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...
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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...
What’s cuter than a selfie with a kitten? A selfie with food, better if sweet. The hashtag #food has reached 350,711,340 posts on Instagram, while the hashtag...
In Prison 325, located in the suburbs of the capital city Tirana, 84 female prisoners serve their sentences whilst dreaming of a better life. “The conditions are not so...
There is probably no more popular figure in Hungary than the widely respected and loved György Bálint. The gardening expert and former TV host, who is known as Bálint...
For quite some time the Czechs have had a history of being innovators in the art world, from Alphonse Mucha, a key figure in the development of Art Nouveau to the...
Leaving a legacy, that’s what life should be about. Whether is a great achievement, recognised worldwide, or only the love of our family. The final purpose of every...
The first time I visited Kraków was a couple of years ago when I was on the way to Belarus as part of a youth exchange programme. We only had a brief stop, no more than...
As regular readers will know, I recently fell head over heels in love with the rather exquisite Georgian alphabet. So much so that I decided to spend as much free time...
Up a winding dirt road from the remote village of Kurbinovo lies an 800 year old church that represents the crossroads between North Macedonia’s past and present...
