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Last reviewed: 03 September 2009

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GEOGRAPHY

Romania lies in SE Europe, bordered by Ukraine, Moldova, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria as well as by the Black Sea. The Danube flows along the southern border and forms a delta where it flows into the Black Sea. Romania has 3 historical regions: Wallachia to the South, Moldavia to the North-East and Transylvania to the North-West. Several large rivers, such as the Mures and the Siret, rise in these mountains whose highest point is Mt Moldoveanu, 2544m above sea level. The climate is temperate with hot, dry summers, punctuated by thunderstorms and showers, and cold winters with frequent snowfall, especially in the high mountains.

General

After the 1989 revolution, Romania embarked on a period of transition. Romania joined NATO in 2004 and the EU on 1 January 2007. Although economically one of the poorest countries in the region Romania has many natural resources including oil and a large, though largely un-modernised, agricultural sector. The country is also attracting an increasingly amount of foreign investment and the economy has been growing on average around 5% per annum. Some 20% of the population are from national minority groups, including the Roma, Magyar (Hungarians), Germans, Slavs, Serbs and Jews.

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Romania, Bucharest, British Embassy

Address:

British Embassy, 24 Jules Michelet
010463 Bucharest, Romania

Telephone:

Visa (40) (21) 201 7300
Main (40) (21) 201 7200

Fax:

(40) (21) 201 7299 Chancery
(40) (21) 201 7317 Consular
(40) (21) 201 7315 Management
(40) (21) 201 7311 Trade Development

Email: Press.Bucharest@fco.gov.uk

Office hours:

GMT:
Mon-Thurs: 0630-1500; Fri: 0630-1400
(From last Sun Oct - last Sun Mar)
Mon-Thurs: 0530-1400; Fri: 0530-1300
(From last Sun Mar - last Sun Oct)

Local Time:
Mon-Thurs: 0830-1700; Fri: 0830-1600

Website: http://ukinromania.fco.gov.uk