The streets of Vilnius are currently dotted with giant photos of people wearing highly creative protective masks. The images are part of a new project called Mask...
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You need to do it on your own. I don’t have my passport with me so I won’t be able to cross the border. Good luck! Those were the parting words – said in Polish...
When most people think Eastern European literature, they think Russian classics. And while there’s every reason in the world to read them, there is also a whole realm of...
There is no exciting way to start this story. Let’s just face the quarantine truth. Millions of people like me around the world are bored to their core. Yes, my shelves...
Mexico ‘86 says the blue T-shirt I am putting on. I am not a huge football fan – I know the World Cup ended about a month ago with Argentina beating West Germany...
Ştefan Kovács is one of the greatest soccer coaches who ever lived. Unfortunately, few of today’s young Romanian football fans have ever heard of him. Winner of...
The Western Balkans still haven’t forgotten their bloody and violent conflicts of the 1990s. Reconciliation, understanding, trust, and overcoming past trauma still seem...
Of all the many events cancelled as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, few will be missed more than the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, which was scheduled to take...
If you are running out of things to watch on Netflix (it can happen) then it might be worth bearing in mind that for those of us living in the Balkans there is a (fully...
Despite closing its doors due to restriction put in place to prevent the further spread of Covid-19, the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMA) continues to inspire and...
It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, one of Bucharest’s most eye-pleasing buildings. It has never been open to the public, has never been on the tourist trail...
The famous author Virginia Woolf once proclaimed that everyone needs a room of their own. I’d like to humbly add, everyone needs a yard of their own too. It’s precisely...
