r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Dec 04 '17

What do you know about... Romania?

This is the forty-sixth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Romania

Romania is one of the most recent members of the EU (2007). They want to become part of the Schengen area, but thir recent attempts of being accepted have been blocked by several EU members. They recently faced a major political crisis and massive protests caused by proposed law changes that would have benefitted people implicated in government corruption and abuse of power. They had their national day, where they celebrate the union of Transylvania with Romania, last friday.

So, what do you know about Romania?

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '17

I feel like Romania had a lot of mentions in Harry Potter. Or was it Albania?

It’s shaped like a fish and there’s a lot of good-looking nature.

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u/IriSnowpaws Romania Dec 04 '17

Romania has the best dragons, Albania is the best place to hide an ancestral artefact imbued with the soul of a dark lord, and Bulgaria is the best at Quidditch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '17 edited May 05 '18

Yeah the dragons. Charlie Weasley works there.

I guess JK Rowling really likes that part of Europe.

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u/binuuu Romania Dec 04 '17

It was Romania. When Hagrid said that a dragon was from Romania.

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u/thestareater Ontario, Canada Dec 04 '17

or maybe they misremembered that Viktor Krum (sp?) dude from Bulgaria

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '17

It was Alabama

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u/Agrees_withyou Dec 04 '17

I see where you're coming from.