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Romania's stray dogs, souvenirs of a communist past
On 26 July, the European court of human rights criticised Romania’s inability to deal with the stray dogs roaming its streets. Legislation introduced by parliament to allow the euthanasia of the stray dogs has however provoked controversy. How have the strays, known as ‘maïdanezi’, become mired in political debate?
bucarest, euthanasia, human rights, protest, animals, european court of human rights, society
Love story across Bucharest, Bolzano, Berlin and Budapest
24-year old Nurith's memories as she embarks on a turbulent road trip across Europe, her wanderlust taking her from one love affair to the next. This abridged version of the article won Germany's 2009 Youthreporter award, ‘Verliebt in Europa’ (‘In Love With Europe’)
Bucharest: dictator's throne to democracy
Ceauescu erected the Romanian parliament in the second largest building in the world
bucarest, cities, architecture, culture, nicolae ceausescu, politics, central and eastern europe
Ceauescu, eternally shadowing Romania
For the first time, an exhibition in Bucharest lifts the veil on Romania’s Communist past
bucarest, past enlargements, communism, nicolae ceausescu, politics, democratisation, central and eastern europe
Romania: a wealth of poverty
Romania is regarded as the poorhouse of Europe. It's booming economy is dividing it into a small upper class and a larger emergent underclass
bucarest, economy, corruption, central and eastern europe, romania
‘12:08 East of Bucharest’: revolutionary rendevous
From the set of a local television station, three madcap characters attempt to understand what happened in their sleepy Romanian town the day that communism died
bucarest, cinema, revolution, post-soviet states, democratisation, romania
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