When I first ventured into Eastern Europe aged 19, it was 1998 and the Iron Curtain had collapsed a few years earlier. The frugal budget my five friends and I took on our month-long Interrail ...

Eastern European countries are often ... places to visit in Eastern Europe. Don't forget to vote below for your favorite locations to help influence next year's list. As you're planning your ...

the world’s second-largest nation – and covers all of northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe. It shares land borders with more than a dozen countries, and shares sea borders with Japan and ...

After World War Two a Cold War developed between the capitalist Western countries and the Communist countries of the Eastern Bloc. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin wanted a buffer zone of friendly ...

You can read the World Happiness Report for 2025 in full here – and here’s the top 50 happiest countries on this year’s list. Did you see that this underrated European country was just named ...

while Eastern and Southern European countries lag behind with lower wages. However, Southern and Eastern Europe show significant improvements in rankings when adjusted for PPS. The UK figures are ...