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The US State Department approved a potential $80 million sale of Javelin missiles and related equipment to Romania. Included in the sale are 263 Javelin FGM-148F missiles and 26 Javelin Light Weight Command Launch Units. [35] The systems are intended to be used by the Special Forces. [36]
Timeline of Romanian history. This is a timeline of Romanian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Romania and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Romania. Millennia: 1st BC · 1st · 2nd · 3rd. Centuries: 5th BC · 4th BC · 3rd BC · 2nd BC · 1st ...
In early 2013 there was a draft proposal by Ögmundur Jónasson, the Minister of the Interior, to extend the ban to online pornography to protect children from violent sexual imagery. [103] The plan has been stalled since the change in government during the parliamentary election on 27 April 2013. Since then, there have been no changes to the ...
The economy of Romania is a high-income mixed economy, with a high degree of complexity. [ 40 ] It ranks 12th in the European Union by total nominal GDP [ 41 ] and 7th largest when adjusted by purchasing power (PPP). [ 42 ] The World Bank notes that Romania 's efforts are focused on accelerating structural reforms and strengthening institutions ...
Rococo, less commonly Roccoco (/ r ə ˈ k oʊ k oʊ / rə-KOH-koh, US also / ˌ r oʊ k ə ˈ k oʊ / ROH-kə-KOH; French: or ⓘ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and ...
The Romanian dialect from Bucharest is standard Romanian (from the region of Muntenia, part of the historical Wallachia). Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; endonym: limba română [ˈlimba roˈmɨnə] ⓘ, or românește [romɨˈneʃte], lit.'in Romanian') is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
Bucharest is a beta global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art.
Romania is the largest country in Southeastern Europe and the twelfth-largest in Europe, having an area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi). [242]: 17 It lies between latitudes 43° and 49° N and longitudes 20° and 30° E. The terrain is distributed roughly equally between mountains, hills, and plains.