Farewell, Ruritania: Saying goodbye to Eastern Europe’s exotic aura
The brutal tumult of the 20th century turned Eastern Europe, once a melting pot, into a bloc of relatively homogeneous nation ...
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‘Perla’: Rotterdam Review
All of this changes, however, when Perla is contacted by a voice from her past in this taut and satisfying iron curtain drama ... military activities in Eastern Europe (Czech citizens are warned ...
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This unusual picnic table in Europe lets you visit three countries at once
were both part of Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe, while Austria sat to the west of the Iron Curtain. The table is a symbol of unity between the three countries (Picture: Metro Graphics ...
This unusual picnic table in Europe lets you visit three countries at once
Forget interrailing — tick three countries off your bucket list with a visit to this remote picnic spot instead. Located in the village of Čunovo, Slovakia, the table sits in a sculpture park at a ...
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A visit to Poland’s last line of defence
“There it is, the new Iron Curtain,” said a Polish ... has engaged in hybrid warfare along NATO’s eastern flank. "There it is, the new Iron Curtain," Mariusz Ochalski, colonel of the Polish ...
In Ukraine, Trump and Kellogg must avoid the road to Yalta
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg’s plan to end the war in Ukraine is facing challenges as he is tasked with finding a ...
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In Ukraine, Trump and Kellogg must avoid the road to Yalta
Forty-three years of the Iron Curtain in Europe ... the end of World War II — and getting everything he wants in Eastern Europe and in the Caucasian nations of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
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A taste of the old country
As world wars ravaged Europe and the Cold War descended, many Slovak-American connections began to wither. Languages faded, customs disappeared, and some families deliberately buried their ties to a ...