By the early 1920s, Romanians in Canada were a small community of immigrants that most people had never heard of. That changed in October 1926, when their Queen – a granddaughter of Queen Victoria – visited Canada.
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Acum 50 de ani lumea se gândea serios că după Praga, tancurile rusești ajung la București.
100 years ago, Romania was used as an example as how not to choose a German prince for the future throne of Poland…
Romania was mentioned 14 times in The Star and The Globe at the beginning of August 1918.
December 1, 2018 marks the 100th anniversary as a modern state for Romania. The summer of 1918 was painful and sad. Canadian press captured bits and pieces of the big picture.
Thanks to Rick Steves for spotlighting Romania, still a safe, cheap and rewarding place to travel in 2017.
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/05/10/bucharest-romanias-little-paris-of-the-east
Thanks to key influencers such as best selling author Robert D. Kaplan and star traveler Rick Steves, Romania was in the spotlight in 2016.
One of the things I enjoyed most behind the Iron Curtain at the famous Sibiu Jazz Festival during the 1980’s was … regionalism.
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