After almost three years of reconstruction work, the curtain has gone up once again at Prague’s State Opera. The historical building reopened to the public on...
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Katalin Ladik’s body of work is representative of an apt and unique transgression of time and space, rivalling many of the top contemporary artists. However, her career...
Prishtina, the capital of Kosovo, is back on the map, open to visitors and making a name for itself as a great European city destination for those travellers looking for...
Following on from a bakery dedicated to employing mentally disabled people, the Belarusian capital Minsk is now set to be the home of another unique social enterprise, a...
When historians come to write the definitive cultural history of the 2010s, it could well be that the selfie will play a leading role. Very much an invention of that...
Officially, it’s still known as Man and Woman, the name with which it made its debut at the Venice Biennale more than a decade ago. To the people of Batumi, the...
Following a year of 25th anniversary celebrations and the inaugural Forest Summit in October, the Armenia Tree Project (ATP) has reached yet another milestone, planting...
The sound of the bagpipes, violins, violas, double basses, revolving lutes, lyres and various shepherd’s flutes form the basis of the enchanting Hungarian folklore...
Did you know you can ski in Hungary? Until recently, I didn’t. And quite frankly, I had always made fun of Hungarians due to the fact that every hill over 200 metres in...
There was a time not so long ago when few people travelled to emerging Europe for the food. Great restaurants were thin on the ground and service was invariably...
Dobraye Pechyva has become the first Belarusian bakery in which almost all employees are people with mental disabilities. The bake shop in Minsk does not only reveal the...
Can I have a soya cappuccino, please? I am placing an order in one of the many Coffeesta coffee shops in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. This one is on the city’s main...
