The cost doesn't bother Sally, Mr. Rickard's Transylvanian hound, who likes being rid of all the excess hair.

WSJ: A 'Comb on a Stick' Creates

With traded certificates, the power generated by Transylvanian windmills would be credited to Britain's renewables account, while Romania would get cash and clean electricity.

ECONOMIST: Let them burn snake oil

And Transylvanian Hungarians feel different from their cousins over the border.

ECONOMIST: Romania

From mid-April to the end of October, Werner Sirbu is in charge of his namesake heuriger, begun by his Transylvanian-born grandfather in 1952, in what was then his weekend cottage and garden.

BBC: In tune with Vienna

In an article in the Times, the Romanian prime minister strikes a more emollient tone, inviting Britons to come and enjoy a "strong pint" in Bucharest's Old Town or a "quiet holiday" in the sleepy Transylvanian villages beloved by Prince Charles.

BBC: Composite of images from romania