Nicolae Ceausescu

Greenpeace activists sit chained in front of Chevron's drilling site for shale gas during a protest in the village of Pungesti, Romania.

American and Russian energy giants battle over a small Romanian town

December 1, 2014
Conflict

Residents of a rural Romanian town claim to have driven American oil company Chevron out of town over its plans for gas exploration. But who's really behind the conflict?

American and Russian energy giants battle over a small Romanian town
Secretate police records in Romania

A writer retraces her childhood through Romania's secret police records on her family

April 21, 2014
Conflict & Justice
A writer retraces her childhood through Romania's secret police records on her family

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