As a number of cities, regions and even countries begin to question their tourist booms and look to either reduce the overall number of visitors or encourage different, more sustainable kinds of tourism, Bulgaria has so far remained committed to...
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Albania’s second-largest city, Durrës has long been the Balkan gateway to the world. Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines all made use of its splendid natural harbour, and it...
London is currently playing host to the Georgian Film Festival. The fifth time the event has been held in the British capital. This year’s edition is dedicated to 100...
Pavel Gurjanov is one of Estonia’s most dynamic chefs and a leading light in the country’s food revolution. He talks to Craig Turp about his career, his restaurants and...
It’s not the biggest capital city in emerging Europe, but Ljubljana punches well above its weight. A mix of Italian style and Hapsburg elegance, it’s one of the greenest...
More than 8 million people will visit Georgia this year, making tourism one of the largest sectors of the economy. Making sure that as many Georgians as possible benefit...
A successful artist in her own right Ioana Ciocan has lately become best known as a curator of some merit: she is currently the managing director of Art Safari, one of...
Bulgaria’s second-largest city is one of the oldest in Europe: people have lived here since at least 6000 BCE. It is also one of the most contemporary: a pedestrian...
This city of 1.8 million has seen and survived it all: the last century alone saw Nazis roll in one way, and the Soviets from the other. Both left a legacy that lasts to...
I remember very well my first Christmas in Hungary. One of my colleagues had invited me to a Christmas dinner at his house. It was a cold and snowy day but as soon as I...
He was king before – and after – his father. He was one of the last people alive to have met Hitler, Mussolini and Churchill but not, as has been reported, the last...
With the first snows of the winter having already fallen across Emerging Europe, many people’s thoughts would have already turned to winter holidays, and to skiing...
