The first shots of Bulgaria’s 1876 April Uprising against the Ottomans were fired in Koprivshtitsa, which remains a town packed with history and culture. Nestled...
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In mid-July I had the brilliant idea of taking a graduation trip to two of the five least-visited countries in all of Europe – Kosovo and North Macedonia. While I was...
From Elbasan in Albania to Tartu in Estonia, 28 emerging European cities will have the opportunity to tap expertise, best practice, and EU funds in their quest to become...
The Sofia-based Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) wants to gain world-leading status within a decade. Bulgaria’s...
Talent in abundance and cost-effectiveness have long made the countries of Southeast Europe great places to locate a start-up, but many entrepreneurs were put off by the...
Sofia’s rich Roman heritage has the potential to make the city a hot spot for ancient history nerds, but most of it remains hidden underground, including a massive...
Bulgaria’s new prime minister, Kiril Petkov, has made promising noises about ending a veto currently preventing North Macedonia from opening EU accession talks...
Travel is about to become more personal than ever. Countries, regions and cities that emphasis niche, not mass tourism, will be the winners. For almost 20 years as the...
Bulgaria in 1989 was far more open than Albania, Romania or East Germany, but still posed challenges for visitors. Procuring soft drinks was one of them. Tourists from...
Christo and partner Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon’s latest project, L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, has been completed a year after the artist’s death, and 60...
Bulgaria grants as many as 20,000 people citizenship each year. Most are from North Macedonia, but there are also applicants from Serbia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Turkey...
Cycling infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe has hitherto not been as favourable for pedal power as it should be, but a few cities are now beginning to change...
This year has been declared the Year of Rail by the European Commission in order to highlight train travel as one of the most “sustainable, smart and safe means of...