Almost 30 years after the Velvet Revolution ended communist rule in former Czechoslovakia, The Sleepers, a spy drama produced by HBO Europe, is bringing viewers a reminder of what Cold War intrigue looked like in Prague during the turbulent times...
Culture
We are used to hearing about people moving from rural areas to big cities looking for more job opportunities. However, we have recently begun to see people moving in the...
The new year began with some excitement for the rangers in the Tarcu mountains of Romania, when they discovered a young bison near the village of Rusca, trapped in some...
Emerging Europe’s editor Craig Turp speaks to Michał Rusinek, the co-author of a new book, Good Change, Or How to Govern the World With Words, which examines how...
After almost three years of reconstruction work, the curtain has gone up once again at Prague’s State Opera. The historical building reopened to the public on...
Katalin Ladik’s body of work is representative of an apt and unique transgression of time and space, rivalling many of the top contemporary artists. However, her career...
Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo, is back on the map, open to visitors and making a name for itself as a great European city destination for those travellers looking for...
Following on from a bakery dedicated to employing mentally disabled people, the Belarusian capital Minsk is now set to be the home of another unique social enterprise, a...
When historians come to write the definitive cultural history of the 2010s, it could well be that the selfie will play a leading role. Very much an invention of that...
Following a year of 25th anniversary celebrations and the inaugural Forest Summit in October, the Armenia Tree Project (ATP) has reached yet another milestone, planting...
Officially, it’s still known as Man and Woman, the name with which it made its debut at the Venice Biennale more than a decade ago. To the people of Batumi, the...
The sound of the bagpipes, violins, violas, double basses, revolving lutes, lyres and various shepherd’s flutes form the basis of the enchanting Hungarian folklore...
