‘The universe has been generous’, I thought as I arrived at a bus stop on Pushkin Street in Tbilisi and saw an empty marshrutka about to leave with just one person...
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The explosive flavour of Unicum, the well-known Hungarian liquor, might not be for everyone. But after more than 200 years of history and three million litres produced...
The Polish Coco Channel, or the Empress of Polish fashion, are just two of the titles Jadwiga Grabowska was given. Teresa Kuczyńska wrote in Ty i Ja magazine in August...
Edward von Lõngus, often nicknamed the Estonian Banksy, has been given the 2018 Culture Award by Estonia’s ministry of foreign affairs for his pan-European digital...
Being retired in emerging Europe is not always easy. Pensions can often be low, and employment opportunities – even part-time – for those over a certain age can be few...
There is a church in the castle district where I like to go everyday. A church, or what remains of it. It used to be the church of Mary Magdalene, built in the 13th...
Since late last year OBB, Austrian railways, has operated a direct service from Cluj in Romania to Vienna. It’s all part of the European Union’s opening up...
Bulgaria’s second-largest city is one of the oldest in Europe: people have lived here since at least 6000 BCE. It is also one of the most contemporary: a pedestrian...
It’s a Prague landmark and one of the most luxurious hotels in the city. And now, the five-star Hotel InterContinental, centrally located at the base of the Czech...
The Romanian village, we are constantly told, is dying. Young people are leaving in droves, either for the the country’s towns and cities or to seek their fortune...
The first private art museum to open in Bucharest for the best part of a century brings together more than 150 works set over five levels in a superb, purpose-built...
