1997 Report
     
  4. 1996 Report
     

  
  
  

• Economic Aspects of Sustainable Development in Romania - United Nations Agenda 21
  

    Statistics & Economic Indicators

• National Commission for Statistics - in Romanian
  
• IMF Staff Country Reports No. 98/123
  
  

    Business Guides

• Romanian Embassy in Tokyo
  
• FY1997 Country Commercial Guides :Romania - U.S. Embassy Bucharest (August 1996 )
  

    News & Journals

• Bucharest Business Weekly
  
  

    Privatization & Corporate Reforms

• Privatization Trends in Romania - Opportunities for Foreign Investors - by State Ownership Fund (1999)
  
• Corporate Structure under Romanian Law - by Arent Fox Plotkin & Kahn PLLC
  

    Financial Market

• RASDAQ
  
• Romanian Capital Market - in Romanian
  

    Banks & Banking System

• Banking System in Romania - by Romanian Development Agency (1999)
  
• Romanian Bank for Development
  
• The Evolution of Bank Credit Quality in Transition: Theory and Evidence from Romania - by E.C. Perotti & O. Carare
  
  

    Foreign Trade

• WTO Trade Policy Review - Romania 1999
  

    Tax System

• Taxation in Romania - by Arthur Andersen (1999)
  
• Tax on Income under Romanian Legislation - by Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner
  
  

    Agriculture

• Country Report on the Present Environmental Situation in Agriculture - Romania - by Luiza Toma (1999)
  

    Energy Problem

• Black Sea Energy Review - Romania - by The Black Sea Regional Energy Centre

    Labour

• Unemployment Statistics
  

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Romanian History | top

• The Real Romanian History - by Napoleon Savescu
  
• The History of the Romanians - in brief - - by Ion Calafeteanu
  
  

    Middle Ages - Under the Ottoman Rules

• National revival in Romania, 1848-1866 - by Steven W. Sowards
  
• Autograph Letter of Franz Joseph to the Kaiser, Vienna, 2 July 1914 - from the Website "World War I Document Archive"
  

   

    Post-War Period

• Contemporary Civil-Military Relations in Romania: From World War II to the Revolution of 1989 - by Jeremy Hubble (May 1, 1997)
  
• Romanian "Revolution"
  
  

 

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Society | top

• Citizen and Law after Communism - Legal Culture in Romania - by Monica Macovei (East European Constitutional Review , 1998 Winter)
  
• Crime and Corruption after Communism - Breaking Free at Last: Tales of Corruption from the Postcommunist Balkans - by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (East European Constitutional Review , 1997 Fall)
  
  

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Human Rights | top

• U.S. Department of State - Romania Country Report on Human Rights Practices
  1. for 1999(Feb 25, 2000)
     
  2. for 1998(Feb 26, 1999)
     
  3. for 1997
     
  4. for 1996
     
     
• Sexual Orientation and Criminal Law in Romania - A report by Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
  

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Media Situation | top

• Romania: Attacks on the Press in 1996
• IFEX Action Alert Service - Romania
  

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Ethnic Minorities | top

• Ethnic Minorities in Post-Communist Romania: From Rhetoric to Integration - by Tiberiu Dianu
  
      Hungarian Minority's Situation
  

• Tolerant Transylvania - Why Transylvania will not become another Kosovo - by Catherine Lovatt (Central Europe Review , 27 September 1999 )
  
      Hungarian Organizations in Romania
  

• Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Rumania (RMDSZ)
     - Another Website of RMDSZ
  
• Nepujsag - newspaper , in Hungarian
  
• Szabadsag - newspaper , in Hungarian
  
• Erdelyi Naplo - weekly , in Hungarian
  
• Elo Erdely - in Hungarian
  
• Korunk - monthly , in Hungarian
  
  

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Environment | top

• TED Case Studies - Danube Pollution
  
• Romania's not-so-blue Danube - by Catherine Lovatt (Central Europe Review , 13 September 1999)
  
• Use of Economic Instruments for Environmental Protection - Romania
  

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Religion | top

• The Ruler and the Patriarch: The Romanian Eastern Orthodox Church in Transition - by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi ("East European Constitutional Review" 1998 Spring)
  

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Geography | top

• Topographic map of Romania for presentation - 143K
  

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Travel | top

• Columbus Travel Guides - Romania
  
• The Official Page of the Romanian Tourism Promotion Office
  
• Travel Document System - Romania
• RoTravel.com - Romanian Travel Guide
  

    Hotels

• Hotels and Travel in Romania
  

    Guides of Cities and Regions

• Friend and Partners Romania - Virtual Tour of Romania
• Iasi
  
  Weather Information

• Weather Underground Romania - current weather of 50 cities
  
  

    Services

• DHL - Romania
  

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Gender

• Address by H.E. Mrs. Norica Nicolai, Secretary of State, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Romania:"Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace in the XXIst Century".
• Index of Women's Organizations in Romania
• Feminism in Romania