Romania
We Talked to the Survivors of a Deadly Bucharest Club Fire
Last year, a fire in nightclub Colectiv killed 64 people and injured 147. According to the people we spoke to, the high death toll is all down to corruption in Romania.
Casting Curses and Love Spells with the Most Powerful Witches in Romania
Witchcraft is very much alive in Romania, and even politicians fear its power. We join the country’s most famous witch dynasty and partake in their yearly rituals.
Photos and Poetry from Inside a Romanian Prison
Between 2005 and 2008, fashion photographer Cosmin Bumbut visited Aiud prison in central Transylvania to photograph the inmates' daily life.
6 Video Artists Pulled Off the Biggest Projection Mapping Show in History
A casual 104 projectors were used in the making of iMapp Bucharest 2016.
Photos of Romanians Cycling in the Countryside
In the Romanian countryside, cycling isn't about the environment – it's just practical.
When the Government Took My Grandmother's Home Away
One night in 1951, Romanian soldiers woke up my grandmother and put her on a train to a barren plain on the other side of her country.
Meet the Hackers Who Drive the Porsches You Paid For
Ferraris, Porsches, and briefcases full of money show a booming cybercrime industry.
A Doll for Syrian Child Omran Daqneesh | Insta of the Week
"Ever since I [saw] the image with the the little boy saved from the rubble in Aleppo, it has been haunting me."
Romanians Are Protesting Government Corruption
More than 2,000 people gathered in front of the Romanian Parliament on Thursday night, in what looks like the beginning of a new series of protests in the Eastern European country.
A Loud Sound Just Shut Down a Bank's Data Center for 10 Hours
Dozens of hard drives were knocked down during a fire drill that involved inert gas deployment.
When Sheep Roamed the Highways of Bucharest
Photographer Vali Pană captured the city right after the fall of Communism.
How to Drink Homemade Hooch in the Balkans
On a recent tour of the Balkans, I was pleased to taste some bracing palinka, or homemade Hungarian fruit brandy. I was a little less pleased to try tuica, a Romanian moonshine. And you don't even want to know what's in the poo jacket.