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, ...

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 ...

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

Government takes its first serious steps to crack down on dangerous driving but progress is slow ...

Soar over the charming lakeside town of Varenna, where colorful villas hug the edge of Lake Como and stone alleys wind through lush gardens. A tranquil jewel framed by alpine peaks and glistening ...

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

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.

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 ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Athletes at the Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Village on Tuesday chatted at an outdoor coffee stand, traded their unique national team pins and took in the atmosphere ...