Hiding in the Romanian mountains, in a town known more for its spooky lore than its picturesque architecture, is one of Europe's most elaborate castles. The town of Sinaia is a medieval city in ...

Armenis (Romania) (AFP) – Hoof prints in the mud, tree bark nibbled away: even if the newest residents of Romania's Carpathian mountain forest shy away from visitors, their traces are there for those ...

Potigrafu, Romania? The mayor of this drought-stricken village has never seen a movie with Nicole Kidman, but he’d like to make her an honorary citizen. Mayor Gheorghe Voicu calls it “a hand from ...

Romania’s Fagaras Mountains, part of the Southern Carpathians, have been dubbed the “Yellowstone of Europe” for their biodiversity, dramatic landscapes, and rewilding initiatives. Conservation work by ...

The Fagaras Mountains are a section of the Southern Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The Fagaras Mountains are a section of the Southern Carpathian Mountains in Romania.Courtesy Dan Dinu Formerly ...

Viktor Pinkhasov can’t stop smiling. He has just managed to escape Ukraine after hiking alone for five days across the Carpathian Mountains. “I want to go and be free, to live,” the 34-year-old told ...

Pushing through a damp, flower-decked meadow on the hilltop, we reach the edge of a narrow valley filled with giant bog rhubarb. Before he plunges down into it Nelu, the hunter, turns to me with a ...

The bison had all but been driven out of Europe by hunting and the destruction of its habitats - Copyright POOL/AFP/File Alexander Zemlianichenko The bison had all ...