Ştefan Kovács is one of the greatest soccer coaches who ever lived. Unfortunately, few of today’s young Romanian football fans have ever heard of him. Winner of...
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The Western Balkans still haven’t forgotten their bloody and violent conflicts of the 1990s. Reconciliation, understanding, trust, and overcoming past trauma still seem...
Of all the many events cancelled as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic, few will be missed more than the 65th Eurovision Song Contest, which was scheduled to take...
Despite closing its doors due to restriction put in place to prevent the further spread of Covid-19, the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMA) continues to inspire and...
It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, one of Bucharest’s most eye-pleasing buildings. It has never been open to the public, has never been on the tourist trail...
4PLUS, an Armenian collective of female photographers, is offering an intimate portrayal of daily life in the country, through beautifully curated images. Founded in...
After spending an entire year preparing for the 25th anniversary of the Vilnius International Film Festival (Vilnius IFF), organisers had less than a week to move the...
There’s just one problem with Paul Knott’s utterly fascinating and at times hilarious look back at his colourful career as a British diplomat: it comes to an end...
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Belgrade is a very artsy city. Museums and galleries dot the map, all constantly displaying art new and old. So, when a friend told...
During the coronavirus lockdown, here at Emerging Europe we recommend books, films, TV shows, albums and games from the region to provide entertainment and knowledge...
Like many small entertainment businesses all over the world, Purple Carrot Events, a Romanian outfit which hosts weekly English-language pub quizzes in the country’s...
Czech director Věra Chytilová’s 1966 film Daisies (Sedmikrásky, in Czech) is a vivid masterpiece, a kaleidoscope of colour and absurdity in which two young women step...
