Romania

Romania (pronounced /roʊˈmeɪniə/ ( listen); archaic: Rumania, Roumania; Romanian: România[romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea[3]. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory. Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.

The territory's recorded history includes periods of rule by Dacians, the Roman Empire, the Bulgarian empire, the Kingdom of Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. As a nation-state, the country was formed by the merging of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859 and it gained recognition of its independence in 1878. Later, in 1918, they were joined by Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia. At the end of World War II, parts of its territories (roughly the present day Republic of Moldova) were occupied by the USSR and Romania became a member of the Warsaw Pact.

With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, Romania started a series of political and economic reforms. After a decade of post-revolution economic problems, Romania made economic reforms such as low flat tax rates in 2005 and joined the European Union on January 1, 2007. While Romania's income level remains one of the lowest in the European Union, reforms have increased the growth speed. Romania is now an upper-middle income country economy.

Romania has the 9th largest territory and the 7th largest population (with 21.5 million people)[4] among the European Union member states. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti [bukuˈreʃtʲ] , the 6th largest city in the EU with 1.9 million people. In 2007, Sibiu, a city in Transylvania, was chosen as a European Capital of Culture.[5] Romania also joined NATO on March 29, 2004, and is also a member of the Latin Union, of the Francophonie of the OSCE and an associate member of the CPLP. Romania is a semi-presidential unitary state.

The land is it's most valuable resource, because of the agriculture.

• has mineral deposits like petroleum, natural gas, salt, coal, iron ore, copper, and facilities for hydropower.
• has proven oil reserves of 1.4 billion barrels, the largest in Eastern Europe

Agriculture, forests, hydroelectric power, salt, methane gas, oil, coal, bauxite, nonferrous ores (Cu, Pb, Zn, Hg, In, Te, Au, Ag, Mn, U, Cd, etc.), sulphur, rocks for building, etc.

Some people do. Most European countries have people who speak English. Mainly because of the Internet. Most websites and e-mails are in English.

Young Romanians tend to spend a lot of time on the Internet and watching Hollywood films, so they know mainly American English. However, the English language taught in school is British English (this affects mainly the spelling of the words, rather than their pronunciation, which is clearly infulenced by films).

Most places in Romania that are popular with tourists and the larger hotels have some people who speak English quite well.

1 US Dollar = 3.14544 Romanian New Lei

1 Romanian New Lei (RON) = 0.31792 US Dollar (USD)

Median price = 3.12544 / 3.14544 (bid/ask)

Minimum price = 3.11020 / 3.13020

Maximum price = 3.14170 / 3.16170

Currency in Romania: Romanian New Leu (RON)

The Romanian Leu (plural: lei; ISO 4217 code RON) is the national currency of Romania. One leu is subdivided into 100 bani (singular: ban).

The leu was established in 1880 by the National Bank of Romania / BANCA NAŢIONALĂ A ROMÂNIEI (BNR).

On 1 July 2005, Romania had a currency reform, redenominated its currency; Romania switched from the old leu (ROL) to the new leu (RON). 1 RON = 10,000 ROL.