TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Mihaela Rodina and Ionut Iordachescu
TOPSHOT - Miners get out from the shift at Lonea coal mine in Petrila, Romania, one of the coal mining cities located in the mountain area of Valea Jiului (The Jiu's Valley) November 24, 2020. - In the past, the miners have been supported by the communist regime and then by former social-democratic president Ion Iliescu, who had more than once used them in the early 1990s to subdue his opponents who have taken to the streets.From some 54,000 miners thirty years ago, Jiu Valley has now only 4,500. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)