Contrary to popular belief travel writing – as I spent years trying to tell anyone who would listen before taking up gainful employment at Emerging Europe –...
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Ukraine has been in the headlines a great deal these past few months, and not always for the right reasons. Caught in the midst of an almighty row that that could well...
A new skyscraper in Prague is set to be the tallest building in the Czech Republic, at over 135 meters. But its not just its height that will make it visible across the...
October 23rd is a special date in the history of the Hungarian people for not just one, but two reasons. It marks both the beginning of the 1956 uprising against the...
October has been a good month for emerging Europe’s giants of literature. Following on from Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk being named the winner of the 2018 Nobel...
The Americas Society in New York is currently home to an astonishing exhibition by Brazilian artist Alice Miceli, dedicated to the explosion as the Chernoby nuclear...
For most veterans of Ukraine’s war in Donbas, returning to normal life is not the only challenge. They also have to face the struggle of talking about the horrifying...
Four bison were released into the Tarcu Mountains of Romania last month, where they will join more than 50 free-roaming bison already in the Southern Carpathians. The...
The 23rd edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (IDFF) will take place in the Czech town of Jihlava from October 24-29. A total of 277 films...
“Strange, weird, shocking, but natural” – only a few ways how one could describe the kind of experience offered by the Invisible Exhibition in Budapest, Prague and...
Tokaj is probably the best-known of all Hungary’s, primarily for its wine, which has a history dating back over a thousand years. On my way to the town which...
Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk (pictured above) was on October 10 named the winner of the 2018 Nobel prize for literature. Austrian author Peter Handke, who delivered a...
