As regular readers will know, I recently fell head over heels in love with the rather exquisite Georgian alphabet. So much so that I decided to spend as much free time...
Tag - Culture
Up a winding dirt road from the remote village of Kurbinovo lies an 800 year old church that represents the crossroads between North Macedonia’s past and present...
Close to 10 per cent of Poles now use electric scooters. According to a recent survey carried out by the Warsaw-based Insurance Guarantee Fund (IGF), the largest group...
For many years a symbol of the Albanian communist regime, Tirana’s iconic pyramid is stepping into the future. Having served as a museum, a temporary NATO base and...
Few cricket fans will ever forget last weekend. On Sunday at Lord’s, the spiritual home of cricket, England finally won the World Cup, defeating New Zealand in the most...
For seven years the Batumi Black Sea Music and Art Festival has been bringing together the finest young Georgian and international artists and offering them a chance to...
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has announced that the 20th edition of Eurovision Young Musicians will be hosted by Croatia’s public broadcaster HRT on June...
Kai Art Centre is a new cultural hub for local and international art set to open in September 2019 in the historic and culturally-vibrant Noblessner area on the...
A controversial hand-carved wooden statue representing US first lady Melania Trump has been unveiled in her home town of Sevnica, eastern Slovenia. After Melania cake...
Central banking is a tough job. It requires making policy decisions in an uncertain environment under pressure from the various groups of interest. Hence, I’m often...
Fresh from taking home second place in the Tourism Campaign of the Year category at the recent Emerging Europe awards (for the daring G-spot of Europe campaign), the...
The date for Poland’s general election – due sometime this autumn – has not yet been announced, but with so much at stake there has been a rush of late...
