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Ilinca Stroe

Nov 9, 20174 min read

1917: Romania’s First Female Second Lieutenant [1]

How did she, one of eight siblings born to villager parents in Oltenia, (still) a poor region of her country, become the woman that the...

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Veronica Negru

Oct 31, 20172 min read

Vlad Tepeș (Vlad the Impaler), by his real name Vlad Dracula, born in 1431 in the fortress city of Sighișoara, was Voivode (Prince) of...

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Oana Barbu

Oct 3, 20173 min read

Have you ever woken up in the morning searching for a reason to stand up, go to work, face the world? Have you ever thought of giving up,...

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Iulia Andreescu

Sep 8, 20172 min read

If the French have Édith Piaf, and the Portuguese have Amália Rodrigues, Romanians have Maria Tănase. She was both a singer and an...

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Iulia Andreescu

Aug 31, 20175 min read

One of the most prominent and loved feminine characters in the history of Romania is Queen Marie (Regina Maria). With a strong...

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Oana Barbu

Jul 3, 20172 min read

For a long time, tradition and modernity were perceived as two opposite concepts. Until recently, tradition was seen as an obstacle to...

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Ilinca Stroe

May 11, 20174 min read

Looking back, the Roman Empire was quite a slack manager of its linguistic effects. Or else you wouldn’t be reading in the non-Romance...

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Veronica Negru

Apr 13, 20172 min read

The name of Vlad Țepes (Vlad the Impaler) has become in time synonymous to Dracula’s. This superposition has its origins in the...

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Enida Cincora

Apr 13, 20173 min read

In present-day Romania, research in beauty care and beauty industry isn’t as fast-developing as abroad. The main goal of any cosmetic or...

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