Interesting linguistic fact: the Romanian word "sfat" comes from Slavic and is related to the Russian term "soviet", meaning both advice or council in the everyday sense of "a piece of advice" as well in the institutional sense like "Sfatul Țării" (the Country's Council).
27 March 1918 - A historic day for Romania.
Bessarabia united with the Kingdom of Romania through the vote of Sfatul Țării.
108 years since the first great union that gave birth to Greater Romania.
It's amazing how many Romanians, Albanians and Georgians there are in Athens. They don't even stick out. They just look like locals until you hear them speak.
🥲Composer Mark Snow has died — you’ve definitely heard his music from The X-Files
The author of the iconic soundtrack was 78 years old.
🎵 Mark Snow was nominated for an Emmy 15 times and composed music for various film and TV projects, but rose to fame mainly for his work on The X-Files — the intro theme became a real hit.
The fact that Romanians increasingly write their first name before their last name instead of the (communist) other way around, even in official documents, is a sign of generational change.
@AstileanAdrian No, Dutch people don't mind free money. It's not like Japan where people get mad if you tip. Romania, at the other hand, has a very big tip culture. I was very suprised when I first learned they literally tip at the barber.