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 Before the 19th century, treating mental illnesses was the prerogative of the Church, as it was the case anywhere else in Europe. But the increasing presence of the state within the society meant that the training of specialists was left to the newly established state institutions. The main issue, in the case of wrongdoers, was to establish if mental disorders influenced their behavior. There were also cases when people who held important positions within the state suffered from mental disorders. One such case was that of the Prince of Wallachia, Nicolae Mavrogheni (1735-1790). Psychiatr...

If one had to come up with a single sentence to sum up all of the brutality, folly, tragedy, chaos, villainy, and occasional moments of heroism that John Connelly surveys in From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe, you could boil it all down to this: too much history and not enough real estate.

Greek military commander and national hero, Alexandros Ypsilantis (Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης), was born on December 12, 1792, and passed away on January 31, 1828.

A debate dedicated to the 164th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities took place on Tuesday evening, at Cercle Royal Gaulois in...

The Royal Family of Romania sent a message on Tuesday, on the Romanian Principalities Union Day, showing that twenty-two years after the act of 24...