Transylvania

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Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister: his fiery speech and rival rallies laid bare the country’s divisions. Photograph: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
Orban urges Hungary to vote against migrants and liberal foreign elite

Hungarian leader Viktor Orban has urged his compatriots to use April’s elections to reject immigrants and a hostile foreign liberal elite, as tens of (...)

Far from resenting the vampire myth, people in Transylvania regard Bram Stoker as a hero. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Bram Stoker a hero for struggling corner of Romania

The medieval town of Sighisoara in the heart of Transylvania is breathtakingly beautiful. Its narrow, cobbled streets, its brightly coloured houses, t(...)