Slovakia’s Pohoda music festival goes online
Bratislava, Slovakia – Today is the last day to enjoy Pohoda Festival 2020, one of the most popular music festivalsContinue Reading
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Hungary: Dutch nationals receive prison term for selling drugs at Sziget Festival
Budapest, Hungary – Two Dutch citizens, arrested last year at the popular Sziget music festival in Budapest for selling drugs,Continue Reading
Famous Hungarians in history: Franz Liszt, the Virtuoso
Budapest, Hungary – The quintessential Romantic musician and artist, Hungarian-born Franz Liszt was arguably the most brilliant piano virtuoso ofContinue Reading
Poland: Chopin Piano Competition postponed until 2021
Warsaw, Poland – The prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five year in Warsaw, has been cancelled due toContinue Reading
Pol’and’Rock Festival goes online after cancellation
Warsaw, Poland – As unfortunately expected, this year’s much-anticipated Pol’and’Rock Festival has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. OrganizersContinue Reading
Drive-in movies and cinemas make a come-back in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic – Drive-in cinemas and movie screenings have made their come-back in quarantined Prague, the Prague Reporter noted.Continue Reading
Entertaining yourself while under a community lockdown
While Czechs and Hungarians are panic-buying guns, Poland is using contraband vodka as disinfectant and launched a special Minecraft server toContinue Reading
Meet Sophie M, the indie duo popping Budapest’s alternative bubble
Did you know that this song ain’t written in Hungarian?, ask the members of the duo Sophie M from HungaryContinue Reading
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra performs Chinese song in support of coronavirus crisis
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra performed the famous Chinese folk song, Jasmine Flower, in support of WuhanContinue Reading
The Voice winner Alicja Szemplińska to represent Poland at Eurovision
Warsaw, Poland – The Voice of Poland winner Alicja Szemplińska will represent Poland in the first half of Eurovision’s 2ndContinue Reading
Czech students criticize Orban ‘inappropriate’ presence at Prague State Opera reopening
Prague, Czech Republic – A group of Czech students from the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) have published an openContinue Reading
‘This is a Strange World’ – what was Czeslaw Niemen singing about?
For those of you who, like me, have found themselves wondering whether the world was always this strange, I haveContinue Reading
Top Google searches in Central Europe in 2019
Budapest, Hungary – There are many ways to determine the most consequential and decisive events of the past year. OneContinue Reading
Prague State Opera reopens after extensive three-year reconstruction
Prague, Czech Republic – The Prague State Opera, one of the oldest and most prominent cultural institutions in the CzechContinue Reading
Whitney Houston hologram coming to Prague and Bratislava in 2020
Prague, Czech Republic – Legendary Queen of Pop Whitney Houston will be performing in Slovakia and the Czech Republic inContinue Reading