Hundreds of villages in Romania are protesting the public administration law promoted by prime minister Ilie Bolojan, which aims to reduce the overhead expenditures in small administrative units, ...

Constantin Brâncuși, one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, was born on 19 February 1876, in Hobița, ...

Government has taken first serious steps to crack down on dangerous driving but pace of change is frustrating campaigners ...

Romania continues to captivate travellers seeking experiences far from the crowded mainstream. Since 2009, Ffestiniog Travel has been a leading UK specialist in escorted travel to Romania as part of ...

For decades, industrial waste was dumped directly into China’s rivers and groundwater. In some rural villages, cancer rates climbed as high as 30%, turning entire communities into health disaster ...

Curtea de Argeș, the second capital of Wallachia in the 14th century and one of Romania’s most important and charming historic towns, has been without potable water for the fourth consecutive month.

Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal ...

BUCHAREST, Feb 6 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Romania's National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management issued a red flood alert on Friday for the Niscov River in the southeastern counties of Prahova and ...

Despite a “hectic” opening day, the new owner of a Bushey High Street café are “so grateful” for community support.

In a quiet part of southern Romania, rounded sandstone formations sit in open fields and woodland edges, drawing steady scientific interest. Known as .