About Romania
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Romania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania) is a country in southeastern Europe. Romania is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast, Hungary and Serbia in the west and Bulgaria to the south. Romania also has a small sea coast on the Black Sea. The Name The name Romania comes from Rome or the (Eastern) Roman Empire and asserts the country's origins as a Roman Empire province. In Late Antiquity the Roman Empire was often called Romania in Latin. Some historians have argued that the medieval Byzantine Empire should more properly be called Romania, but this has not caught on. "Romania" is also used for the set of European lands where Romance languages appeared. Unification Day (of Romania and Transylvania), 1 December (1918) Constitution : 8 December 1991; revision came into force 29 October 2003 Chief of state : President Traian BASESCU (since 20 December 2004) Head of government : Prime Minister Calin Popescu TARICEANU (since 29 December 2004) More information about Romania soon to come... For more information about Romania, please click on one of the links below :
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