A cultural approach of Romania’s historical economic criminality. The most renowned cases of corruption affairs in the past two centuries: Strousberg, Škoda, Bechtel Author: Cristian MANOLACHI Keywords: economic criminality, corruption affairs, anti-capitalism, anti-Semitism, international relations, government investments, Eastern Europe. Romania’s great corruption scandals of the last two centuries – Strousberg, Škoda and Bechtel – […]
The Law on Primary and Normal-primary Education from 1924 and Constantin Angelescu and National Liberal Party views Author: Mihai-Daniel BOTEZATU Keywords: Greater Romania, interwar period, Constantin Angelescu, National Liberal Party, politics, law, education, primary education, Parliamentary Debates, post-war Romania. Through this article we propose to analyze the political steps around the process of unification […]
“From this peace one can hope (…)”. The allocution of the Secretary of State Richard von Kühlmann on the peace talks with Romania (Buftea-Bucharest, April/May 1918) Author: Claudiu-Lucian TOPOR Keywords: Germany, diplomacy, peace, parliamentarians, parties, war, annexations, compensations, Bucharest, 1918. At the end of April 1918, Richard von Kühlmann, Secretary of State in the […]
Iancu Alecsandri (1826-1884), “spiritual, active patriot, worthy in all” Author: Iulian PRUTEANU-ISĂCESCU Keywords: Iancu Alecsandri, Vasile Alecsandri, Iași, Moldavia, Paris. Iancu Alecsandri, the youngest child of the vornic Vasile Alecsandri (1792-1854) and of Elena Alecsandri (1800-1842), born Cozoni, “active patriot (…) amateur writer with distinguished and confident taste, worthy in all” (Elena Rădulescu-Pogoneanu), has […]
From the history of Podu Iloaiei market town (II) Author: Andrei MELINTE Keywords: Podu Iloaiei, market town, fiscal registers, inhabitants, Jews. In the first half of the 19th century, the Principality of Moldavia was going through important economic, social and demographic transformations. These aspects influenced the evolution of the market towns. For this study, […]