Almost 40 years since it was published, there is no more faithful description of communist-era Central and Eastern Europe than Malcolm Bradbury’s brilliant Rates of Exchange. First, a classic communist joke: Why is Slaka like America? Because...
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Air pollution costs each resident of the Romanian capital Bucharest more than 3,000 euros per year, according to a new study carried out for the European Public Health...
Street art as a whole, including graffiti and murals, has exploded on the art scene worldwide. And now a new generation of artists is expressing itself through combining...
A new battery production facility close to the Slovak capital Bratislava could see European electric vehicle manufacturers able to reduce their dependence on imports...
Few architectural styles are as contentious as brutalism. There are people who will say that baroque Catholic churches have just too much going on, or that the Chrysler...
Five months have passed since Hungary’s opposition won an unexpected victory in Budapest’s mayoral election. Less surprising has been the way in which the...
The mayors of Central Europe’s capitals are increasingly looking to differentiate themselves from their authoritarian governments – by pitching for more EU funds...
The Slovakian capital Bratislava is often overlooked as a tourist destination, ignored in favour of Vienna, Prague or Budapest. When you get here, however, it’s...
Following on from Lithuania being crowned as emerging Europe’s best-performing country when it comes to making progress in the fight against climate change, the...
There may be much tension at present between Belarus and Russia, as a row over energy supplies escalates and with negotiations between the two governments regarding...
Emerging Europe crunched the numbers to find out which of the 23 capitals of the region offers its citizens the highest quality of living. Prague came out on top...
The four liberal mayors who lead the capital cities of the Visegrád (V4) Group (Budapest in Hungary, Warsaw in Poland, Bratislava in Slovakia and Prague in the Czech...
