Timișoara a fine site for European Capital of Culture 2023

After waiting a dozen years to be a European Capital of Culture again, following Pécs’ year in the spotlight in 2010, Hungarians will almost be getting a double dose in 2023, with not only Veszprém-Balaton taking the honours but also Timișoara, just a short ...

Hotel Lone, Rovinj, Croatia

Welcome to that ‘wow’ feeling

“Dobrodošli Christopher Osterberg“– Welcome Christopher Osterberg – says the message on the wall-mounted television, with the words superimposed over a beautiful colour photo of the classic Mediterranean coastal town of Rovinj, its close streets dominated by the spire of the 18th-century Church of Saint ...

Hotel Puntijar preserves culinary past in artistic atmosphere

For a quick getaway from Budapest, I recommend a long consummate weekend at the Hotel Puntijar. This delightful and unique family-run locale on the outskirts of Zagreb is a top-end hotel within the hilly and leafy green climes of residential area Gracani. A four-hour ...

Official hails new regional flights between Hungary, Romania

Ensuring flights between cities in the Carpathian Basin is a top priority for the government, foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar said in Debrecen on Monday, at an event marking the launch of flights connecting Budapest, Debrecen, Cluj (Kolozsvar) and Targu Mures (Marosvasarhely) by ...

Cultural capital Kaunas celebrates 60 years of Fluxus in Europe

The Lithuanian city of Kaunas, a European Capital of Culture this year, had at least one head start when drawing up a program for 2022 – it was the birthplace 60 years ago of the unique “‘anti-art” movement Fluxus. The fact will be celebrated ...