Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, the Serbian linguist and philologist, credited with standardising the Serbian language was no stranger to controversy. For including swear words...
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Few people in Georgia doubt that country’s Fine Arts Museum needs urgent renovation. But there are increasing concerns among civil society that it could be...
With the region’s film festival season in full swing, what better time to take a look at some of the most interesting movies from Central and Eastern Europe to...
Central and Eastern Europe was late to the skyscraper party, but it’s quickly catching up. Here are ten of the tallest buildings in the region: some of which are...
Sportsmen and women often get a bad press for being selfish and self-centred. Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk this week became the latest to prove that is not...
It takes five and half hours to cross Hungary’s border with Serbia. Why? I never intended to go to Switzerland again by bus. Once, twelve years ago, when I was but...
The work of scientists, engineers, and astronauts from emerging Europe has made a notable contribution to the advancement of space exploration, especially during the era...
Țuică – a strong spirit hugely popular in Romania, essentially the national tipple – is a taste I have in more than two decades failed to acquire. More than 20...
Hungary is about to produce its most expensive TV show yet, with a budget around 30 million euros. Rise of the Raven chronicles the life of John Hunyadi during the 15th...
Easy access, enablers, libel laws which favour the wealthy, and good schools continue to make London the preferred destination for emerging Europe’s wealthiest...
Albania’s bunkers are the country’s most enduring reminders of the brutal, surreal and quixotic rule of Enver Hoxha. For much of the 20th century, Albania was dominated...
Environmental groups fear that new Romanian legislation threatens Europe’s largest population of bears. When news emerged in May that a Liechtenstein prince had been...
