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Profile of RFE/RL's Georgian service in 'The Prague Post'

"The Prague Post" visited RFE/RL's Georgian journalists at the height of the crisis in Georgia More
 
 
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RFE/RL's Romania - Moldova Service

 

For over 55 years, RFE/RL's Romania-Moldova Service, Radio Europa Libera, has been a dependable source of professional, independent, and up-to-the minute information and news. Frequently cited in the local media, Radio Europa Libera has a substantial presence in both Romania and Moldova.


 
 
 
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CIS Leaders React To South Ossetia Fighting

Leaders of former Soviet states have been reacting to the escalating violence in Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia. More
 
 

'They Touched The Minds and Souls Of Romanians'

My love affair with Radio Free Europe began long before I had the chance to join its ranks. Unlike many of my fellow Romanian listeners, what attracted me to it was not the desire to hear the news. As a news writer at the Romanian News Agency, I had direct and continuous access to the international news agencies. And domestic news -- I had no interest at the time. More
 
 

'RFE's Romanian Service Opened Our Eyes'

I grew up listening to Radio Free Europe. In a Bucharest pervaded by official lies, with newspapers dominated by sycophantic poems and hagiographic articles celebrating the "triumphant march of Marxism-Leninism" and the infinite genius of the general secretary, Radio Free Europe was indeed the "spoken newspapers of all Romanians." More
 
 

Memories Of A Romanian Icon

With the last RFE/RL Romanian broadcast, silence will fall for good on one of radio's most distinguished voices. RFE/RL's Eugen Tomiuc pays tribute to the radio that for 60 years of existence carried information into Romanian homes, and hope to Romanian souls. More
 
 

Romanian President Honors RFE/RL

In a ceremony July 30 at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest, Romanian President Traian Basescu awarded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and the BBC the "High Commander of Cultural Merit" award for their decades of providing uncensored news and information to the people of Romania. More
 
 
 
 
 
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Facts & Stats
Map of Romania and Moldova

ROMANIA

Population
22,246,862 (2008 estimate)

Ethnic Groups:
Romanian 89.5%
Hungarian 6.6%
Romany 2.5%
Ukrainian 0.3%
German 0.3%
Russian 0.2%
Turkish 0.2%
other 0.4%
(2002 census)

Religions:
Eastern Orthodox 86.8%
Protestant 7.5%
Roman Catholic 4.7%
other (mostly Muslim) 0.9%
none 0.1%

Languages:
Romanian 91%
Hungarian 6.7%
Romany 1.1%
other 1.2%

MOLDOVA

Population
4,324,450 (with Transdniester, 2008 estimate)

Ethnic Groups:
Moldovan/Romanian 78.2%
Ukrainian 8.4%
Russian 5.8%
Gagauz 4.4%
Bulgarian 1.9%
other 1.3%
(2004 census)

Religions:
Eastern Orthodox 98%
Jewish 1.5%
Baptist and other 0.5%
(2000)

Languages:
Moldovan (Romanian)
Russian
Gagauz