Capital: Bucharest Area: 237,500 sq km Population: 22,334,312 (July 1998 estimated) Currency: leu Form of government: republic, bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate or Senat (143 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or Adunarea Deputatilor (343 seats; members are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms); president elected by popular vote for a four-year term; prime minister appointed by the president Languages:: Romanian Religion:  Orthodox (70%), Roman Catholic (6%), Protestant (6%), other(18%) National holiday: National Day of Romania, 1 December (1990)

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Links

Official Sites:

• The Romanian Presidency
• Romanian Government Room
• Internet Law Library - Romania
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
• Open Society Foundation Romania
• Parlamentul Romaniei
• Romanian American Forum
• Bucharest Stock Exchange
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and Bucharest
• National Commission for Statistics

Magazines and Newspapers

• Adevarul
• Bucharest Business Week
• Monitorul (Daily news from Romania)
• Romania Libera
• Nord Est OnLine Services - Romanian Newspapers
• Romanian Press Review
• Magazin - weekly cultural-scientific magazine.
• Privirea - Romanian weekly magazine with political, economic, and cultural stories.
• Central Europe Online - Romania
• Mediafax - Romanian news agency.
• Web Directory: Mass Media Romaneasca

Radio on The Web

• 100% Country - American country music at Romanian National Radio.
• 88.7 FM - Radio Vest - news and music from the west side of Romania. With live internet broadcasting.
• 96.1 FM - Radio Contact - in Romanian.
• ProFm - live news in Real Audio format, and pages for Pro FM stars and shows.
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: Romania

Travel and Tourism

• Discover Romania - original information: history, people, news. pictures, stories and sounds of Romania.
• Homepage of Miercurea-Ciuc - city directory with tourist, business and historical information.
• RomaniaByNET.com - offers news and weather, live radio and TV, books and more.
• Romanian Voice - offers a cultural insight on Romania, including visual and literary content.
• Virtual Romania - news, stock exchange, electronic whitepages, KnowHow list, travel tips, adoption links, soccer links, and recipes.
• Romanian Infocities - with travel and business information.
• Romanian Travel Guide
• Romanian Travel Monitor - information on tourist areas and landscapes of Romania, traveling and accommodations, travel agencies and tour operators, and more.
• Romanian Cultural Resources