I had high expectations ahead of my first ever visit to Prague, during the last week of August, as part of a summer school organised by the International Organisation...
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When visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is best to start the day with a traditional coffee: served thick, foamy and slowly brewed in a copper...
These are times of intense interest for wealthy foreigners in the UK, not least Russians. However, the stereotypical ‘party like a Russian’ personas have recently given...
Molodyi Teatr (Young Theatre), a Ukrainian-British theatre group, is taking the lead in raising awareness about the war in eastern Ukraine. Dedicated to bringing the...
A global LGBT+ rights group, All Out, has launched a campaign in Poland in response to the recent wave of attacks against the country’s LGBT+ community. Mathias...
The Polish town of Miejsce Odrzańskie might at first glance appear to be looking for a starring role in a new feminist novel, something along the lines of Whileaway in...
They might be in their sixties, seventies or even eighties, but some youngsters would envy their strength and persistence. The Polish Grandmas, as they call themselves...
Hungary’s Sziget, the fifth biggest music festival in the world, celebrated its 27th year between August 7 and 13, attracting more than half a million visitors. Besides...
Ukraine’s snap parliamentary elections on July 21 were cited as historic by a number of commentators. For a start, it was the first time in the history of Ukraine’s...
Social innovation is now widely recognised as having the ability to enhance society’s capacity to act by turning social and economic challenges into opportunities. The...
August 28, 2018, was not a particularly eventful day in world history. There was a breakthrough in science related to the Higgs boson, which boosted support for the...
Though off the regular tourist radar, the south-eastern Polish city of Lublin is increasingly raising eyebrows on account of its beguiling Old Town and magical spirit...
