The Polish town of Miejsce Odrzańskie might at first glance appear to be looking for a starring role in a new feminist novel, something along the lines of Whileaway in the influential 1972 Janet Russ book When It All Changed. For it is a place where...
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They might be in their sixties, seventies or even eighties, but some youngsters would envy their strength and persistence. The Polish Grandmas, as they call themselves...
From August 31 to September 22, the Romanian capital Bucharest will play host to one of Europe’s best classical music festivals, the now bi-annual George Enescu...
Hungary’s Sziget, the fifth biggest music festival in the world, celebrated its 27th year between August 7 and 13, attracting more than half a million visitors. Besides...
Ukraine’s snap parliamentary elections on July 21 were cited as historic by a number of commentators. For a start, it was the first time in the history of Ukraine’s...
Social innovation is now widely recognised as having the ability to enhance society’s capacity to act by turning social and economic challenges into opportunities. The...
August 28, 2018, was not a particularly eventful day in world history. There was a breakthrough in science related to the Higgs boson, which boosted support for the...
Though off the regular tourist radar, the south-eastern Polish city of Lublin is increasingly raising eyebrows on account of its beguiling Old Town and magical spirit...
What’s cuter than a selfie with a kitten? A selfie with food, better if sweet. The hashtag #food has reached 350,711,340 posts on Instagram, while the hashtag...
In Prison 325, located in the suburbs of the capital city Tirana, 84 female prisoners serve their sentences whilst dreaming of a better life. “The conditions are not so...
There is probably no more popular figure in Hungary than the widely respected and loved György Bálint. The gardening expert and former TV host, who is known as Bálint...
For quite some time the Czechs have had a history of being innovators in the art world, from Alphonse Mucha, a key figure in the development of Art Nouveau to the...
