'Hobbit houses' that might just save a Moldovan village

The traditional dugout houses have put the shrinking settlement on the tourist map and locals hope they may also help to save it. "We do fear that the village could disappear, considering that there are so few people left," said mayor Ruslan Groza, with only 30 people left in a hamlet that once had a population of 200. "My goal is to develop this locality, build roads, repair where possible the houses that can be preserved and develop tourism," he told AFP. Rogojeni is one of the last villages...