Reviews of documentary film The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceaușescu, and a new history of Romania, Children of the Night. Anyone remotely familiar with recent Romanian...
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A dialect is a form of language particular to one geographic area or social group. Most languages in the world at one stage had several dialects, but as languages have...
Enigma. Decipher Victory, reveals the extent to which the input of Polish cryptographers made possible the breaking of Nazi Germany’s Enigma code during World War...
It started with a Serbian-produced animated series about puffins. It will end with Johnny Depp receiving a medal from Aleksandar Vučić in February. Puffins Impossible...
Across the former Soviet Union – and beyond – vast mosaics remain some of the most enduring relics of the communist era. In virtually every city between...
The picturesque Slovenian town of Piran has repeatedly fallen victim to climate change-related natural disasters. Local policymakers, scientists and everyday people are...
Before Covid-19, Emerging Europe’s editor Craig Turp rarely walked anywhere. Now, he writes, its his favourite form of transportation, even in a city as ill...
Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine’s most successful football club since independence, continues to live in exile, with little hope of returning home anytime soon. Just over a...
A group of comedians have spent the last decade creating a small but vibrant standup scene in the Serbian capital Belgrade. It’s 8:30 pm on a Wednesday and the Ben Akiba...
She’s been called the most famous French artist you’ve never heard of, but Sylvie Vartan has never forgotten her Bulgarian and Armenian roots. Sylvie Vartan...
A Polish thriller set amid a police crackdown on homosexuality in 1980s Warsaw sheds light on a dark period in the country’s history. The sun never rises on Warsaw...
Slovak singer Karin Ann is asking all the right questions, and attracting a following of young people who increasingly want answers. The 19-year-old performer Karin Ann...
