I wake to the sound of crowing, clanking and lowing. As chickens peck in the dust just beneath my window, a dozen cows are shuffling through the village, their bells a discordant jangle. At each house ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Our drive from Baia Mare (the capital of Maramures County, one of 41 counties in Romania) to ...

VADU IZEI, Romania — Forty miles from the shops selling cellphones and bikinis on Bucharesti Street in the mining town of Baia Mare, Maria Stan sits in front of her house on a dirt street in the ...

Since 2004 Maramures in norther Romania is part of a broader WWF initiative that seeks working examples of economic mechanisms for nature conservation and rural development across Europe. Edit Pop, ...

Bucharest -- This Friday, 13 November, is the final day to help a community in Romania’s historical Maramures raise funds to turn the old-growth Crăiască Forest (the Princely Forest) into an ...

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'From Doina to Rembetiko - A Balkan Rhapsody' documentary film, directed by Cristian Radu Nema and Mimis Ravanis, will have two special screenings on 25 and 26 October in Baia Mare and Targu Lapus, ...