1. ROMANIA Ondřej Syrovátka, 2011

2. Basic Information Area The country is quite big – its area is 238,392 km 2 (the area of CzR is 78,864 km 2 ) It’s 104 th in the world (9 th in EU) Population There live more than 22,000,000 people in Romania (the population of CzR is 1,510,000) It makes it the 50 th most populated country in the world (7 th in EU).

3. Origins of the people The name of the country comes from Latin word “Roman”, which was the name used for an inhabitant of Ancient Rome (Romania used to be a province of Roman Empire - see the map) Original inhabitants were so called “Dacians” but when the Romans conquered Dacia, they assimilated with them and thus emerged a new nation – Romania There are also lots of people in Romania who are of different nationality (see Languages)

4. Roman Empire in 116 AD

5. Languages (1) The main and official language is Romanian. It is an Indo-European, Romanic language which developed mainly from Latin, but contains also large vocabulary borrowed from other languages: Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian), French, Hungarian, German There live also lots of people of different nationalities who speak their own languages: Hungarians (1,5 million), Gypsies, Serbs, but also Slovaks and Czechs (about 5,000).

6. Languages (2) Examples of Romanian Bună ziua Unde mergi? Unde este toaleta? Da Bună dimineaţa Nu Eu sunt Andrei. Am venit din Cehia. Te iubesc. Nu im place şcoala foarte bun. English translations (match!) Yes Where is the toilet? I came from Czechia. I don’t like school very much. I love you. Where are you going? “Good day” No My name is … Good morning

8. Cities Bucharest (Bucureşti) It is the capital of Romania Its population is about 2.3 million Other large cities Iaşi (354,000, oldest university in Romania) Galaţi (342,000) Timişoara (340,000, Temesvár, big Hungarian minority) Constanţa (337,000, sea port and a famous sea resort) Cluj-Napoca (332,000, lots of Hungarians)

9. Politics The head of the state is the president Nowadays it’s Traian Basescu All minorities have a right to have their representative in the parliament Czechs and Slovaks have their own political party: “The Democratic Union of Czechs and Slovaks in Romania” (Uniunea Democratică a Slovacilor şi Cehilor din România)

10. Interesting facts Romania is very popular among Czech tourists not only for its beautiful and unspoilt mountain ranges called The Transylvanian Alps (Fagaraş, Retezat, Apuseni,...), but also for its numerous spas and beaches

11. Interesting facts The legend of vampire Dracula was based on a historical personality – cruel Romanian duke Vlad Ţepeş (The Impaler) and was set in Romania.

12. Interesting facts There are 6 Czech villages in south-west Romania (Gernik, Svatá Helena, Eibenthal, Rovensko, Bigr, Šumice) and I taught Czech in one of them (Eibenthal) for 1 year in 2006/2007.

17. Sources www.wikipedia.org www.euroskop.cz Links www.eibenthal.eu http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania