Eastern

An immigrant hailed as the UK’s first eastern European mayor has lost a lengthy legal battle against being deported following his conviction for rape.Aigars Balsevics,…

Half-way through my job interview for a newspaper role in Bucharest, a sudden panic hit me.Was it Bucharest... or Budapest? Perhaps I was getting confused exactly…

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…

For keen hikers, there are a number of long-distance trails which could challenge anyone.There is the Appalachian Trail in the US, the Greater Patagonian Trail through…

An ancient Mayan city has been discovered deep in the jungles of Mexico. Buildings, stone columns and 50-foot high pyramids make up the settlement, which was thought…

There is a myth that Canada is boring. Do not believe a word of it. I have long known about the country’s spectacular scenery, but it has taken me 75 years to discover…