Romania

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Romania (Romanian: România /ro'mɨ.ni.ja/) is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Hungary and Serbia in the west and Bulgaria to the south along the Danube River, Ukraine and Moldova in the northeast. Romania has also a stretch of sea coast on the Black Sea and the eastern and southern Carpathian mountains run through its centre. Historic Bucharest (Romanian: Bucureşti [>

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List of Romania-related topics

International rankings

A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: [Globalization Index 2005], ranked 35 out of 62 countries
Bertelsmann: [Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2006], ranked 19th out of 119 countries
IMD International: [World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005], ranked 55 out of 60 economies (countries and regions)
Reporters without borders: [Annual worldwide press freedom index (2005)], ranked 70 out of 167 countries
The Wall Street Journal: [2006] Index of Economic Freedom, ranked 92 out of 157 countries
The Economist: [The World in 2005 - Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005], ranked 58 out of 111 countries
Transparency International: [Corruption Perceptions Index 2005], ranked 85 out of 158 countries (tied with Mongolia and Dominican Republic)
World Economic Forum: [Global Competitiveness Report 2005-2006 - Growth Competitiveness Index Ranking], ranked 67 out of 117 countries
World Bank: [Doing Business 2006], ranked 78th out of 155
World Bank: [Ease of Starting a Business in Romania], ranked 8th out of 155
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: [Foreign Direct Investment Performance Index 2004], ranked 35th out of 140

Notes

(see the six volumes: CICERONE IONIŢOIU et al., Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestaţi, torturaţi, întemniţaţi, ucişi. Dicţionar. Editura Maşina de scris, Bucureşti, 2000)

Reference

Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2006 and the 2005 U.S. Department of State website.

External links

Official links

Travel guides

Economy links

[Exchange Rates] - from the National Bank of Romania
[Information about redenomination]

Timelines links

[Chronology of Romania from the World History Database]

	International ties of Romania
Geographical and geopolitical: Continent of Europe \| European Union
International organizations: United Nations \| \| World Trade Organization \| OSCE

Countries and territories of Europe

Unrecognised countries: Abkhazia | Nagorno-Karabakh² | South Ossetia | Transnistria | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus²

Geographical notes: (1) Partly in Asia; (2) Entirely in Asia but having sociopolitical connections with Europe; (3) Entirely in North America but having sociopolitical connections with Europe

Countries on the Black Sea

Bulgaria • Georgia • Romania • Russia • Turkey • Ukraine

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