TIMISOARA, Romania, July 16 (UNHCR) - As a child, Saad* had the dreams that millions of children share - at first he wanted to become a pilot and then a professional football player. But the war in ...

After serving as a Romanian war photographer from World War I through 1920, Costica Acsinte settled in Slobozia in the south of the country and set up a studio called Foto Splendid Acsinte. There he ...

Romania is full of surprises and wonderful people. And as you leave the capital of Bucharest, it gets even better. | In the Romanian countryside, the nation's history and traditional culture live ...

The philosophical essayist E.M. Cioran (1911-1995) was born and educated in Romania, where he belonged to an extraordinary generation of young intellectuals, one that included the historian of ...

A hard-fought past is evident in the fortress-like churches scattered through the central region of Transylvania. In medieval times, big towns were well-protected, but smaller villages were vulnerable ...

There were, so far, three key stages in the history of Jiu Valley, a region nestled between mountain ranges in southwestern Transylvania in the heart of Romania. First, it was a remote, scarcely ...

Stanciulescu was able to emigrate from Romania in 1995, but she had to leave behind her son, Alexandru, now 25. He was eventually able to leave Romania, too, and also lives in the South County.

A Romanian who quit his corporate career has found his calling photographing life in his country's most isolated villages. Mihnea Turcu was a successful Bucharest banker who, in 2009, had every reason ...

MIAMI (WFOR) — Seven-month-old Angelica was born with congenital glaucoma which is caused by damage to the nerve connecting the eye to the brain. She would have lived her life as an orphan in Romania ...