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Romania

Crime Tech World Travel

A Remote Town in Romania Becomes Cybercrime Central

A trip to Râmnicu Vâlcea, a town of 120,000 where the primary (and lucrative) industry is Internet scams.

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Wired Feb 2011 10min Permalink

Mr. Nobody

Unraveling the story of an amnesiac who doesn’t want to know his past.

Michael Paterniti GQ Jun 2007 45min Permalink

Crime History World

The Murderers Next Door

In a remote corner of Romania, neighbors kill each other over tiny strips of land.

Adam Nicolson The Guardian Nov 2015 20min Permalink

History World

How the Secret Police Tracked My Childhood

The author relives her Romanian youth and the imprisonment of her father through the Securitate files kept on her family.

Carmen Bugan BBC Apr 2014 15min Permalink

Science

The Bear Slayer

On Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s lust for blood-sport.

David Quammen The Atlantic Jul 2003 35min Permalink

Sex

I Spent a Month Living In A Romanian Sexcam Studio

Life on the other side of the laptop.

Jack Davies Vice Dec 2013 15min Permalink

Science

Detachment

On the scientific research of Romanian orphans.

Virginia Hughes Aeon Jul 2013 25min Permalink

World

Securitate In All But Name

A Romanian-German novelist on being pursued by Ceaucescu’s secret police.

Herta Müller Die Zeit Aug 2009 25min Permalink