The Maddening Beauty of Romanian Living Rooms
Nothing says Eastern Bloc chic like kitsch porcelain figurines, acrylic wall carpets, religious icons, and communist paraphernalia.
The Death of a Romanian Kangaroo
”More and more kangaroos show up in Romania, like we’re turning into Australia,” an animal rights activist said. “Last year, I personally followed a driver who was transporting a kangaroo. Two other kangaroos were attacked and eaten by stray dogs.”
The Romanian Village Ravaged by a Plague of Earthquakes
Izvoarele is a small village of 300 homes in southern Romania that had a problem late last year: There was constantly an earthquake happening, but no one knows exactly why so many quakes hit.
Romanians Are Fighting Fracking on Horseback
Zîna Domintean says riot cops beat her up and choked her with the Romanian flag while trying to clear the way for a shale gas fracking operation.
Romanians Are Slaughtering Packs of Stray Dogs
In early September, stray dogs attacked and killed a four-year-old child near a park in Bucharest, Romania. That incident highlighted one of the biggest problems facing the capital city today, where about 64,000 ownerless canines roam the streets.
Romanian Villagers Managed to Keep Fracking Out of Their Backyard
Last week, 600 angry farmers from the village of Pungeşti protested to stall the Chevron bulldozers heading for their land, and they won at least a temporary victory when the company decided to delay operations in the area.
The Nine-Year-Old Romanian Strongman and His Pissed-off Dad
Giuliano Stroe is probably the strongest nine-year-old on the planet. The Romanian boy started lifting weights when he was two and has set world records for doing push-ups without letting his feet touch the ground, along the way acquiring about 15,00...
Romanian Punks Against Communism
Romanian punk was born in the small town of Craiova and everyone hated Communism.
We Asked a Bunch of Romanians if They Hate British People
Picking through the wreckage of the poster war.
The Reluctant Roma Cannibals of Romania
Conditions in Nazi concentration camps were so horrible, many Roma were forced to eat their children. Romeo Tiberiade is making a documentary about this terribly depressing story, which chronicles the deportation of Roma people from Romania to...