The first in a new series on cities living with risk assesses the problems facing Romania's capital, where hundreds of ornate buildings in the historic centre are in real danger of collapse Dan Lungu, ...
Bucharest’s Jewish past is celebrated by its small community of maybe 3,000 but also by the city’s architects, who have big plans for rejuvenating the city-center Jewish neighborhood and its heritage ...
There are more than a half-dozen self-titled “Little Viennas” in Europe, preening for the honor of second place. Fewer cities compete for the diminutive “Little Paris” Grand Prix but there are some.
The days of being known as the “Little Paris of the East” may be long gone, but that doesn’t mean Bucharest’s glory days are gone, too. The Romanian capital continues to redefine itself, merging its ...
With Romania now in the Schengen Zone, it means arrivals from within the free travel area are smoother and swifter. On the ponderous, three-hour train journey between Romania’s capital Bucharest and ...
BUCHAREST, Romania — Bucharest was once known as “Little Paris of the East.” But English, not French, is the preferred foreign language in Romania’s capital city, and 96 percent of its inhabitants are ...
Photos show an international feline beauty competition dubbed the ‘Feline Oscars’ that featured more than 200 cats Saturday ...
The former dictator's Parliamentary Palace is said to be the world's third largest building by volume Today the building houses Romania's Senate and Chamber of Deputies, but 70% still stands empty On ...
Each week, hundreds of Ukrainians travel by train from Bucharest, Romania, to other parts of Europe. Volunteers at Bucharest's main train station help them navigate a foreign bureaucracy. One ...