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Romania
[ roh-mey-nee-uh, ‑-meyn-yuh ]
noun
- a republic in southeastern Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). : Bucharest.
Romania
/ əʊˈɪɪə /
noun
- a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea: united in 1861; became independent in 1878; Communist government set up in 1945; became a socialist republic in 1965; a more democratic regime was installed after a revolution in 1989; joined the EU in 2007. It consists chiefly of a great central arc of the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps, with the plains of Walachia, Moldavia, and Dobriya on the south and east and the Pannonian Plain in the west Official language: Romanian. Religion: Romanian Orthodox (Christian) majority. Currency: leu. Capital: Bucharest Pop: 21 790 479 (2013 est). Area: 237 500 sq km (91 699 sq miles)
Romania
- Republic in southeastern Europe on the northeast Balkan Peninsula , bordered by Hungary to the northwest, Ukraine to the northeast, Moldova and the Black Sea to the east, Bulgaria to the south, and the former Yugoslavia to the southwest. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest .
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Flights were paid for the women to come from Romania between 2016 to 2019, with those involved subsequently met at airports.
Approving Russia's illegal annexation would not just be a red line for Ukraine but would be a terrifying precedent for countries such as Romania that border the Black Sea.
Separately, Tate continues to face serious legal challenges in three countries - a mixture of civil and criminal claims in the UK, US and Romania.
Attila Biro, another journalist associated with OCCRP, reports on crime and corruption from Romania.
Bears are common across the Carpathian mountain range, which stretches in an arc from Romania through western Ukraine and on to Slovakia and Poland.
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