Mention Romania, and the first city that comes to mind is likely to be Transylvania. The Central European country is bordered by Ukraine and Hungary. The country has a rich history from being an ...

The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the ...

To mark Romania's independence day (each year on May 10 it celebrates freedom from the Ottoman Empire, earned in 1877) here are a few quirky facts about the country. The other numbers are remarkable.

Romania joins the European Union on 1 January 2007, along with Bulgaria. Together they take the number of EU members to 27. Former communists under President Ion Iliescu dominated the country's ...

The largest of the Balkan countries, Romania has dramatic mountain scenery and a coastline on the Black Sea. It has seen numerous empires come and go from the Roman and Ottoman to the Austro-Hungarian ...

All the stats, facts and trivia you need to know ahead of the UEFA EURO 2024 round of 16 tie between Romania and the Netherlands in Munich. Romania will seek to overturn the Netherlands' historic ...

• Romania's first winter participation came at Vancouver 2010 when Laura Valeanu participated in alpine skiing. • Valeanu was the first Romanian woman to compete in multiple events at a single ...