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...
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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...
Few people in Georgia doubt that country’s Fine Arts Museum needs urgent renovation. But there are increasing concerns among civil society that it could be...
With the region’s film festival season in full swing, what better time to take a look at some of the most interesting movies from Central and Eastern Europe to...
Sportsmen and women often get a bad press for being selfish and self-centred. Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk this week became the latest to prove that is not...
Hungary is about to produce its most expensive TV show yet, with a budget around 30 million euros. Rise of the Raven chronicles the life of John Hunyadi during the 15th...
Albania’s bunkers are the country’s most enduring reminders of the brutal, surreal and quixotic rule of Enver Hoxha. For much of the 20th century, Albania was dominated...
Nowadays, rock and roll has been dethroned from its place in the cultural zeitgeist and the sales charts. But, predictions and reports of rock music dying have been...
A party founded just a year ago by a popular singer and TV personality won Bulgaria’s parliamentary election. But who is Slavi Trifonov? And why is he so popular...
Young Ukrainian activists have managed to successfully halt the demolition of an iconic modernist building in central Kyiv, showcasing the effectiveness of direct action...
