Romania 1859 1861 1867 1918 20 th century

Romania 1859 1861 1867 1918 20 th century Italy 1918 1930 1939 1944 1943 1991 1949 2004 2007

The first core of the Romanian State was formed in 1859 2 years after, in 1861, there was the beginning of the Italian State

In 1867 Romania was annexed to the Austrian Empire, which ruled over the north-east part of Italy too

At the beginning of the XX century many Italians emigrated towards Romania

Romania was unified in 1918 Italy completed its unification process after the WWI

During the Thirties both Romania and Italy were ruled by a fascist government

Romania, as Italy, took part in the Second World War against the Allied Forces: due to its geographical location, its main opponent was Russia. The alliance with the Axis led to the application of the racial laws and to the persecution of Jews

In 1944 the Romanian king Michael I deposed the dictator Antonescu: this signed the end of the II World War for Romania

In Italy, in 1943, king Vittorio Emanuele III deposed Mussolini: Pietro Badoglio became the head of the State

Romanian Constitution established that every ethnic minority had to be represented in the Romanian Parliament. In particular, Italian language was recognized as a minority language. Nowadays Italy is one of main destinations of Romanian emigrants

Romania joined NATO

Italy was one of the founders of the NATO together with USA, France, Germany, UK and many more nations.

In 2007 also Romania joined Italy and 26 other nations in UE