Balea Lake lies high in Romania’s Făgăraș Mountains, surrounded by steep alpine slopes and a dramatic mountain atmosphere. This aerial view captures the lake’s glacial waters, rugged terrain, and ...

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 ...

A British teen has gone missing during a solo hike near Dracula’s Castle — with his final call to emergency services saying that he was suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion. George Smyth, 18, was ...

Romania will set up a mechanism to place companies at risk of being hit by international sanctions under special oversight, such as the local unit of Russian state-owned Lukoil PJSC, a cabinet member ...

Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As ...

Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do it. By Scott Cacciola and K.K. Rebecca Lai Kilian Jornet was drenched and tired.

Now, many are holding out hope that they can come up with a general agreement over logging, grazing, mining and conservation across nearly 5 million acres of this highly diverse ecoregion in Northeast ...

A federal government shutdown will close facilities in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Roads and trails will likely stay open, but services like restrooms and trash pickup will stop. Most ...

From Bucharest’s grand boulevards to Transylvania’s forests, castles, and hidden villages, Romania dazzles with history, art, cuisine, and landscapes that feel alive at every turn. Romania sneaks up ...

Russian drone activity spilling into NATO territory is "unacceptable and reckless," Romania's foreign minister has said, after authorities in the country said one of Moscow's uncrewed aerial vehicles ...

Romania has recorded 11 drone violations since 2022, per defense ministry data. LONDON -- NATO allies Poland and Romania both scrambled fighter jets to respond to Russian drone and missile attacks in ...