Best known as the author of Solaris, Stanisław Lem has been largely forgotten outside of his native Poland. The Year of Lem – which celebrates the centenary of his...
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Soviet Modernism is not everyone’s idea of architectural achievement, and its historical legacy – not least in Ukraine – make its preservation...
Zbaraski is quirky, eclectic and idiosyncratic – but firmly Ukrainian. I’ll take two espressos. Because I want it like that. So begins Zbaraski’s RnB-tinged debut...
Imprisoned for belonging to a fascist organisation during World War II, Zlata Bartl would go on to create one of the most-used ingredients in Yugoslav cooking. As a...
A Moldovan rugby player has been the subject of fierce debate in recent weeks following an incident that left an opponent unconscious. In Cardiff, he’s known as...
Loved by Poles for generations, the creator of Tytus, Romek i A’Tomek has passed away, leaving a rich comic book legacy. The Polish journalist and comic book...
Filmmakers, musicians, authors, and other representatives of traditional media from emerging Europe have for years been well known around the world. Now, a generation of...
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...
Is Belgrade’s wait for a metro system finally about to come to an end? It’s now nearly a century since the idea of building a metro system in Serbia’s...
Korean pop music, better known as K-pop, has in recent years become a genuinely global phenomenon, with acts such as BTS and Blackpink frequently outselling the best...
While we all want an end to Covid-19, the ability to travel again and to meet with friends and colleagues, here are five things specific to emerging Europe that we would...
In the 1960s and 1970s, one of Yugoslavia’s most famous performers was a Belgrade traffic policeman, the inimitable Jovan Bulj, who turned directing traffic into...