Pages

Saturday, January 28, 2012

BBC News - Romania sells Ceausescu luxuries from communist era

BBC News - Romania sells Ceausescu luxuries from communist era
"Ceausescu held Romania in an iron grip as communist leader from 1965 to 1989.
Diana Dochia, a Romanian art gallery curator quoted by Reuters news agency, said few young Romanians "really know what happened then".
"Furthermore, the momentum grows to think it's 'cool' to discuss communism, but the truth is that it was not 'cool' at all," she said.
Ceausescu and his wife surrounded themselves with luxuries while most Romanians struggled with poverty, power cuts and constant surveillance by the secret police."

"Romania (Listeni/rˈmniə/ roh-may-nee-ə; dated: Roumania;[6] or Rumania;[7][8] Romanian:România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located at the crossroads of Central andSoutheastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea.[9] 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 238,400 square kilometers (92,000 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.[2] Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, the sixth largest city in the EU with about two million people."
Romania
România
FlagCoat of arms
Anthem: Deșteaptă-te, române!
Awaken thee, Romanian!


Desteapta-te, romane!.ogg
Location of Romania (dark green):   on the European continent (incl. the EU)  in the European Union
Location of Romania (dark green):
  on the European continent (incl. the EU)
  in the European Union
Capital
(and largest city)
Bucharest
44°25′N 26°06′E
Official language(s)Romanian
Ethnic groups (2002)89.5% Romanians
6.6% Hungarians
2.5% Roma
2% other minorities[1]
DemonymRomanian

No comments:

Post a Comment

My cyberguests: thank you for taking time and mental energy to leave a comment!
Your ongoing feedback is always appreciated.
If you never return, it is my fault for boring (?) you.
If you return, it is your merit to have discovered a blog worth exploring and following. :)