Film

This Rain Will Never Stop is an unflinching look at the grinding, endless cycle of war and peace

Photography

Landscapes of Russia: panoramas and cityviews from the largest nation on Earth

Culture

On the rocks: how vodka tourism shaped and shattered decades of Soviet-Finnish relations

Architecture

Dacha on wheels: the wooden summer home that travels with you

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Bucharest on your doorstep: the Instagram account showing the parade of urban life in the Romanian capital

Culture

Russian feminist artist labelled as ‘foreign agent’: how we got here

Film

Citizen of nowhere: a story of the battle to belong in post-Brexit Britain

Film

Giedrė Žickytė’s The Jump tells the story of a Lithuanian sailor and one epic leap for freedom

Photography

Czechoslovak photographer Jindřich Štreit found joy in spontaneity. The regime read his offbeat images as criticism

Photography

Put your mask on: witness Malanka, the Ukrainian and Moldovan new year tradition that wards off evil

Photography

Portraits of Russia: emerging photographers capture the faces of a young nation

Film

Sergei Parajanov: where to start with his films

Exploration

A line in the sand: snapshots of life in Kalmykia, Europe’s only man-made desert

Culture

These digital images are made from the most searched topics of 2020

Culture

Made by bees: Slovak artist uses honeybees to sculpt a wax bust of Nefertiti

Architecture

Monkey House: Croatian architect designs a vertical home in the Brazilian forest

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From quiet moments at home to life in harsh climates, this is everyday Russia — in photos

Music

This dystopian electronica debut pays tribute to the power of nature

Photography

Excess and power collide in photographer Agnieszka Sejud’s kaleidoscopic collages

Music

How DJ-pioneers are creating space for electronic music in Transnistria

Travel Writing

Letter from Zlín: the Czech town where capitalism and constructivism co-exist

Travel

Crossing the North Caucasus: a journey from the Black Sea to the Caspian coast

Travel Writing

Letter from the Sharr Mountains: on Kosovo’s highest peak, shepherds are keeping ancient traditions alive

Culture

Azerbaijani postal stamps accused of spreading anti-Armenian propaganda

Culture

Digital nomads: how Gen-Z artist Anvar Musrepov is unearthing Kazakhstan’s history 

Fashion

A top that is also a bag: one Ukrainian brand makes clever multi-purpose clothes

Exploration

Lost in time, a band of punk knights throw a gothic party in modern Moscow

Literature

Memory, migrants, magic: 11 books to look forward to in 2021

Photography

Life above the Arctic circle: when the resources run dry, how will the people of the Kola Peninsula survive? 

Photography

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

Culture

The other Nijinsky: the forgotten choreography of Bronislava Nijinska, the woman who pioneered movement in dance

Film

Watch Armenian director Sergei Parajanov’s masterpiece The Colour of Pomegranates online for free

Music

Listen to our playlist of music produced in quarantine to get you through (another) lockdown

Special reports

7 days of New East cinema online

Special reports

Eastern Bloc architecture: 50 buildings that defined an era

Special reports

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

Culture

Creativity and quarantine: the cultural moments that shaped 2020

Culture

From Pussy Riot to Dan Perjovschi, cultural figures share the lessons they’ll take from 2020 into 2021

Innovation

The 8th Continent: Slovak designer wins top prize for ocean station prototype that removes plastic from the sea

Film

Remembering actor Mustafa Nadarevic, the anti-hero of Yugoslav and Bosnian cinema

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Love winter? Follow the geophysicist exploring snowy Russian landscapes

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