To understand modern Ukraine it’s worth learning about its past. Red Famine, Anne Applebaum’s magnificent book about the Holodomor, is as good a place as any...
Tag - Culture
The films of the Yugoslav Black Wave transcend borders and time. Restrained by the cliched post-communist lens, the Yugoslav Black Wave is a film movement often cast...
The 2020 sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen’s 2006 mockumentary about American culture through the eyes of a fictional Kazakh journalist was just as controversial as the first...
No visit to Romania is complete without seeing the magnificent painted monasteries of Bucovina. Amidst often fierce debate regarding the amount of public money being...
Imprisoned twice on spurious charges by the Soviet authorities, Sergey Parajanov – claimed by both Armenia and Georgia – nevertheless managed to create one...
Bulgaria in 1989 was far more open than Albania, Romania or East Germany, but still posed challenges for visitors. Procuring soft drinks was one of them. Tourists from...
On the Estonian island of Saaremaa, Christmas trees are being recycled in the most delicious way: a craft gin distillery is using them to make a unique tonic water. When...
The Lithuanian city of Kaunas will be one of Europe’s Capitals of Culture in 2022. For many artists, it’s a chance to return to their Lithuanian roots. The...
Albania on the cusp of change, chaos and civil war is the setting for the best memoir to emerge from the Balkans in decades. In March 1991, journalists from Italian TV...
2+2 = Latvians in Tartu, organised by the Tartu Latvian Society, is a month-long event which aims to promote Latvian culture in Estonia as well as encourage cultural...
Grammy award-winning Ed Sheeran has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists in history. In December...
Black Wedding, a new thriller on Serbian TV, has revived interest in the traditional rituals and customs of the country’s Vlach community. It’s the perfect mix of...
