Plenița
Plenița is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 5,800 people. It is composed of two villages, Castrele Traiane, and Plenița. The locality was a town until 1950. It is located in the western part of the county, at a distance of from the county seat, Craiova, and from the Danube, on the border with Mehedinți County. Its neighbors are the following communes: Verbița to the north; Orodel and Caraula to the east; Unirea to the south; and Dârvari and Oprișor (from Mehedinți County) to the west and northwest. Notable figures *Constantin Albu *Nicolae Ciucă Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (; born 7 February 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a conservative, he has been serving as Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 after receiving widespr ... References Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dolj County
Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the county had a population of 660,544 and a population density of . * Romanians – over 96% * Romani – 3% * Other minorities – 1% Geography This county has a total area of . The entire area is a plain with the Danube on the south forming a wide valley crossed by the Jiu River in the middle. Other small rivers flow through the county, each one forming a small valley. There are some lakes across the county and many ponds and channels in the Danube valley. 6% of the county's area is a desert. Neighbours *Olt County to the east. * Mehedinți County to the west. * Gorj County and Vâlcea County to the north. *Bulgaria – Vidin Province to the southwest, Montana and Vratsa provinces to the south. Economy Agriculture is the county ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nicolae Ciucă
Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (; born 7 February 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired General officer, general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a Conservatism, conservative, he has been serving as Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 after receiving widespread parliamentary support on behalf of his own party, the National Liberal Party (Romania), National Liberal Party (PNL) as well as the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD), and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ). Additionally, since 10 April 2022, he has also been serving as the president of the National Liberal Party (Romania), National Liberal Party (PNL). Ciucă has participated in the wars in War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Afghanistan and Iraq War, Iraq. He was the Chief of the Romanian General Staff from 2015 to 2019, and from 2019 to 2021, he was the Ministry of National Defence (Romania), Minister of Defence. He briefly led, as caretaker, the G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Commune In Romania
A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''Cities in Romania, city'' or ''Municipality in Romania, municipality''. In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor (''primar'' in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hotnews
HotNews is one of the oldest and biggest Romanian news sites focused mainly on general topics, finance, politics, and current affairs. The website constantly publishes news, interviews, video documentaries, and opinion pieces. As of February 2019, the site has around 250,000–300,000 unique users daily, more than 3 million monthly unique visitors, and around 30 million monthly page views, according to stats measured by the Romanian BRAT/SATI. The website was founded in October 1999 by a group of financial journalists under the name ''RevistaPresei.ro'' and contained articles from outside sources put together as a press review. It was rebranded as HotNews.ro in 2005. Located in Bucharest, the company employed more than 30 journalists in 2018. Its advertising sales for 2007 stood between €600,000 and €700,000. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Constantin Albu
Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname. For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name). See also * Constantine (name) Constantine ( or ; Latin: ''Cōnstantīnus'', Greek: , ''Kōnstantînos'') is a masculine and feminine (in French for example) given name and surname which is derived from the Latin name ''Constantinus'', a hypocoristic of the first names Constans ... * Konstantin References {{Reflist Aromanian masculine given names Megleno-Romanian masculine given names Romanian masculine given names Romanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oprișor
Oprișor is a Commune in Romania, commune in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Oprișor and Prisăceaua. The commune lies in the western reaches of the Wallachian Plain. It is located in the southeastern part of Mehedinți County, from the county seat, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, on the border with Dolj County. Natives * Geo Saizescu (1932–2013), actor and film director References {{DEFAULTSORT:Oprisor Communes in Mehedinți County Localities in Oltenia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dârvari
Dârvari is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of two villages, Dârvari and Gemeni. References Communes in Mehedinți County Localities in Oltenia {{Mehedinţi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unirea, Dolj
Unirea is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ... with a population of 4,620 people. It is composed of a single village, Unirea. References Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orodel
Orodel is a Commune in Romania, commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 3,242 people. It is composed of five villages: Bechet, Călugărei, Cornu, Orodel, and Teiu. Natives *Sorin Cârțu *Ilie G. Murgulescu *Nuța Olaru *Victor Pițurcă References Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Caraula
Caraula is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ... with a population of 2,560 people. It is composed of a single village, Caraula. References Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Verbița
Verbița is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ... with a population of 1,570. It is composed of two villages, Verbicioara and Verbița. References Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mehedinți County
Mehedinți County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes ( Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svinița) located in the Banat. The county seat is Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Name The county's name is or in Hungarian. The Romanian form originates from the first one, and a third originates from the Romanian: . The territory was famous for its apiaries, that's why it was named from the Hungarian word meaning bee. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 254,570 and the population density was 51.6/km2. * Romanians - 96.1% * Roma - 3% * Others (including Serbs, Hungarians, and Germans) - 0.9% Geography This county has a total area of 4,933 km2. In the North-West there are the Mehedinți Mountains with heights up to 1500 m, part of the Western end of the Southern Carpathians. The heights decrease towards the East, passing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |