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Bucharest is a beta global city, a major cultural, political and economic hub, and the country's seat of government. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art.
The Battle of Winwick was fought on 19 August 1648 between a Scottish Royalist army and a Parliamentarian army during the Second English Civil War. The Scottish army invaded north-west England and was attacked and defeated at Preston on 17 August. The surviving Royalists fled south, closely pursued. Two days later, hungry, cold, soaking wet ...
Cristian Victor Popescu Piedone (born 15 February 1963) is a Romanian businessman and politician who served as mayor of Bucharest 's Sector 4 from 2008 until 4 November 2015, when he resigned following the Colectiv nightclub fire and the subsequent 2015 Romanian protests. He is currently serving as the mayor of Sector 5 since 2020.
The Alliance for the Union of Romanians ( Romanian: Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor, AUR, meaning "gold" in Romanian) [ 26] is a right-wing populist [ 9][ 10] and nationalist [ 27][ 5][ 28] political party active in Romania and Moldova. It was founded on 19 September 2019 ahead of the 2020 Romanian local and legislative elections.
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ( Romanian: Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților, ALDE) was a minor nominally liberal political party in Romania [1] which was officially absorbed in its entirety by the National Liberal Party (PNL), from which it initially seceded in 2015, during late March 2022. [8]
Elections. The National Union for the Progress of Romania ( Romanian: Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României, UNPR) is a political party in Romania. The party was formed in March 2010 by independents who had broken away from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) to support President Traian Băsescu.
The history of Bucharest covers the time from the early settlements on the locality's territory (and that of the surrounding area in Ilfov County) until its modern existence as a city, capital of Wallachia, and present-day capital of Romania . Historical affiliations. Wallachia c. 1459–1859 (Ottoman vassal)
The Conservative Party (PC) withdrew in December 2006, meaning that the government lost the majority in the Chamber of Deputies. [9] In April 2007, then national liberal Prime Minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu , dismissed the Democratic Party ministers from the government and formed a minority government with the Democratic Alliance of ...