ROMANIA - LANGUAGE PHRASES
The official language of Romania is Romanian, an Eastern Romance language related to Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan.
ROMANIA - TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Bucharest is the capital and the largest city in Romania. At the census in 2002, its population was over 1.9 million.
ROMANIA - COMMUNICATION
How do the Romanians live? How do they behave? What do they like or dislike?
Generally Romanians are formal and reserved with a strong need for privacy. Most do not trust strangers readily. They are taking them as outsiders. But once you get their trust you are becoming insider. If you want to know more information about this topic go onto this sites. You will find there information about family, privacy, dining Etiquette, business etiquette and protocol (what you should know about Romanian before you start business there), and many others important things.
ROMANIA - EDUCATION
Since the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the Romanian education system has been in a continuous process of reformation that has been both praised and criticized.
ROMANIA - CULTURE
Romania is a secular state, thus having no national religion.
ROMANIA - POLITICS
System of government: Republic.
Constitution: December 8, 1991, amended by referendum October 18-19, 2003.
Branches: Executive: president (head of state), prime minister (head of government), Council of Ministers. Legislative: bicameral Parliament. Constitutional Court, High Court of Cassation and Justice, and lower courts.
Subdivisions: 41 counties plus the city of Bucharest.
ROMANIA - HISTORY
Most of Romania was the Roman province of Dacia from about A.D. 100 to 271. From the 3rd to the 12th century, wave after wave of barbarian conquerors overran the native Daco-Roman population. Subjection to the first Bulgarian Empire (8th–10th century) brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity to the Romanians. In the 11th century, Transylvania was absorbed into the Hungarian empire. By the 16th century, the main Romanian principalities of Moldavia and Walachia had become satellites within the Ottoman Empire, although they retained much independence.
ROMANIA - ECONOMY
Defence: 1.9% of GDP.
GDP (2007): $250 billion.
Annual GDP growth rate (2007): 6.1%.
GDP per capita (2007): $11,989.
Natural resources: Oil, timber, natural gas, coal, salt, iron ore.
Agriculture (2007): Percent of GDP: 8.0%. Products: corn, wheat, potatoes, oilseeds, vegetables, livestock, fish, and forestry.
Industry (2007): Percent of GDP: 23.9%. Types: machine building, mining, construction materials, metal production and processing, chemicals, food processing, textiles, clothing.
Services (2007): Percent of GDP: 61.1%.
ROMANIA - BASIC FACTS
Romania is located in South-Eastern Europe.