A new book looks at the complex past of one of Europe’s most simple dishes: Romania’s once ubiquitous mămăligă. Apparently, these are good times for...
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It’s one of the more left field music releases of the year, but Sound of Freedom – an album that samples speeches of autocratic rulers...
If referring to emerging Europe as ‘Eastern’ Europe reinforces Cold War-era stereotypes irrelevant in the 21st century, is the idea of...
Each September, the Lithuanian city of Kaunas celebrates George Mačiūnas, the founder of the Fluxus art movement, which believes that art can be...
Poland’s kabarety, not to be confused with cabaret, are a unique cultural phenomenon used to criticise the country’s government even...
In mid-July I had the brilliant idea of taking a graduation trip to two of the five least-visited countries in all of Europe – Kosovo and North...
A new portal, 35mm.online, makes hundreds of Poland’s best films available online for free. But with so much choice, what should you be watching...
Built in 1905, Lukiškės Prison held convicts and political prisoners who were opposed to various political authorities, including Tsarist Russia...
Ukraine is permanently in our thoughts at the moment, and to better understand this amazing country we have selected five films that offer an insight...
A new documentary chronicles both the breakup of Yugoslavia and the emergence of independent Croatia through the prism of a gifted generation of...
Tirana’s National Arena is the venue for the final of the UEFA European Conference League, the first time that the country has hosted such a...
One of the world’s leading authorities on Romania has written a memoir. It is a deeply personal, often hilarious look back at an eventful...
Streaming service Netflix has added Servant of the People, the 2015 TV series in which Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky – then a comedian and...
