Before “Mr. Lazarescu,” the last Romanian film to receive a domestic theatrical release was Lucien Pintille‘s “The Oak” in 1994. If the filmmakers keep apace, there will be more Romanian films in ...

Protesters confront security forces in Bucharest during Romania’s 1989 revolution. (Photo: National Museum of Romanian History / Project Communism in Romania Collection) (CN) — Thirty-six years after ...

Catalin Ranco Pitu, the former head of Romania's Military Prosecutor's Office has told DW that the sonic weapon allegedly used during the massive protest in Belgrade on March 15 was similar to the one ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody ...

A 66-year-old Romanian woman died last month after setting herself on fire in a mountain resort near the central city of Brasov, Romanian media reported on June 9. Ileana Negru, whose 12-year-old son, ...

Failed anti-Ceausescu conspirator Cassian Maria found reality hard to accept after he was unexpectedly released from jail in December 1989 – only to find the Romanian revolution had taken place ...

The Romanian wine industry is enjoying a comeback after years of battling to throw off the reputation it gained during the country’s Communist rule. The Communists prioritised quantity over quality, ...

The most unlikely subjects often make for the most deliciously comic films. That’s the case with “12:08 East of Bucharest,” which carefully builds a sly and unexpected human comedy out of a dispute ...

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romanian prosecutors have formally indicted former President Ion Iliescu for crimes against humanity over his role in deaths that occurred during Romania's anti-communist ...