Info Călan – Informațiile curg de aici

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About Info Călan

Info Călan is an online publication covering news, history, cultural heritage, biographies and encyclopaedic subjects.

The Info Călan editorial team is based in the town of Călan, Hunedoara County, Romania. Its coverage extends to regional, national and international subjects.

Editorial Policy

Articles are based on verifiable sources, including official documents, archives, specialist publications, databases, public statements and information obtained directly.

News reports distinguish verified facts from statements, opinions and allegations. Reporting on legal proceedings respects the presumption of innocence.

Projects

An interactive map of monuments, archaeological sites and other heritage landmarks in Transylvania. Explore the atlas
An encyclopedia of press history covering journalists, publications and media organisations. Explore the encyclopedia
A national creative competition organised by Info Călan, held for the fourth time in 2026. Explore the project

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Info Călan is also available as an Android app, providing easy access to news, articles on history, culture and heritage, and the publication’s encyclopaedic sections.

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Info Călan in the Media

Info Călan’s projects and initiatives have been featured in publications and news agency reports in Romania and abroad.

Founder

Daniel Lăcătuș
Daniel Lăcătuș
Journalist and writer

Daniel Lăcătuș was born on 4 January 1988 in Călan, Hunedoara County, Romania. A journalist, poet and prose writer, he graduated in journalism from Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu and has been a member of the Sibiu branch of the Romanian Writers’ Union since 2011.

Editorial Projects

Fețele durerii. Apel la memorie – 2018
An editorial project dedicated to the memory of victims of totalitarian regimes, followed by the magazine Apel la memorie (2018–2021).

Contributions to Edited Volumes

2020
Familie, comunitate, filantropie. Biserica în perioada regimului comunist, edited by Academician Radu Ciuceanu and Anca Natalia Rusu, Cetatea de Scaun Publishing House.
2023–25
România 1945–1989: Enciclopedia regimului comunist, vols. I–III, edited by Flori Bălănescu, National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism.

Biographical Entries in Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

2013
Literatura română. Dicționarul autorilor români contemporani, edited by Alina Kristinka, Arial Publishing House, Ploiești.
2015
Județul Hunedoara: monografie, vol. V — Personalități Hunedorene, Emia Publishing House, Deva, p. 470.
2016
Un dicționar al scriitorilor români contemporani, vol. I, edited by Ioan Holban, Tipo Moldova Publishing House, Iași, pp. 339–348.
2018
Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane 2018, edited by Gabriela Verban, Verbaniana Publishing House, pp. 64–71.
2019
Enciclopedia scriitorilor români contemporani de pretutindeni, edited by Academician Mihai Cimpoi and Traian Vasilcău, Tipografia Centrală, Chișinău, pp. 575–576.
↗ Romanian Wikipedia entry — Daniel Lăcătuș

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