In Europe’s Shadow, by Robert D. Kaplan Amidst a sea of often wildly inaccurate and turgid rubbish churned out by hacks eager to make a quick buck in the wake of Romania’s 1989 revolution, one of the few genuinely readable accounts of...
After Hours
Fifty years after his death, Czech student Jan Palach remains a national hero and an inspiration for new generations. This year, dozens of public events were held across...
Plans to extend Bulgaria’s largest ski resort, Bansko, appear to have been dealt a fatal blow by the country’s highest court. On January 15, Bulgaria’s...
‘The universe has been generous’, I thought as I arrived at a bus stop on Pushkin Street in Tbilisi and saw an empty marshrutka about to leave with just one person...
The explosive flavour of Unicum, the well-known Hungarian liquor, might not be for everyone. But after more than 200 years of history and three million litres produced...
The Polish Coco Channel, or the Empress of Polish fashion, are just two of the titles Jadwiga Grabowska was given. Teresa Kuczyńska wrote in Ty i Ja magazine in August...
Edward von Lõngus, often nicknamed the Estonian Banksy, has been given the 2018 Culture Award by Estonia’s ministry of foreign affairs for his pan-European digital...
Being retired in emerging Europe is not always easy. Pensions can often be low, and employment opportunities – even part-time – for those over a certain age can be few...
There is a church in the castle district where I like to go everyday. A church, or what remains of it. It used to be the church of Mary Magdalene, built in the 13th...
Since late last year OBB, Austrian railways, has operated a direct service from Cluj in Romania to Vienna. It’s all part of the European Union’s opening up...
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...
