Richard Wurmbrand, also known as Nicolai Ionescu was a Romanian Evangelical Lutheran priest, and professor of Jewish descent. In 1948, having become a Christian ten years before, he publicly said Communism and Christianity were incompatible. Wurmbrand preached at bomb shelters and rescued Jews during World War II. He experienced imprisonment and torture by the Communist regime of Romania, which maintained a policy of state atheism.
The qualification for the UEFA Women's Euro 2005 was held between 26 March 2003 & 27 November 2004. The first-placed of the group stage qualified directly. The second-placed and the two best third-placed teams played in two playoff matches for three other berths. England qualified as host.
DJ Project is a Romanian dance music group, initially consisting of producers Gino Manzotti and DJ Maxx along with singer Elena Baltagan. The group was formed in 2000 in Timișoara, with their first album, Experience, released in 2001.
Terzi is an Italian surname and Turkish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu, known professionally as Inna, is a Romanian singer. Born in Mangalia and raised in Neptun, she studied political science at Ovidius University before meeting the Romanian trio Play & Win and pursuing a music career. She adopted the stage name "Alessandra" and a pop-rock style in 2008; later that year, she changed her stage name to "Inna" and began releasing house and popcorn music. "Hot" (2008), her debut single, was a commercial success worldwide and topped the Romanian and Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart, among others. Her debut studio album of the same name followed in August 2009 and was certified Gold and Platinum. It featured several other successful singles in Europe, including "Amazing" (2009), the singer's second number-one single in Romania.
"Morena" is a song by Romanian producer Tom Boxer and singer Antonia for Boxer's third studio album of the same name (2010) and the latter's first record This Is Antonia (2015). Written and produced solely by Boxer, the song was released in October 2009. Boxer came up with it in Greece, waiting for his order to arrive at a restaurant. A music critic from Viva magazine praised "Morena" for its catchiness and simple structure. The song also received an award in the Best Dance category at the 2010 Romanian Music Awards.
Alexandra Ioana Stan is a Romanian singer. Born in Constanța, she made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2010 single "Mr. Saxobeat", which was written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi. They had previously discovered Stan at a karaoke bar in 2009 and signed her to their label, Maan Records. "Mr. Saxobeat" had followed the singer's debut single, "Lollipop " (2009), which brought her moderate fame in Romania. "Mr. Saxobeat" quickly achieved commercial success locally and abroad, reaching number one in several countries and gathering various certifications. Saxobeats, Stan's debut studio album, was released in August 2011 and features the follow-up singles "Get Back (ASAP)" (2011) and "Lemonade" (2012), which had moderate success in Europe.
Sabina Babayeva is an Azerbaijani singer. She represented Azerbaijan in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 May 2012, with the song "When the Music Dies", as the 13th act, and finished 4th overall.
Dansez pentru tine was a show produced and broadcast on television station Pro TV, presented and moderated by Ștefan Bănică, Jr. and Iulia Vântur, now broadcast on Antena 1. It was the most watched entertainment show in Romania in recent years as audiences. It was the Romanian version of the BBC's popular Dancing with the Stars, franchise which has been sold to more than 35 countries worldwide.
Giulia Steingruber is a Swiss retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic and 2017 World bronze medalist on vault. Additionally, she is the 2015 European all-around champion, a four-time European vault champion and the 2016 European floor exercise champion.
Antonia Clara Iacobescu, known professionally as Antonia, is a Romanian singer.
Elena Baltagan, known as Ellie White, is a Romanian dance music and trance singer-songwriter.
Silviana-Maria Sfiringu-Gheorghe is a Romanian artistic gymnast.
Eimi Gloria Matsudo, better known by her ring name Giulia, is an English-born Italian-Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently signed to Dream Star Fighting Marigold. She is best known for her time in World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she wrestled from 2019 to 2024, being one of the promotion's top stars during her tenure.
The 9th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships were held from 21–25 April 2021 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. The 2021 European Championships were an Olympic qualifying event, with two individual spots available for both disciplines. Russia earned a non-nominative quota spot in both disciplines, while Turkey's Adem Asil and Romania's Larisa Iordache qualified nominative berths for themselves in men's and women's artistic gymnastics, respectively.
The Ignorant Angels is an Italian romantic-drama television series produced by R&C Produzioni. The series was created by Ferzan Özpetek, who was also responsible for the 2001 Italian film The Ignorant Fairies, on which the series is based. The series premiered on 13 April 2022 in Italy and select additional countries on Star via Disney+ as an Original.
Giulia Bourguignon Marinho, known professionally as Giulia Be, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. She gained recognition in 2018 when she signed with Warner Music Brasil and released the track "With You" with Brazilian DJ Zerb. At the beginning of 2019, she got her first hit "Too Bad", the song was the soundtrack of the 9:00 pm soap opera "O Sétimo Guardião" by Rede Globo, the main soap opera in the country at the time. In the same year, she got her second hit "Menina Solta", number #1 in Portugal, top 10 in the Brazilian chart, and top 1 on the Spotify chart in Portugal and top 50 in Mexico. In 2022, she starred in the Netflix film Depois do Universo.
Andrei-Ionuț Ursu, previously known as Wrs, is a Romanian singer-songwriter and dancer. He represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Llámame", placing 18th in the final.
Giulia Imperio is an Italian weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. She also won two gold medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
