VIDRA, Romania — In the trash-strewn slums of Sintesti, less than 10 miles from Romania’s capital, Mihai Bratu scrapes together a dangerous living for his Roma family amid the foul reek of burning ...

Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and Bangladesh are all seeing COVID-19 infections rise rapidly. Yet, our research finds, many residents of slums and squatter settlements are not getting the ...

Over a billion people worldwide face heightened risk of COVID-19 due to overcrowded and substandard living conditions in slums and other informal settlements. For decades, the World Bank has partnered ...

Romania's parliament on Monday approved the culling of almost 500 bears this year in a bid to control the protected species' "overpopulation" after a deadly attack on a 19-year-old hiker sparked ...

The meteoric rise of Romania’s unknown extremist presidential candidate, Călin Georgescu, marks a stark premiere for Europe. Despite repeated warnings about the onslaught of anti-Western social media ...