Wallachia

As many as 33,015 building permits for residential buildings were issued in the first nine months of 2018, up 4.4pct from the same period last year, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released on Tuesday.

Bucharest and other 14 counties will be under code orange of heavy snowfall on Thursday night, while 16 counties will be under the code yellow of abundant snowfall starting Thursday afternoon, according to warnings issued Wednesday by the National Weather Administration (ANM).

Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria, Greece and other churches observing the Gregorian calendar are celebrating Thursday the holiday of St Demetrius. 

Due to his Slavic origin the saint is honoured by all Slavic peoples and for the Bulgarians and Serbs he is the patron of the entire Slavonic world. 

Orthodox Christians in Bulgaria, Greece and other churches observing the Gregorian calendar are celebrating Wednesday the holiday of St Demetrius.

Known as Dimitrovden in Bulgaria - meaning the Day of St Dimitar - the feast is an important church and traditional holiday.

As the saying goes ‘One man’s hero is another man’s tyrant’. No matter what we believe about the validity or virtues of a political agenda, there is no doubt that some leaders did not hold back in brute force when trying to achieve their goals. Here is a brief list of the most ruthless leaders of all time. You could probably add many more.

Democracy may have had its day in Romania, considering the results of a recent poll, which showed that many Romanians would like to hand the country over to the cruel medieval prince called Vlad the Impaler - if he was still alive.

The prince of Wallachia, nowadays southern Romania, is widely seen as a hero and a great leader by many Romanians.

One of Transylvania's most precious A-list monuments of national and universal importance is the medieval Rupea Fortress, also known as the Cohalm Fortress, that sits atop the Cohalm Hill, at the crossroads of the routes that connected Transylvania with the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia; the once derelict historic site now attracts tens of thousands of tourists a year after having un

Bucharest's Mayor Sorin Oprescu told AGERPRES on Thursday that seven ha of Herastrau Park must return under the municipality's ownership.

Photo credit: (c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FLOW

President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Saturday morning attended, in the Union Square, in Iasi City, the ceremonies organised by the local authorities marking the 156th anniversary since the unification of Moldavia with Wallachia (Tara Romaneasca), inaugurated with the playing of the national anthem and military honours.

The Union Day of January 24, when the Romanian principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia united in 1859 will be celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral, in schools and cultural units in the capital on Saturday by a range of events.

Photo: (c) Alex MICSIK/AGERPRES STREAM