Romania's Carpathians are differentiated into three ranges: the Eastern Carpathians, the Southern Carpathians or Transylvanian Alps, and the Western Carpathians.

Romania's national anthem has eleven stanzas, although only the 1 < sup > st </ sup >, 2 < sup > nd </ sup >, 4 < sup > th </ sup >, and 11 < sup > th </ sup > are sung on official occasions, as established by Romanian law.

* 2001: myX, Romania's first mobile portal launched ; SMS services such as dating, ringtones and logos are introduced ; GPRS service launched

It has historically been one of Transylvania and Romania's most important centers for copper mining, but its mines are no longer operational.

Nowadays, military parades are held beneath the arch each 1 December, with the occasion of Romania's national day.

Romania's administration is relatively centralised and administrative subdivisions are therefore fairly simplified.

The Retezat Mountains and Retezat National Park are accessible from the North by way of Romania's Route 66 ( DN-66 ) and / or by way of train, which runs alongside Route 66, from Petroşani to the southeast or Simeria to the North.

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the fall of Romania's Ceauşescu in 1989 produced ( apparently independent ) examples of political symbol based on the void — the Hungarian and Romanian revolutionary flags, where the Communist coat of arms are cut out.

It was founded as a result of Romania's rapid economic development, and the growing domestic and short-haul international airline market.

In 2000, Tudor received the second largest number of votes in Romania's presidential elections, partially as a result of protest votes lodged by Romanians frustrated with the fractionalization and mixed performance of the 1996-2000 Romanian Democratic Convention government.

Anghel, along with the percussion band Sistem, represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with the song Let Me Try, where they were ranked third in the final, Romania's best ever result at Eurovision.

This was Romania's best Contest result and pre-qualified the country for the final at the next Contest.

In 1913, as a result of the Second Balkan War, Romania acquired Southern Dobruja from Bulgaria, integrating this historical region within Romania's borders until 1940.

As a result of Romania's effort to adapt its national educational framework to the European Union, the educational system has attained many improvements ; however, there is still a long way to go.

Displays include an enormous collection of books written, published, illustrated, or translated by Romanian Jews ; a serious archive of the history of Romanian Jewry ; a collection of paintings of and by Romanian Jews that, while relatively small, consists of works of a calibre worthy of a major art museum ( many of the same artists ' works hang in the National Museum of Art ); memorabilia from Jewish theaters including the State Jewish Theater ; a medium-sized display devoted to Zionism ; a small but pointed display of anti-Semitic posters and tracts ; two rooms off to a side, one dealing with the Holocaust era from a historical point of view, the other a Holocaust memorial ; discussion of both favorable and unfavorable treatment of the Jews by various of Romania's historic rulers ; in short, a museum devoted to looking seriously at the history of a particular ethnic group within a society.

It has also been argued that Romania's emancipation was, in effect, limited to economic relations and military cooperation, being as such dependent on a relatively tolerant mood inside the Soviet Union.

Market activity was relatively low until 1916 when, due to Romania's entering World War I, trading was suspended altogether.

After cutting short a two-day trip to Iran, Ceauşescu held a televised speech on 20 December, in which he condemned the events of Timişoara, considering them an act of foreign intervention in the internal affairs of Romania and an aggression through foreign secret services on Romania's sovereignty, and declared National Curfew, convoking a mass meeting in his support in Bucharest for the next day.

Queen Anne and King Michael celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in June 2008 with a series of public events in Romania, including a reception at the Athenee Palace Hilton Hotel in Bucharest, a performance by Romania's National Philharmonic Orchestra, and a formal dinner at Sinaia.

File: RomaniaDanubeDelta MakingMaterialForCOnstructing0003jpg. JPG | Still in production today, Romania's Danube Delta

Brâncuși grew up in the village of Hobiţa, Gorj, near Târgu Jiu, close to Romania's Carpathian Mountains, an area known for its rich tradition of folk crafts, particularly woodcarving.

In the first of Romania's group stage matches, against Colombia, Hagi scored one of the most memorable goals of that tournament, curling in a 40-yard lob over Colombian goalkeeper Oscar Córdoba who was caught out of position.

Beginning in 1994, the two countries enjoyed a visa-free arrangement that ended on January 1, 2007, with Romania's entry into the European Union.

In the summer of 1940, fear of the Soviet Union, in conjunction with German support for the territorial demands of Romania's neighbors and the Romanian government's own miscalculations, resulted in more territorial losses for Romania.

Romania's Communist President Nicolae Ceauşescu flees the capital Bucharest by helicopter on 22 December 1989 amid a popular revolt to overthrow him.

* 1940 – In Romania, the ruling party Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania's aides, including former minister Nicolae Iorga.

During this period, Romania's resources were drained by the " SovRom " agreements: mixed Soviet-Romanian companies established to mask the looting of Romania by the Soviet Union.

As Romania's foreign debt sharply increased between 1977 and 1981 ( from 3 to 10 billion US dollars ), the influence of international financial organisations such as the IMF and the World Bank grew, conflicting with Nicolae Ceauşescu's autarchic policies.

Various worker groups from Romania's industrial platforms responded, some of whom engaged in altercations with the protesters.

Despite ongoing and potential disputes, however, it was unlikely in 1989 that Romania's borders would be redrawn in the foreseeable future.

The symmetry of Romania's relief continues with the Getic Tableland to the south of the SubCarpathians, the Moldavian Tableland in the east between the SubCarpathians and the Prut River, and the Dobrujan Tableland in the southeast between the Danube and the Black Sea.

The land here is rich with chernozemic soils and forms Romania's most important farming region.

Romania's lowest land is found on the northern edge of the Dobruja region in the Danube Delta.

Romania's rivers primarily flow east, west, and south from the central crown of the Carpathians.

The Danube is by far Romania's most important river, not only for transportation, but also for the production of hydroelectric power.

Sources give varied estimates for Romania's historical population.

Romania's 1991 constitution, amended in 2003 proclaims Romania a democratic and social republic, deriving its sovereignty from the people.

Romania's newspaper market thrived after the 1989 revolution, but many newspapers subsequently closed because of rising costs.

Romania has developed strong relations with Hungary, with the latter playing a key role in supporting Romania's bid to join the EU.

** In Romania, coup leader General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled king Carol II of Romania's aides.

* March 20 – Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Romania's first reigning Domnitor ( d. 1873 )

The milestone for Romania's Kilometre Zero is placed just south of University Square in front of the New St. George Church ( Sfântul Gheorghe Nou ) at St. George Square ( Piaţa Sfântul Gheorghe ).