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A Hungarian Rapper’s Bandwagon Gets an Unlikely New Rider

Azahriah, who has rapped about the joy of cannabis, has shot to fame in Hungary. That may explain why he has been applauded by the...

Bulgarian Distrust of Russia Simmers Over a Black Sea Oil Terminal

Russia has been losing its grip on the Rosenets Oil Terminal, near the port city of Burgas, as Bulgarian authorities seek to assert greater control...

A Centuries-Old Mystery: Did This Elusive Viking City Exist?

Was a “medieval New York” called Jomsborg a literary fantasy or a historical reality? New archaeological discoveries may provide a clue.

A Hungarian Town Seethes Over a Giant Chinese Battery Plant

A $7.8 billion factory planned by a Chinese company in eastern Hungary has become divisive even within the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who...

Despised Dictator’s ‘Scary’ Shrine Becomes a Bet on Albania’s Future

The enormous pyramid was long a reminder of both a brutal regime and the decades of disappointments that followed. Now, it’s a symbol of a...

Missing From Czech Spa Town Popular With Russians: Russians

Since the 18th century, Russians have flocked to the healing waters of Karlovy Vary. Now, the Czech government has barred them from visiting the country,...

A Balkan Leader Gets the Hollywood Treatment, Starring Kevin Spacey

A director cast the beleaguered actor as Franjo Tudjman, the late Croatian leader, whom some call a patriot and others revile as an ethnonationalist zealot.

‘Miserable and Dangerous’: A Failed Chinese Promise in Serbia

Poor conditions for Vietnamese workers building a $900 million tire factory underscore a chasm between the promise of investment from China and grim realities on...

Bosnian Film Director Is Vilified in Serbia and ‘Disobedient’ at Home

Jasmila Zbanic, named Europe’s best director for “Quo Vadis, Aida?”, insists on blaming individuals, not ethnic groups, for atrocities done as Yugoslavia imploded, a stance...

Lithuania vs. China: A Baltic Minnow Defies a Rising Superpower

Lithuania has enraged China by advising officials to scrap Chinese phones that it says contains censorship software, while cozying up to Taiwan and quitting a...