In mid-July I had the brilliant idea of taking a graduation trip to two of the five least-visited countries in all of Europe – Kosovo and North Macedonia. While I was not expecting to be entirely alone, I was pleasantly surprised to meet quite so...
Culture
A new portal, 35mm.online, makes hundreds of Poland’s best films available online for free. But with so much choice, what should you be watching? We have picked...
Built in 1905, Lukiškės Prison held convicts and political prisoners who were opposed to various political authorities, including Tsarist Russia, Nazi Germany, and the...
Ukraine is permanently in our thoughts at the moment, and to better understand this amazing country we have selected five films that offer an insight into what is a...
A new documentary chronicles both the breakup of Yugoslavia and the emergence of independent Croatia through the prism of a gifted generation of footballers. FIFA...
Tirana’s National Arena is the venue for the final of the UEFA European Conference League, the first time that the country has hosted such a high profile sporting...
One of the world’s leading authorities on Romania has written a memoir. It is a deeply personal, often hilarious look back at an eventful career, as well as a love...
Streaming service Netflix has added Servant of the People, the 2015 TV series in which Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky – then a comedian and actor – stars as a...
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...
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes, shows that in the Soviet Union, life was cheap. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine proves that for the Moscow leadership, it still is...
After (in some cases) a two-year hiatus brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Europe’s music festivals are back, with some of the biggest and best set to take place...
In some parts of emerging Europe, rail travel is becoming increasingly popular due to the continuous improvement in the quality of services on offer. While this might...
