The years following the Second World War were marked, for Romania, by chaos and deep instability. In the capital, the outlying neighborhoods became areas where law was almost nonexistent and daily life unfolded under the sign of violence. Out of this bleak backdrop rose a figure who would enter the... Read more
In the modern history of Romania, few institutions have played as important and constant a role as the National Bank of Romania (BNR). Founded on April 17, 1880, with the publication in the Official Gazette of the Law establishing a “bank of discount and circulation,” the institution marked not only... Read more