Country Profiles: Romania

Romania -- România

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Romania Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Romania: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Bucharest
• Embassy of Romania in Washington, D.C.
• The Government of Romania homepage

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Romania Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Romania Country Page Information about Romania and USAID programs
• Romania and the IMF The IMF's Romania Country Page with links to articles
• Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe Information regarding the impact of recent wars on the national economies of Southeastern Europe

Internet Resources: General

• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• UCL Library Services Excellent Collection internet resources on Romania
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• The East Central European Center at Columbia University

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• National Museum of Art The National Museum of Art in Bucharest and its collections
• Poezii Românesti  Romanian poetry, with some translations, in text and audio format
• The Society for Romanian Studies Includes their newsletter, info on upcoming academic conferences

Online News Sites and Servers

• ProFM Romanian radio news online (information also in English)
• Central Europe Online News about Romania and Central Europe
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Romanian Language Study

• Romanian Courses offered through the UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Russian and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• Romanian online dictionaries
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and grants for East European Studies
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about pre-dissertation research fellowships and dissertation completion fellowships

Romania is a country in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast, Hungary in the west and Serbia and Bulgaria to the south along the Danube river. Romania has a stretch of sea coast on the Black Sea and the eastern and southern Carpathians mountains run through its center.