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The Alliance for the Union of Romanians ( Romanian: Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor, AUR, meaning "gold" in Romanian) [2] is a right-wing populist and nationalist [32] political party currently active in Romania and Moldova. It was founded on 19 September 2019 ahead of the 2020 Romanian local and legislative elections.
Pietroasele Treasure. The Romanian Treasure (Romanian: Tezaurul României) is a collection of valuable objects and the gold reserves (~120 tonnes) that the Romanian government sent to Tsarist Russia for safekeeping during World War I, with the aim of being sheltered from the armies of the Central Powers, which had occupied a significant part of Romania and threatened to occupy the entire ...
Adrian Păunescu ( Romanian pronunciation: [adriˈan pə.uˈnesku]; 20 July 1943 – 5 November 2010) was a Romanian writer, publisher, cultural promoter, translator, and politician. A profoundly charismatic personality, a controversial and complex figure, the artist and the man are almost impossible to separate. On the one hand he stands ...
The Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities ( Romanian: Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române) or, unofficially, the Little Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Micii Uniri ), [1] is a public holiday of Romania celebrated every 24 January to commemorate the unification of the Romanian Principalities ( Moldavia and Wallachia ), also known as the ...
The Săcărâmb mine is a large open pit mine in the west of Romania in Hunedoara County, 30 km (19 mi) north of Deva and 400 km (250 mi) north of the capital, Bucharest. Săcărâmb represents a large gold deposit with estimated reserves of 530,000 oz (15,000 kg) of gold. [1] The mine also has the only tellurium and selenium reserves in ...
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Romania – According to the 2002 census, the majority of the Romani minority living in Romania are Orthodox Christians, while 6.4% are Pentecostals, 3.8% Roman Catholics, 3% Reformed, 1.1% Greek Catholics, 0.9% Baptists, 0.8% Seventh-Day Adventists. In Dobruja, there is a small community that are Muslim and also speak Turkish.
Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Romania. 1 December Ziua Națională a României: National Day of Romania: It celebrates the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Kingdom of Romania. 25-26 December Crăciunul: Christmas Day: Both first and second Christmas Day are holidays. Third Christmas Day is not a public holiday.