The second-largest administrative building in the world (after the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.), this mega-palace has stirred controversy since its construction. Dictator from 1974 to 1989, Nicolae ...

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The Palace of Parliament in Bucharest will be illuminated in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag on February 24 to mark four years since the start of Russia’s invasion of the neighboring ...

BUCHAREST, RomaniaBUCHAREST, Romania — Anca Petrescu, the chief architect of Bucharest’s “Palace of the People,” a massive government structure that has been described as a huge Stalinist wedding cake ...

FILE - This Tuesday Oct. 7, 2008 file picture shows the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, Romania. Twenty-three years after communism collapsed, the Palace of the Parliament, a gargantuan Stalinist ...

Still haunted by the legend of a vampire count and the legacy of a communist dictator, Romania is complex – with an epic history, a multifaceted ethnic mix, and an unusually rich cultural heritage. It ...

Police guarding the sprawling Parliament Palace -- one of the largest buildings in the world -- appeared to be caught off-guard when hundreds of protesters poured in through a gate while others ...

Bucharest was once known as “Little Paris of the East.” But English, not French, is the preferred foreign language in Romania’s capital city, and 96 percent of its inhabitants are native Romanians.

The Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies approved on Monday a request from the Bucharest City Hall to organize an event in the second half of September featuring video projections on the facade ...

Bucharest, Romania (AP) — Children in Romania took part in a series of events marking International Children’s Day at the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest on Sunday. Advertisement Article continues ...

A 3D projection is seen during the iMapp Bucharest 2025, on the facade of the Parliament Palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) A 3D projection is seen during the iMapp ...

Still haunted by the legend of a vampire count and the legacy of a communist dictator, Romania is complex — with an epic history, a multifaceted ethnic mix, and an unusually rich cultural heritage. It ...