Romania marks National Day today

Chisinau, 1 December /MOLDPRES/- Romania marks National Day today. It is a state in Southeast Europe, situated between Ukraine, Moldova, the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.

Romania’s National Day was celebrated on 10 May in 1866-1947, then on 23 August in 1948-1989. According to the law No 10 of 31 July 1990, promulgated by President Ion Iliescu and published in Official Journal on 1 August, the day of 1 December was adopted as a national day and public holiday in Romania.

Romania is the ninth country by area (238,391 square kilometers) and the seventh in terms of population (over 20 million residents) among the EU member states. Its capital, Bucharest, is the largest city and the sixth in the EU in terms of people (1.9 million residents).

Sibiu was designed to be European Capital of Culture in 2007. Romania is a member of international organisations, among which: United Nations (since 1955), Council of Europe (1993), European Union (1 January 2007), NATO (29 March 2004), OSCE, OIF (2003), Latin Union (1980) and some economic institutions: World Bank Group, IMF (since 1972), EBRD (1991) and OECD.

The country has foreign trade with Germany, Italy, France, Turkey, the Netherlands, U.S.A., South Korea, Moldova, Russia and other countries.

Romania was the first state to recognize Moldova’s independence, just a few hours after proclamation of independence (27 August 1991). Diplomatic relations at the level of embassy were set on 29 August 1991. Moldovan Ambassador to Romania is Mihai Gribincea and Romanian Ambassador to Moldova - Daniel Ionita.

According to statistics data by the National Statistics Bureau, in the first nine months of 2016, the bilateral trade registered 751.1 million dollars, of which export of Moldovan products increased by 6.8 per cent against the similar period of 2015 amounting to 355.7 million dollars, and import from Romania was estimated at 395.4 million dollars, down by 9.6 per cent. 

(Reporter N. Roibu, editor M. Jantovan)