Croatia plans to put Tesla on its euro coins and enrages Serbia with the idea. Croatia’s central bank said it would put Nikola Tesla on its future 50, 20 and 10...
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Kosovar judokas consistently reach exceptional success at European and world championships, and now the Olympics. This has brought immense national pride to...
Ukraine’s language law whose goal is to revitalise the national language is now being applied to music — and some believe that this may be the push needed to propel...
Open borders in the Western Balkans need infrastructure that allows everyone – tourists, citizens and businesses – to make the most of them. The subject of borders in...
Nowadays, rock and roll has been dethroned from its place in the cultural zeitgeist and the sales charts. But, predictions and reports of rock music dying have been...
Oliver Stone’s new documentary about Nursultan Nazarbayev aimed to lionise the long-time leader of Kazakhstan, but has instead attracted derision both within Kazakhstan...
Despite numerous challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Olympic Games has now officially started. Hundreds of highly skilled and talented athletes from...
A walk around the superb medieval city of Kotor in Montenegro suggests it’s business-as-usual for the country’s lucrative tourism sector. But for how long? ...
A party founded just a year ago by a popular singer and TV personality won Bulgaria’s parliamentary election. But who is Slavi Trifonov? And why is he so popular...
Young Ukrainian activists have managed to successfully halt the demolition of an iconic modernist building in central Kyiv, showcasing the effectiveness of direct action...
Remote working – already a trend long before the Covid-19 pandemic – is here to stay. The number of people eschewing the office in favour of working from...
The Baltic Sea may not be as warm as the Med or the Aegean – to say the very least – but the thousands of beaches in the region are amongst the widest...
