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Austria Shifts Further Right – 2017 National Elections
Sebastian Kurz, 31, leader of the conservative Austrian People’s party (ÖVP) party, and until earlier this year mostly known as the man who as foreign minister effectively closed the so-call Balkan migrant route to northern Europe in early 201, is set to become the world's youngest head of government. The ÖVP took about 32% of the vote in elections…
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Eight Photos From the Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
Established in 1948, widely considered one of the leading puppet theatres in Europe. At night, it's invitingly…
Bale, Croatia – 13 Snapshots and a Traveler’s Notebook
The best thing about Bale is that it's on the way somewhere. In a place like Croatia's Istrian peninsula, where…
25 Minutes in Vodnjan, Croatia
"I like returning," a local said, "but I can’t stay more than four days. After that the negative energy really…
Slovenia’s Lake Cerknica: A Circle Tour Around Europe’s Largest…
A notebook and image gallery from a 25km bike ride around one of the world's largest "disappearing" lakes - after a…
Discovering Palladio: 35 Minutes at Villa Barbaro in Maser, Italy
Field notes and 33 photos from an introduction to one of the world's most influential architects.
90-Second Slovenian Alpine Museum Advisor
Just about everything you need to know about Slovenia's mountaineering museum located just beyond the shadow of the…
Slovenia’s Martuljek Mountain Group – Notebook and Image Gallery
A brief introduction to the Martuljek sub-range, one of the most rugged and picturesque mountain groups in the…
25 Minutes in East Hackney, London
Scattered ruminations on urban development, gentrification and future cities.
Slovenia Day Trips: 35 Minutes in Svetina
And a brief introduction to Alma Karlin, Slovenia's most renowned female traveler of the early years of the 20th…
Revisiting Ostrava’s Concession Stands
I mentioned a previous visit to the Mestsky Stadium's concession stands in Ostrava, Czech Republic just a few days…
Storm Clouds, Groznjan
Storm clouds circling the Istrian hilltop town of Groznjan in northwestern Croatia. They circled right on by, too.…
Lemmy Kilmister, Larger-than-Life
If you were hoping to see a three-story high mural of guitarist Lemmy Kilmister today, you're welcome.
The Ali-Pasha Mosque, a Beggar, Shelled Buildings, and the Turkish Quarter –…
A two-minute series of 17 time lapse scenes from the Bosnian capital.
A Visit to the Planet’s Oldest Grapevine
It’s survived phylloxera, two world wars, countless occupations and invasions, Napoleon, the Ottomans and allied…
Venice Rising: ‘Support’, Lorenzo Quinn’s Call to Action on…
Saving a drowning city with a pair of 5,000-pound hands rising 30 feet into the sky.
In Transit, Breclav, Czech Republic
You met Daniel Talavera's Hlava; this is a bit more from that head's home, Breclav, a sleepy town in the Czech…
Turkey’s Hakkari Province, From the Air
The Cilo-Sat mountains near the border with Iraq.