Hot dog joint? Time capsule? The sad decline of Eastern Europe’s iconic K67 kiosks
Architecture

Hot dog joint? Time capsule? The sad decline of Eastern Europe’s iconic K67 kiosks

Remember the Yugo? We took the tiny 80s car on a multi-country odyssey from Serbia to New York and beyond
Culture

Remember the Yugo? We took the tiny 80s car on a multi-country odyssey from Serbia to New York and beyond

Golden Coal: the zine capturing the lives of Donbas’ youth in the midst of war
Media

Golden Coal: the zine capturing the lives of Donbas’ youth in the midst of war

Estonia greenlights new dedicated visa for digital nomads
Business

Estonia greenlights new dedicated visa for digital nomads

Will Russia's latest culture minister herald a new era of creative freedom?
Person of interest

Will Russia’s latest culture minister herald a new era of creative freedom?

St Petersburg’s Pushkin theme park will bring Russia's greatest fairytales to life
Literature

St Petersburg’s Pushkin theme park will bring Russia’s greatest fairytales to life

Dine in the dark at this revolutionary restaurant in Sofia | The Escapist
Inspiration

Dine in the dark at this revolutionary restaurant in Sofia | The Escapist

Get behind the wheel and explore the breathtaking Georgian Military Highway | The Escapist
Inspiration

Get behind the wheel and explore the breathtaking Georgian Military Highway | The Escapist

Both Russian and Irish, one photographer offers a tender exploration on being torn between two cultures 
Photography

Both Russian and Irish, one photographer offers a tender exploration on being torn between two cultures 

Photos of young people partying through the decades at one Russian village disco
Photography

Photos of young people partying through the decades at one Russian village disco

These photographs give a glimpse into into the lives of Ceaușescu’s orphans, 30 years on
Photography

These photographs give a glimpse into into the lives of Ceaușescu’s orphans, 30 years on

Armenia’s first feminist podcast is fighting on new frontiers for the country’s post-revolutionary culture
Media

Armenia’s first feminist podcast is fighting on new frontiers for the country’s post-revolutionary culture

Stay at Brody House, a bohemian ode to Budapest’s art scene | The Escapist
Inspiration

Stay at Brody House, a bohemian ode to Budapest’s art scene | The Escapist

With childlike doodles and splashes of paint, Tigran Avetisyan's genderfluid collection is a search for freedom
Fashion

With childlike doodles and splashes of paint, Tigran Avetisyan’s genderfluid collection is a search for freedom

Moldovan artist takes a swipe at authority with a piggy bank in the shape of... the presidential palace
Culture

Moldovan artist takes a swipe at authority with a piggy bank in the shape of… the presidential palace

Retreat to the mountains: a cave-like resort sets out to be an oasis in northern Armenia
Architecture

Retreat to the mountains: a cave-like resort sets out to be an oasis in northern Armenia

Photography, art, and DIY fashion combine in an unusual Budapest label 
Fashion

Photography, art, and DIY fashion combine in an unusual Budapest label 

Uzbek author and journalist Hamid Ismailov appointed as Radio Liberty’s Central Asia Director
Media

Uzbek author and journalist Hamid Ismailov appointed as Radio Liberty’s Central Asia Director

Koryo-Saram in America: meet the Korean-Uzbeks who fled prejudice in Russia and made Brooklyn their home 
Photography

Koryo-Saram in America: meet the Korean-Uzbeks who fled prejudice in Russia and made Brooklyn their home 

The improbable story of how a Ukrainian village museum claimed to hold some of art history’s greatest masterpieces
Culture

The improbable story of how a Ukrainian village museum claimed to hold some of art history’s greatest masterpieces

Out with the Old Town: your guide to Prague’s alternative nightlife venues
Inspiration

Out with the Old Town: your guide to Prague’s alternative nightlife venues

Sleeping high: stay at Batumi’s Kartuli Hotel on the 37th floor of a skyscraper by the Black Sea | The Escapist 
Inspiration

Sleeping high: stay at Batumi’s Kartuli Hotel on the 37th floor of a skyscraper by the Black Sea | The Escapist 

5 minute guide to Brno: modern landmarks and subterranean secrets in the Czech Republic’s second city
Travel Writing

5 minute guide to Brno: modern landmarks and subterranean secrets in the Czech Republic’s second city

A tower block-inspired design studio wants to give you a portable home away from home
Design

A tower block-inspired design studio wants to give you a portable home away from home

Cancelled Polish adaptation of Kafka play in New York raises questions over censorship from Warsaw 
Theatre

Cancelled Polish adaptation of Kafka play in New York raises questions over censorship from Warsaw 

Balkan and botoxed: one playwright holds up a mirror to Serbian beauty ideals and the result isn't pretty
Theatre

Balkan and botoxed: one playwright holds up a mirror to Serbian beauty ideals and the result isn’t pretty

‘This is not ancient history’: meet the artists bringing the devastating stories of Stalin’s repressions to life 
Media

‘This is not ancient history’: meet the artists bringing the devastating stories of Stalin’s repressions to life 

Festivals without frontiers: pack your bags and get ready for the 12 events you can't miss in 2020
Travel

Festivals without frontiers: pack your bags and get ready for the 12 events you can’t miss in 2020

Letter from Ingushetia: navigating ethnic tensions and Soviet scars across the Caucasian Iron Curtain
Travel Writing

Letter from Ingushetia: navigating ethnic tensions and Soviet scars across the Caucasian Iron Curtain

Psst, over here! Your guide to the under-the-radar Eastern European travel gems you need to visit in 2020
Travel

Psst, over here! Your guide to the under-the-radar Eastern European travel gems you need to visit in 2020

Celebrating the quaint charm of Nalichniki, the ornate wooden window frames of Russia
Follow of the week

Celebrating the quaint charm of Nalichniki, the ornate wooden window frames of Russia

An NGO is fighting to save the history of Samarkand’s old Jewish quarter
Architecture

An NGO is fighting to save the history of Samarkand’s old Jewish quarter

Red subversions: meet the North Macedonian artist reinterpreting her country’s past
Person of interest

Red subversions: meet the North Macedonian artist reinterpreting her country’s past

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?
Special reports

From a continent in crisis, how do emerging European photographers see the rest of the world?

Budapest in focus: a special report on the battle for contemporary culture in Orbán's Hungary
Special reports

Budapest in focus: a special report on the battle for contemporary culture in Orbán’s Hungary

Makers of Siberia: meet the trailblazing entrepreneurs revolutionising Siberia's creative landscape
Special reports

Makers of Siberia: meet the trailblazing entrepreneurs revolutionising Siberia’s creative landscape

Castle in the clouds: celebrating the eclectic, DIY designs of Ukraine's status symbol balconies
Architecture

Castle in the clouds: celebrating the eclectic, DIY designs of Ukraine’s status symbol balconies

Lofty statues and roadside oddities: what can we learn about Russia in Moscow’s margins?
Photography

Lofty statues and roadside oddities: what can we learn about Russia in Moscow’s margins?

LGBTQ arts face increasing censure in Poland. Will this be the country’s last queer exhibition?
Culture

LGBTQ arts face increasing censure in Poland. Will this be the country’s last queer exhibition?

Experimental arts festival Inversia is setting Murmansk’s dark winter days alight
Music

Experimental arts festival Inversia is setting Murmansk’s dark winter days alight

‘Men are everywhere’: Svetlana Alexievich to launch publishing house for women writers
Literature

‘Men are everywhere’: Svetlana Alexievich to launch publishing house for women writers

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