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Aurel Dragoș Munteanu
Aurel Dragoș Munteanu (16 January 1942 – 30 May 2005) was a Romanian author and the director of TVR following the Romanian Revolution of 1989, making him a key part of the National Salvation Front's ability to gain support. He was born in Lăpușna, at the time in Lăpușna County, Kingdom of Romania, now in Hîncești District, Moldova. A few years later, he took refuge with his family in Transylvania, where he attended high school in Turda, and then the Faculty of Philology of the University of Cluj. Upon graduation, he became an assistant at the Pedagogical Institute in Oradea. He debuted with a volume of short stories, then moved to Bucharest, where he published the novels ''Singuri'' (1968), "Scarabeul Sacru'' (1970), ''Marile Iubiri'' (1978), and a book of essays. In October 1988, he wrote a letter to Dumitru Radu Popescu, president of the Writers' Union of Romania, with the request to protect the poets Mircea Dinescu, Dan Deșliu, Ana Blandiana, and other p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lăpușna, Hîncești
Lăpușna is a commune in Hîncești District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Anini, Lăpușna and Rusca. Notable natives * *Elena Postică
Elena Postică (born 2 September 1954, Lăpușna) is a historian from the Republic of Moldova.
Biography
Elena Postică was born on 2 September 1954 in Lăpușna, a commune in Hîncești District, Moldova. She is a memb ...
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Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1942 Births
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the Organs of the United Nations, six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international security, international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter. Its powers include establishing peacekeeping operations, enacting international sanctions, and authorizing military action. The UNSC is the only UN body with the authority to issue binding United Nations Security Council resolution, resolutions on member states. Like the UN as a whole, the Security Council was created after World War II to address the failings of the League of Nations in maintaining world peace. It held its first session on 17 January 1946 but was largely paralyzed in the following decades by the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union (and their allies). Nevertheless, it authorized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permanent Representative Of Romania To The United Nations
The Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations ( ro, Reprezentant Permanent al României la Organizația Națiunilor Unite) is currently Ion Jinga since 4 August 2015. Romania joined the United Nations (UN) on 14 December 1955. The first person with the diplomatic post was Athanase Joja, who was already appointed with it in 1955. However, Joja and the official Romanian diplomatic delegation for the UN would not arrive in New York City until 20 March 1956. The persons that have been the Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations have been the following: # Athanase Joja (1955–1957) # Mihai Magheru (1957–1959) # Silviu Brucan (1959–1961) # Mihai Haseganu (1961–1966) # Gheorghe Diaconescu (1966–1971) # Ion Datcu (1972–1978) # Teodor Marinescu (1978–1986) # Petre Tanasie (1987–1990) # Aurel Dragos Munteanu (1990–1992) # Mihai Horia Botez (1992–1994) # Ion Goriță (1994–2000) # Sorin Ducaru (2000–2001) # Alexandru Nicu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of Romania To The United States
This is a list of the heads of the diplomatic representatives of Romania to the United States. Italics indicate ad-interim representatives. Legation *Constantin Angelescu, January 15, 1918 *Nicolae Henrik Lahovary, March 16, 1918 *Antoine Bibesco, February 25, 1921 * Frederick Nano, February 24, 1926 * Radu T. Djuvara, April 9, 1926 * George Cretziano, November 15, 1926 * Charles A. Davila, October 15, 1929 * Mircea Victor Babeș, February 1, 1938 *Radu Irimescu, April 11, 1938 / April 21, 1938 *Brutus Coste, October 15, 1940 *Vasile Stoica May 27, 1941 December 12, 1941 - September 20, 1946 - State of war *Mihai Ralea, appointed September 20, 1946; October 1, 1946 * Mihai Magheru, appointed September 21, 1949; September 26, 1949 * Marin Florea Ionescu, appointed April 15, 1953; May 4, 1953 * Anton Moisescu, appointed November 26, 1954; December 7, 1954 *Silviu Brucan, appointed April 9, 1956; April 30, 1956 *George Macovescu, appointed August 12, 1959; August 21, 1959 *Petre Băl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Securitate
The Securitate (, Romanian for ''security'') was the popular term for the Departamentul Securității Statului (Department of State Security), the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Previously, before the communist regime, Romanian secret police was called Siguranța Statului. It was founded on 30 August 1948, with help and direction from the Soviet MGB. Following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1989, the new authorities assigned the various intelligence tasks of the DSS to new institutions. The Securitate was, in proportion to Romania's population, one of the largest secret police forces in the Eastern bloc. The first budget of the Securitate in 1948 stipulated a number of 4,641 positions, of which 3,549 were filled by February 1949: 64% were workers, 4% peasants, 28% clerks, 2% persons of unspecified origin, and 2% intellectuals. By 1951, the Securitate's staff had increased fivefold, while in January 1956, the Securitate had 25,468 employees.Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a United States government funded organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of information is either banned by government authorities or not fully developed". RFE/RL is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the U.S. Agency for Global Media, an independent government agency overseeing all U.S. federal government international broadcasting services. Daisy Sindelar is the vice president and editor-in-chief of RFE. RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 languages to 23 countries. The organization has been headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, since 1995, and has 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff and 1,300 stringers and freelancers in countries throughout their broadcast region. In addition, it has 700 employees at its headquarters and corporate office in Washington, D.C. Radio Free E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Blandiana
Ana Blandiana (; pen name of Otilia Valeria Coman; born 25 March 1942, in Timișoara) is a Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure. She is considered one of the famous contemporary Romanian authors. She took her name after Blandiana, near Vințu de Jos, Alba County, her mother's home village. In October 2017, she was announced as The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry's twelfth recipient of their Lifetime Recognition Award. Literary career Ana Blandiana was born Otilia Valeria Coman on 25 March 1942. Her parents were Gheorghe (1915-1964), an orthodox priest and former member of the fascist Iron Guard who spent years in Communist prisons and died in an accident weeks after his release in a general amnesty, and Otilia (Diacu), an accountant. Her sister Geta was born in 1947. In 1960 she married the writer Romulus Rusan. After her debut in 1959, in ''Tribuna'', Cluj, where she signed for the first time as ''Ana Blandiana'', she was published in the anthology ''30 de p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Deșliu
Dan Deșliu (August 31, 1927 – September 4, 1992) was a Romanian poet. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Ștefan Deșliu, an accountant at the Bulandra Theatre company and later administrator of the Workers' Theatre, and his wife Elena (''née'' Săndulescu). He began secondary school at Matei Basarab Lyceum in his native city, followed by the Mediaș aeronautics school and the Bucharest industrial and building high school. He then attended the Dramatic Arts Conservatory under Maria Filotti. From 1946 to 1948, he appeared as an actor at Petroșani and Bucharest, also working as an editor for ''Flacăra'' magazine. He was later an editor at ''Scînteia'' and, between 1961 and 1962, was editor-in-chief at ''Luceafărul''. His first published work was the sonnet "Paseri", which appeared in George Călinescu's ''Lumea'' in 1945; his first book was the 1949 ''Goarnele inimii''. He won the State Prize in 1949, 1950 and 1951, and in 1974 was awarded the Romanian Writers' Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Dinescu
Mircea Dinescu (; born November 11, 1950) is a Romanian poet, journalist, and editor. Biography Early life and poetry He was born in Slobozia, the son of Ştefan Dinescu, a metalworker, and Aurelia (born Badea). Dinescu studied at the Faculty of Journalism of the Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy, and was considered a gifted young poet during his youth, with several poetry volumes published. Dissidency In August 1988, Dinescu was invited by the USSR Union of Writers in the Soviet Union and on August 25, he gave an interview to the Romanian section of the Voice of Russia. During the interview, he expressed his support for the Glasnost and Perestroika policies of the Soviet Union. After returning to Bucharest, he invited some friends (including Gabriel Liiceanu, Alexandru Paleologu, and Andrei Pleșu) to write a protest against Ceaușescu's policies that were destroying Romanian culture and villages, but they failed to reach a consensus on the text and Dinescu decided to write his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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