Tbilisi’s Armenian heritage is danger of being forgotten entirely, but there is some hope. Armenian intellectuals, wealthy merchants and leading cultural figures...
Tag - Culture
The jewel in the crown of Warsaw’s music scene is its prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, which takes place in the city every five years. Fryderyk Chopin...
Following Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, and Poland here is the latest in our series of five unpopular opinions about the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This week...
A major new photo exhibition at the MO Modern Art Museum in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius looks at how festivities help people process change. The MO Modern Art Museum...
Just a few metres from Georgia’s heavily-fortified border with Russian-occupied South Ossetia, an Orthodox bishop is using culture – and his love for...
The death last weekend of Marina Tucaković, Serbia’s most prolific songwriter and the driver behind many of the most successful pop and turbo folk acts, marks the end of...
In March of this year, Kazakhstan’s most popular DJ and sound engineer, Imanbek, made history by becoming the first person from Central Asia to receive a Grammy. How has...
Bukhara in Uzbekistan is today home to just a few hundred Jews, but their cultural legacy is rich and indelible. The historical Uzbek city of Bukhara is best known for...
Books, video games, a high profile TV show and now an anime adaptation. The Witcher phenomenon shows no signs of slowing and is now arguably Poland’s most...
The latest in a series of pieces from our correspondents throughout Central and Eastern Europe taking a tongue-in-cheek look at life in the region. This week, Serbia...
The first in a new series of pieces from our correspondents throughout Central and Eastern Europe taking a tongue-in-cheek look at life in the region. I have trouble...
Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, the Serbian linguist and philologist, credited with standardising the Serbian language was no stranger to controversy. For including swear words...
