On the same day that air pollution in Bucharest was shown to be as bad as Sydney, Australia, a city currently struggling to cope with the effects of unprecedented bushfires, the Romanian capital’s mayor, Gabriela Firea-Pandele, launched an...
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Complaining about hours spent in traffic has become a ritual as much a part of a Romanian Christmas and New Year as the eating of sarmale, the stuffed cabbage rolls...
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...
A quick headcount of passengers on a midnight plane to Georgia – the 00:40 flight from Bucharest to Tbilisi – provides a glimpse at the problems facing...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Amidst often fierce debate regarding the amount of public money being spent on the construction of Bucharest’s giant new Orthodox cathedral, what often gets...
Unfairly regarded by many as an awkward mix of the socialist realism of Warsaw and the chaos of Cairo, Bucharest is a city that hides its charms well. Increasingly...
Council of Europe (COE) Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić (pictured above) has reiterated the importance of the Budapest Convention, the only legally-binding...
News last month that Bulgaria had met the European Commission’s criteria for the lifting of the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) and – implicitly...
Tallinn has been rated as the best city in emerging Europe for entrepreneurs in a new report published by Movinga, a provider of relocation services. This study reveals...
Those who lived through the dark days of communism have overwhelmingly consigned this evil doctrine and its proponents to the dustbin of history. Even a mere recount of...
Contrary to popular belief travel writing – as I spent years trying to tell anyone who would listen before taking up gainful employment at Emerging Europe –...
