by admin | Feb 27, 2019 | Romania
Alexandru Vaida Voevod’s political career had a promising start: from a young Transylvanian unionist he became the first head of government of Greater Romania. But, over time, the way of doing politics in Bucharest perverted his methods and in the latter part of his... by admin | Feb 25, 2019 | Romania
Alexandru Vaida Voevod’s political career had a promising start: from a young Transylvanian unionist he became the first head of government of Greater Romania. But, over time, the way of doing politics in Bucharest perverted his methods and in the latter part of his... by Ciprian Stoleru | Dec 10, 2018 | Romania
Just seven months before the Great Union of December 1, 1918, Romania was at its lowest moment in history. With most of the country occupied and with a Bolshevik revolution that led to the collapse of the giant Russian Empire, that capitulated at Brest-Litovsk,... by Ciprian Stoleru | Dec 3, 2018 | Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania
The end of the First World War also brought about the emergence of movements to liberate the oppressed people in the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the goal to establish new national states. Thus, on October 28, 1918, after great popular demonstrations, the independent... by Ciprian Stoleru | Nov 30, 2018 | Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, World War I in 1918, Yugoslavia
In August 1918, the German army was about to be defeated on the western front. In just over a month, with the advance of the French army in Thessaloniki, the Bulgarian front collapsed. On September 26, the government of Sofia called for an armistice (signed in...