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The organisation was founded in late 18th century. In 1948, Romania ratified the 1947 Washington Convention, turning from a founding member to a full member of the World Meteorological Organization [1] (18 August 1948). [2] Since 2003, it is a member of EUMETSAT with a stake of 0.4456%. Today in Romania, ANM holds the monopoly for ...
Daylight saving time (DST) in Romania (locally known by "Ora de Vară") was originally introduced in 1932 (between 22 May and 2 October). Between 1933 and 1940, DST started on the first Sunday in April and ended on the first Sunday in October. DST was abandoned in 1941 and reintroduced in 1979. [3]
Bucharest's public transport system is the largest in Romania and one of the largest in Europe. It is made up of the Bucharest Metro, run by Metrorex, as well as a surface transport system run by STB (Societatea de Transport București, previously known as the RATB), which consists of buses, trams, trolleybuses, and light rail.
Romania map of Köppen climate classification, according to Clima României from the Administrația Națională de Meteorologie, Bucharest 2008. Summers in the country are generally very warm to hot, and temperatures over 35 °C (95 °F) are not unknown in the lower-lying areas of the country.
His most noted works were his novels, beginning with Viața cu haz și fără a numitului Stan (1929) and Horoscop (1932), but especially Calea Văcărești (1933) and Foc în Hanul cu tei (1934), which showed the full measure of his writing talent, later diluted and marked by aesthetic lapses in "Actele vorbește" (1935), Țară bună (1936 ...
The original church on the site was a small, early 17th-century wooden structure founded by the Postelnic Neagoe. Tradition holds that it was consecrated precisely a year after construction began; another version states that, fulfilling a bet, it was built in a single day; either legend explains the nickname.
The following is a list of public holidays in Romania. According to Romanian law, Romania had 15 public holidays as of 2011, which cover 14% of the days of the year in the country. According to Romanian law, Romania had 15 public holidays as of 2011, which cover 14% of the days of the year in the country.
After Romania joined the European Union in 2007, EU funds helped with the expansion of the metro. [17] The M5 line was opened in 2020, and the M6 line is under construction. Due to Bucharest being one of the largest cities in the region, the network is larger than those of Prague , Warsaw , Budapest or Sofia .