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Rock and Rijeka: how Yugoslav youth magazine Val changed one Croatian city forever

Media

Rock and Rijeka: how Yugoslav youth magazine Val changed one Croatian city forever

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

Art & Culture

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

How the Russian president became China’s ultimate self-help muse

Books

How the Russian president became China’s ultimate self-help muse

‘Our city froze’: rereading Kolau Nadiradze’s 1921 poem on Georgia’s lost golden age of independence

Books

‘Our city froze’: rereading Kolau Nadiradze’s 1921 poem on Georgia’s lost golden age of independence

The story behind the 70s samizdat that launched late Soviet feminism

Media

The story behind the 70s samizdat that launched late Soviet feminism

Inside the eccentric world of Budapest’s living room theatre troupes you can order to your home

Theatre

Inside the eccentric world of Budapest’s living room theatre troupes you can order to your home

The Mayor of Zagreb wants to build Croatia’s own Manhattan — and locals are taking to the streets to stop him

Architecture

The Mayor of Zagreb wants to build Croatia’s own Manhattan — and locals are taking to the streets to stop him

How Russia’s indigenous artists reforged Soviet ballet to revive provincial theatre

Theatre

How Russia’s indigenous artists reforged Soviet ballet to revive provincial theatre

Ukrainian dissident Oleg Sentsov pays tribute to his childhood friend in this moving excerpt from his autobiography

Books

Ukrainian dissident Oleg Sentsov pays tribute to his childhood friend in this moving excerpt from his autobiography

The inside story of Tatarstan’s remarkable, controversial green urban revolution

Architecture

The inside story of Tatarstan’s remarkable, controversial green urban revolution

In Budapest’s offbeat 8th district, gentrification and political pressure go hand in hand

Art & Culture

In Budapest’s offbeat 8th district, gentrification and political pressure go hand in hand

Meet the man who built Belgrade’s theatre of broken dreams, where the Yugoslav ideal lived and died

Theatre

Meet the man who built Belgrade’s theatre of broken dreams, where the Yugoslav ideal lived and died

After overthrowing its government and changing its name, North Macedonia faces up to the urban crisis in Skopje

Architecture

After overthrowing its government and changing its name, North Macedonia faces up to the urban crisis in Skopje