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Refuge, and a home, in Vienna: a young Iraqi's story

An Iraqi refugee tells us how he came to Vienna and managed to make a life for himself there against the odds.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 24 Mar 2016

Refuge, and a home, in Vienna: a young Iraqi's story

An Iraqi refugee tells us how he came to Vienna and managed to make a life for himself there against the odds.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 24 Mar 2016

Reclaiming the forest: a Romanian story

Since the fall of communism, Romania's ancestral, cultural link to its forests is being undermined by corrupt political and economic interests.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 19 Aug 2015

Reclaiming the forest: a Romanian story

Since the fall of communism, Romania's ancestral, cultural link to its forests is being undermined by corrupt political and economic interests.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 19 Aug 2015

The dying beauty of old Bucharest

In order for Bucharest to reclaim its role as a leading European capital, it has to undergo a major process of rehabilitating its invaluable patrimonial buildings. This is impossible without the authorities contributing.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 13 Jul 2015

The dying beauty of old Bucharest

In order for Bucharest to reclaim its role as a leading European capital, it has to undergo a major process of rehabilitating its invaluable patrimonial buildings. This is impossible without the authorities contributing.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 13 Jul 2015

Romania's unsolved communist ecological disaster

Geamana was once a picturesque village in the Carpathian Mountains. Today, the village has almost entirely been engulfed in toxic copper waste laced with cyanide and other chemicals from the nearby Rosia Poieni copper mining pit.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 19 Mar 2015

Romania's unsolved communist ecological disaster

Geamana was once a picturesque village in the Carpathian Mountains. Today, the village has almost entirely been engulfed in toxic copper waste laced with cyanide and other chemicals from the nearby Rosia Poieni copper mining pit.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 19 Mar 2015

The tragedy of education in rural Romania

Rural education in Romania is in a dismal state, lagging far behind its urban counterpart, and having among the worst standards in the European Union.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 9 Jun 2014

The tragedy of education in rural Romania

Rural education in Romania is in a dismal state, lagging far behind its urban counterpart, and having among the worst standards in the European Union.

By Raluca Besliu

/ 9 Jun 2014

Communist nostalgia in Romania

A recent poll suggested that nearly half of Romanians have a positive view of Ceausescu and believe that life was better under him. What is behind this surprising nostalgia for the communist era?

By Raluca Besliu

/ 13 Apr 2014

Communist nostalgia in Romania

A recent poll suggested that nearly half of Romanians have a positive view of Ceausescu and believe that life was better under him. What is behind this surprising nostalgia for the communist era?

By Raluca Besliu

/ 13 Apr 2014