Christo and partner Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon’s latest project, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, has been completed a year after the artist’s death, and 60 years after it was first imagined. L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped is just...
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The death last weekend of Marina Tucaković, Serbia’s most prolific songwriter and the driver behind many of the most successful pop and turbo folk acts, marks the end of...
Following Ukraine, Serbia, and Romania, here is the latest in our series of five unpopular opinions about the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This week...
Just a few metres from Georgia’s heavily-fortified border with Russian-occupied South Ossetia, an Orthodox bishop is using culture – and his love for...
In some places the biggest headache associated with air travel is often not Covid tests or vaccine passports, but the hassle of getting to and from the airport. How does...
Money makes the world go round, and in Central and Eastern Europe – where most countries have yet to adopt euro – there’s huge range of variety in the design...
In March of this year, Kazakhstan’s most popular DJ and sound engineer, Imanbek, made history by becoming the first person from Central Asia to receive a Grammy. How has...
Bukhara in Uzbekistan is today home to just a few hundred Jews, but their cultural legacy is rich and indelible. The historical Uzbek city of Bukhara is best known for...
Books, video games, a high profile TV show and now an anime adaptation. The Witcher phenomenon shows no signs of slowing and is now arguably Poland’s most...
Ukraine is slowly but steadily addressing animal cruelty with new legislation. Its effectiveness, however, is still patchy. Until recently the city centres of popular...
Controversial Czech economist and commentator Tomáš Sedláček recently proposed that Czechia should be renamed Bohemia. Many Czechs are far from happy with the suggestion...
Georgian cinema? Go on, give it a go. To make things easy for you we have picked five films that serve as the perfect introduction the contemporary Georgian cinema. What...
