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Ilinca Stroe
Mar 26, 20193 min read
Nicolae Titulescu: the Diplomat Who Fought War
Born in 1882 in the capital city of Oltenia, Nicolae Titulescu is undoubtedly that region’s most internationally influential native. The...
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Ilinca Stroe
Feb 27, 20193 min read
A Star-Bound House: The Astronomical Observatory Admiral “Vasile Urseanu”
Out of a love of sea a star-bound house was born: the Astronomical Observatory in Bucharest. It was 1908 when Admiral Vasile Urseanu was...
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Ilinca Stroe
Feb 13, 20195 min read
Ana Pauker, the Iron Lady of Romanian Communism
“Stout, with unruly short greying hair, sharp blue eyes beneath the low eyebrows and a fascinating smile . . ., she made everyone feel...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 23, 20194 min read
A People’s Masterpiece: Atheneul Român (the Romanian Athenaeum)
As you walk past the elegant statue of national poet Mihai Eminescu, located in the little park in front of it, as you climb up the...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jan 16, 20193 min read
Barbu Ştirbey, the Perfect Grey Eminence
They say he was the mastermind behind Romania’s Crown during the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie, the great unifiers of the...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 28, 201813 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Jewish Romanians
Romania’s Jewish community has dwindled dramatically over the past decades: while in 1930 more than 4% of the country’s population was...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 21, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Hungarian Romanians
When talking about Hungarian ethnics in Romania, one encounters a problem of scope and of historical positioning. Most of Romania’s...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 14, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the German Romanians
“When the Germans came to the country . . . they built a city for the Romanians, they taught them professions, they gave them land when...
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Ilinca Stroe
Nov 7, 201812 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Roma Romanians
In her Memoirs, Zoe Cămărăşescu, a Romanian aristocrat whose mother had been a lady-in-waiting at the belle époque Court of King Carol I...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 31, 201812 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Romanianists
100 years of Romania. What Romanians have done for their country this past century in areas ranging from the humanities to science and...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 17, 20185 min read
Romania’s Second Unifier: Alexandru Ioan Cuza
There’s a Romanian saying, “Tot ce-i trei e bun” (“Good things go in threes”). It means that you have to try something twice and then...
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Ilinca Stroe
Oct 10, 20184 min read
Romania’s First Unifier: Michael the Brave
This year Romanians are celebrating 100 years since the Great Union. Back in 1918, King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania saw their...
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Ilinca Stroe
Sep 26, 20189 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Entrepreneurs
Looking into entrepreneurship in contemporary Romania can be a bit like entering perilous territory. As a recent documentary shows...
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Ilinca Stroe
Aug 22, 201813 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Actors
If we were to search back in time for images of the first Romanian actors, we might well have to put up with scattered blurry memories of...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 30, 201814 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Humanists
Any piece of writing dealing with the humanities must necessarily start out by reminding its readers that the status quo of the...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 18, 20184 min read
Peaceful Weekend Getaways: Three Monasteries
Personally, I love visiting cathedrals. Integrated into the urban landscape and yet cutting out a section of it which is emotionally...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 12, 201819 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Athletes
How long have Romanians done sports? That can be answered highly accurately: not as long as the Greeks. For we didn’t invent the Olympic...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Dead Funny Up North: Săpânţa’s Unique Cemetery
It probably takes comedian Hugh Laurie’s straight face to be able to announce serenely, “This lovely summer we warmly recommend that you...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 27, 201814 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Film Makers
Popcorn and movies – such a match made in heaven. Don’t ask when Romanians took to popcorn just to find out when cinema appeared in this...
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Ilinca Stroe
Jun 20, 201811 min read
Romania’s Treasures: the Scientists
Scientists tend to be eccentric figures. Especially in popularisation articles like this one. Some Romanian scientists over the last two...
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