In the late afternoon of 21st of December 1989, in Cugir, public institutions were burning to the ground. How did the smallest city to rise up in the Revolution defeat the established dictatorship in just one day?
Almost every aspect of life is more difficult in the mountains and waste management is no exception. A cross-border team of journalists looks at how mountain communities deal with garbage, environmental impact & tourism, challenges and possible solutions.
People tired of the din of big city life go to live in an alternative community in Romania’s Apuseni Mountains. Alongside the quiet of meditation, they are served conspiracy theories.
Little was known about Adrian Ghenie until recently: along with Mihai Pop, he founded Plan B Gallery, famous for putting Cluj on the international art map with a new generation of artists
We spoke with actress Ilinca Manolache about the limits of theater and "Love Island", society and TikTok, misogyny and trivialized violence, but also about her role in Radu Jude's latest film, "Don't Expect Too Much From the End of the World".
How the Romanian state and I, together and in turn, botched the HPV vaccine.
I have no clear ambitions in life, I am convinced that the idea of success is relative and that the formulas for happiness are narrow. Whence, however, the compulsive need for more and better, which grinds me down, but also exalts me? And what is its price?
We spoke with photojournalist Vadim Ghirda about good and evil, disillusionment and hope, beauty and fear. About journalism and its increasingly complicated relationship with the truth, about the unsung heroes who make the work of war correspondents possible. About the baggage of suffering he has amassed in the 34 years that he has spent working at the heart of conflicts all over the world.
226 Palestinian journalists have been killed in the past 20 months in what is a clear campaign to silence the voices of those documenting the atrocities in Gaza. We spoke to a Palestinian journalist and representatives from the Committee to Protect Journalists to better understand the dire situation facing Palestinian media workers and how it is affecting the state of mass-media worldwide.
In South Korea, a radical feminist movement called 4B tries to completely reshape patriarchy by rejecting any kind of relationships with men. What made thousands of women make this life changing decision and what consequences does it have within Korean society?
I tried to find out what happens in my brain when I look at a painting.So I found out that artists would be the first neuroscientists
The pandemic increases the risk of slave exploitation for agricultural workers - Romanians and Bulgarians are the most exposed. We spoke to workers, activists and authorities across the UK to understand the real price of food.
Do you know who Alexandru Potocean is? He’s one of the most respected young Romanian actors. We sat down for beers and I wrote his story.
Over the course of two weeks, I met with some of my favorite Icelandic artists to learn what makes up the place’s spirit and where the appetite for life comes from in darkness.
Why do we close our eyes to the facts when we’re told a beautiful story about touring the world on foot, in traditional sandals?
The former members are accusing Adi de la Brad of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, exploitation through labor, being constrained against seeing a doctor, declaring him their children’s father, and preempting them from going to school.
A pro-life movement, supported by the US and funded by local money, is developing in Romania.
I met in London with the team of "The Night Of", the new HBO series.
An Irish writer follows the history of Trajan's Column along the ideological waves which have shaped the idea that Romanians are a Latin people, which must be „purified” at all costs.
For the past decade, Forensic Architecture have been conducting extensive investigations from around the world, with and on behalf of individuals or communities directly affected by conflict, police forces, or border regimes.
A discussion with an American artist settled in Romania, about his favorite sculptures in Bucharest, about the life he made here, but also about his book, written from the perspective of a fictional Romanian art historian.
An hour-long talk with one of the mind-blowing band of our times, about art as work, ageing, hope and the works of music in troubled times.
3 questions about the world of photo reportage and the ethical approach to photography, from 8 pros.