Recent archaeological finds suggest that Georgia may be home to the earliest example of grape-growing, winemaking culture anywhere in the world.
Tag - Culture
A giant clay pot helped me fall in love with Georgia. I was immediately seduced by the majesty of the egg-shaped terracotta qvevri with their swollen bellies and pointed...
Now totaling more than 500 episodes spread over a dozen seasons, the prime-time My Wife’s Friends remains one of the most popular television shows in Georgia. Why...
This city of 1.8 million has seen and survived it all: the last century alone saw Nazis roll in one way, and the Soviets from the other. Both left a legacy that lasts to...
I remember very well my first Christmas in Hungary. One of my colleagues had invited me to a Christmas dinner at his house. It was a cold and snowy day but as soon as I...
He was king before – and after – his father. He was one of the last people alive to have met Hitler, Mussolini and Churchill but not, as has been reported, the last...
Claudia Patricolo talks to Dr Zoltan Kiss, an 86-year-old inventor and entrepreneur, whose latest venture, Holistic Solar, wants to change the way we think about and use...
When the war in the Donbass started, she joined the battalion that fought to retain the territory for the country. She was arrested by Russian separatists in June 2014...
Though not very well known on international markets, Romania is an important wine-producing country with a long tradition that pre-dates the Roman invasion.
For me, food is not just a basic human need but also a cultural act, and the way it is prepared expresses the identity of the people who eat it.
O.Torvald is the fourteenth Ukrainian act to appear in the Eurovision song contest. The country joined the family in 2003 and won the competition a year later with...
It’s a Monday afternoon in a French brasserie in Knightsbridge. I am meeting Princess Marina Sturdza on the last day of her three week visit to London, before she flies...
