Hope and unease in fertile Romanian village, six years after protests halted plans for Europe’s largest gold mine.

Hope and unease in fertile Romanian village, six years after protests halted plans for Europe’s largest gold mine.

Biggest coal company wants more time to implement EU pollution standards as pressure for energy transition grows.

Will the Polish people be able to stop it?

Romania’s protests last week showed that its civic activism is mature enough to tackle severe abuses of power.

Thousands of Romanians have braved sub-zero temperatures to protest legal changes pardoning corrupt officials.

Many Romanians believe that defeating the left’s candidate in the presidential runoff will bring a b
![Presidential candidate and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta won the first round of the presidential with 40 percent of the vote [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014111314255146580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Protest movements in Bulgaria and Romania have taken different paths to address similar issues.
![Romania's protest movement has managed to avoid the infiltration of partisan politics, writes Ciobanu [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014627131812938580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
More young people join far-right ranks in Poland due to dire socio-economic conditions.
![A rainbow installation in Warsaw symbolizing diversity was set on fire by far-right demonstrators [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/20131111184652460734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)