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Dumitru Dan, the Legendary Romanian Globetrotter that Never Was

Andrei Becheru, Ionuț Sociu

Why do we close our eyes to the facts when we’re told a beautiful story about touring the world on foot, in traditional sandals?

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At Home with the Children of the Sun

Bogdan Dincă, Delia Marinescu

People tired of the din of big city life go to live in an alternative community in Romania’s Apuseni Mountains. Alongside the quiet of meditation, they are served conspiracy theories.

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Good. Very Good. Better.

Oana Țenter, Ana Maria Dudu

I have no clear ambitions in life, I am convinced that the idea of success is relative and that the formulas for happiness are narrow. Whence, however, the compulsive need for more and better, which grinds me down, but also exalts me? And what is its price?

English, please / Country

Cugir. Echoes of the Revolution

Ioana Cîrlig, Venera Dimulescu

In the late afternoon of 21st of December 1989, in Cugir, public institutions were burning to the ground. How did the smallest city to rise up in the Revolution defeat the established dictatorship in just one day?

English, please / Istorie

Roman Blood

Philip O'Ceallaigh, Simina Popescu

An Irish writer follows the history of Trajan's Column along the ideological waves which have shaped the idea that Romanians are a Latin people, which must be „purified” at all costs. 

English, please / Animation

In sharing our animated stories, we can seem less like strangers

Eleanor Cowen

An American researcher explores the Russian and Easter European animation created during the Cold War in her new book.

English, please / Coronavirus

PHOTO Garden Сomradeship Electromash

Anton Polyakov, Maxim Polyakov

The end of the world is best spent where it already happened.

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Why Are the Statues Falling?

Manuela Boatcă

The statues of influential historical figures, who stand accused of racism today, have started to be toppled in America and Europe. What do we stand to learn from their collapse?

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The Exploitation on Your Plate. Romanian Workers on UK Farms During the Pandemic

Oana Țenter

The pandemic increases the risk of slave exploitation for agricultural workers - Romanians and Bulgarians are the most exposed. We spoke to workers, activists and authorities across the UK to understand the real price of food.

English, please / Coronavirus

Friends in the Time of Corona

Oana Lohan, Oana Țenter

Several house mates in London share their diaries during lockdown.

English, please / Racism

Face Against the Wall. Mother Living in Bucharest Slum Recounts Police Abuse

Delia Marinescu, Vlad Petri

After clashes between the police and a few inhabitants of the Rahova neighborhood in Bucharest, law enforcement agents are facing accusations of having abused several people in the area, including a mother and one of her children.

English, please / În lume

The Last Days of Cinema

Oana Țenter

Other colleagues who were not around today write to me: “How was it? Wish I was there”. In the bus, I post a short clip with the message on the cinema: „Stay safe and see you soon.”

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The Vaccine We Didn't Take

Cecilia Laslo, Wanda Hutira

How the Romanian state and I, together and in turn, botched the HPV vaccine.

English, please / Media&digital

The journalist who talks to ISIS members: “I am not fearless”

Diana Meseșan

“Sometimes we are the only witnesses”, Rukmini says. “Bearing witness to these events is important. If not, it’s as if they never happened.”

English, please / Stuff

A Brazilian Combo

Toni Marques

Why is the Amazon rainforest burning? A Brazilian explains the political underpinnings, falsehoods and manipulation behind the environmental tragedy.

English, please / Fotbal

FC ROMANIA

Oana Țenter

For the past thirteen years, an eighth league football team has been bringing together Romanian migrants and pro-Brexit Brits.

English, please / Ideas

The ‘Pregnancy Crisis’ Franchise: from the United States to Romania

Diana Meseșan, Roma Gavrilă

A pro-life movement, supported by the US and funded by local money, is developing in Romania.

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As Thyself

Diana Meseșan

Romanian peasant, Orthodox Christian and Gay. Cristi Marcu, a cantor for 20 years at the church, could check all three boxes before learning he must give up one of them.

English, please / Hoax

The Fake Nobel that Duped the Romanian Academy

Andra Matzal, Ioana Pelehatăi, Ionuț Sociu, Luiza Vasiliu, Sorina Vazelina

A Frenchman with a penchant for vampires invented a university and a gold medal, with which he tricked institutions, publications, and important intellectuals.

English, please / Cinema

Virtual Reality bringing us closer to social reality

Ana Banu

We went to Camden International Film Festival and found out how innovative technology helps us create empathy through more immersive stories.

English, please / Literature

A Brief Account of a Book Festival in Edinburgh

Cătălina Stanislav, Vlad Pojoga

Festival Report: Edinburgh International Book Festival, one of the biggest of its kind in the world.

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One Hour of Sun with Son Lux

Andra Matzal, Luiza Vasiliu

An hour-long talk with one of the mind-blowing band of our times, about art as work, ageing, hope and the works of music in troubled times.

English, please / Cinema

"Life is more non-linear and faster"

Vlad Odobescu

For about 15 years, Kasia and David have been building stories in which the viewer becomes an actor and is able to push the script further, as in a video game.

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A Brazilian way to disappear

Toni Marques

Brazil's oldest scientific institution, the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, was destroyed by a devastating fire on a Sunday night on September 2.