The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the ...

To mark Romania's independence day (each year on May 10 it celebrates freedom from the Ottoman Empire, earned in 1877) here are a few quirky facts about the country. The other numbers are remarkable.

The largest of the Balkan countries, Romania has dramatic mountain scenery and a coastline on the Black Sea. It has seen numerous empires come and go from the Roman and Ottoman to the Austro-Hungarian ...

Facts about Romania, which holds parliamentary elections Sunday: GEOGRAPHY: 237,500 square kilometers (91,700 square miles). Romania lies west of the Black Sea and borders Hungary, Ukraine, Moldova, ...

All the stats, facts and trivia you need to know ahead of the UEFA EURO 2024 round of 16 tie between Romania and the Netherlands in Munich. Romania will seek to overturn the Netherlands' historic ...

Romania scrambled fighter jets early on Tuesday after drones breached its territory near the Ukrainian border, the defence ...