Eastern Europe News

Eastern Europe News.

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  Berlin Wall: Domino Effect

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Nov 9, 2009 12:18 PM ET

  Thousands gather to watch as 1,000 dominoes topple along the former site of the Berlin Wall in a symbolic re-enactment of the end of the Cold War. Read More

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  Ethan Hawke Backs Madonna

  By Kendall Hunter | Sun Nov 1, 2009 8:45 PM ET

  Officially, there are half a million Roma in Romania, but there are actually believed to be as many as two million in the country.While many Eastern Europeans are enthusiastic about Gypsy music and dance, one in two of Europe's estimated 12 million Roma claim to have suffered an act o Read More

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  Tonic Trek: Exploring Europe Like a Viking

  By David Jenison | Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  other words, nature makes the riverboat experience better for me, and the green engine makes it better for nature. Talk about a win-wi Read More

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  The Wild, Wild East (of Europe)

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  Top religious sites include the 500-year-old Old Court Church, the Patriarhiei Church and Mitropoliei Palace and the Stavropoleos Church.Like most Eastern European cities, you must be on your guard for pickpockets and other thievery crimes. Surprisingly, I was told violent crime is not common Read More

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  200 Years of Odessa Opera

  By David Jenison | Thu Oct 8, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  Odessa's famed Opera and Ballet Theatre. This grand structure turned 200 this year, which attests to its history as one of the premiere stages in Eastern Europe. Over the centuries, this stage has hosted such talents (and spelling bee killers) as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Caruso, Chaliapin Read More

  More like this in: Europe, Ukraine, Vienna, Budapest, Odessa, Hannah Montana, Montana
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  Herta Müller Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature!

  By Annie Scott | Thu Oct 8, 2009 7:28 AM ET

  1940-1943.) All the more reason to congratulate Müller. Though we've yet to see many of her works in English, she is opening the world's eyes to an Eastern European reality few have acknowledged. If speaking for a entire country's unrecognized duress isn't an "ideal direction," we don't know wha Read More

  More like this in: Romania, Nobel Prize, Poetry, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Nobel Committee, Dan Brown, George Bernard Shaw
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  The Lviv 44

  By David Jenison | Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:37 PM ET

  the popular 44 homes that surround the Rynok Square in Lviv. It's also what makes the main market square one of the most popular in the Ukraine and Eastern Europe.There's also the Black Mansion at No. 4 next to the merchant's house, and the Italian Yard museum at No. 6. There's a very ol Read More

  More like this in: Ukraine, Rynok Square, Soap Operas, Travel, Destinations, Business Travel, Leisure Travel
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  Glorious Gas Lamp Grub

  By David Jenison | Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  have a chicken and apples dish that will be at the top of my cuisine list when I hopefully return. Everyone who joined me loved everything they ate.Eastern Europe still has a long way to go in terms of fine dining, especially since their economies often require that prices be kept down, but Ga Read More

  More like this in: Travel, Restaurants, Ukraine, Lviv, Travel, Food & Drink, Destinations, Business Travel, Leisure Travel
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  Don't Beat on the Brat

  By David Jenison | Mon Jul 6, 2009 10:45 AM ET

  in doing.In reality, Slovakia and its capital city are maybe a decade away from becoming as popular as Prague, Budapest, Vienna and the other top Eastern European hot spots. Now that you know, you can be first to beat the coming crowds. Old Town by Ramon Garcia, UFO restaurant by Albert Read More

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