From wikipedia about Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea.
Romania shares a border with
Hungary and
Serbia to the west,
Ukraine and
Moldova to the northeast and east, and
Bulgaria to the south.
At 238, 391 square kilometers (92, 043 sq mi),
Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area, and has the seventh largest population of the European Union with 21. 9 million people. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, the sixth largest city in the EU with about two million people.
The Kingdom of
Romania emerged when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were united under Prince Alexander Ioan Cuza in 1859. Independence from the Ottoman Empire was declared on May 9, 1877, and was internationally recognized the following year. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the Kingdom of
Romania. Greater
Romania emerged into an era of progression and prosperity that would continue until World War II. By the end of the War, many north-eastern areas of Romania's territories were occupied by the Soviet Union, and
Romania forcibly became a socialist republic and a member of the Warsaw Pact.
With the fall of the Iron Curtain and the 1989 Revolution,
Romania began to transition towards democracy and a capitalist market economy. After a decade of post-revolution economic problems, extensive reforms fostered economic recovery and the country joined the European Union on 1 January 2007.
Romania is now an upper middle-income country with high human development.. Hdr. undp. org. Retrieved on 2010-08-21.
Romania joined NATO on 29 March 2004, and is also a member of the Latin Union, of the Francophonie, of the OSCE and of the United Nations. Today,
Romania is a unitary semi-presidential republic, in which the executive branch consists of the President and the Government.
