message on the wall

The birth year 1950 on Putin’s symbolic gravestone in Tbilisi opens the door to a curious Georgian legend: that Putin was raised in the Georgian village of Metekhi

Descending into the post-apocalyptic underpass of Budapest’s Southern Railway Station, one encounters exactly the sort of creatures one might expect in such a landscape: mutant dogs with two tails

The multitude of languages says the same thing in unison — in Greek, Armenian, Ottoman Turkish written in Arabic script, and in French alike: this was once the shop of Hâji Âgiâh, who sold amber combs and no doubt other expensive amber goods as well

The arrival of the first swallows and the first storks, the official seal of the new spring, is a big event in the life of a small town. But since it is not about the visit of great people, saints or rulers, it rarely occurred to anyone to include this event in the local history.