One anniversary year, five appeals

This year the Robert Burns International Foundation will be working on five major projects, in addition to its on-going work...

Budapest Burns Supper raises HUF 5 million

The 15th anniversary Budapest Burns Supper, held at the Corinthia Hotel Budapest on Saturday, raised almost HUF 5 million (EUR...

The power of Babel

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra soloist Klara Babel will give her “Romantic Harp” concert on Tuesday 14 February at 7.30pm in...

Seven heaven

Indian and Hungarian dancers perform to a medley of traditional and modern Indian music in Chakra Mala, a dance play...

Slovakia ‘sorry’ about bashing

The Slovakian government has expressed regret over the bashing of Hedvig Malina, an ethnic Hungarian university student who was beaten...

Bar of the Month: Pierwszy lokal na Stolarskiej

The Slow Tram

Long-awaited Ruczaj Tram Disappoints

Krakow Festivals Under Threat

Wisława Szymborska Dies at 88

Tales from the Chalkface: Act today without delay!

Tubercle bacillus lurks in broad daylight for unsuspecting victims - The Baltic Times

KLAIPEDA - For one 26-year-old woman from southern Lithuania, the straw of life cannot be thinner. Brought to the hospital, weak and on the brink of consciousness, she whispers to attending obstetr...

A distressing lack of political alternatives - The Baltic Times

In spite of the economic crisis, Estonia still joined the eurozone in 2011, and the economy is again rapidly growing. In the eyes of the European countries we are now like an economic poster-boy wh...

Happiness and the prize for GDP - The Baltic Times

Lithuanian PM Andrius Kubilius received greetings with love from Holland, one of the EU’s healthiest economic powers. On Jan. 31, the Economic Faculty Association of Erasmus University Rotter...

European energy (comm)unity with national interests - The Baltic Times

The European Union has set an ambitious energy goal, known as the 20-20-20 plan, encompassing reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, hiking energy use from renewables by as much, and ...

Individuals by default - The Baltic Times

My Finnish friend, a philosophy professor from Helsinki, once told me that Estonia for some of his colleagues is an example of the worst nightmare of libertarian politics. Such a remark, if publici...