It begins with a market stall, brimming with lilies and pansies. Behind, a gaggle of flat-cap-wearing men, and well-dressed ladies chatter away. And then there are a few reedy, folkish bleats of an ...

Last week’s column dealt with the arcane name squabble between Macedonia (aka FYROM) and Greece. This piece was soon the most-commented on The Economist’s website. That was no thanks to the brilliance ...

LAST week's column dealt with the arcane name squabble between Macedonia (aka FYROM) and Greece. This piece was soon the most-commented on the Economist's website. That was no thanks to the brilliance ...

The very definition of Ukrainian during its dramatic history, charming Lviv is just 70km from the Polish border, with a coffee-house culture more akin to Austria and Hungary. The very definition of ...

I brace for the destruction of my ancestral home, a historic, mysterious city, the place of my forefathers, and a prize fought over by power-hungry tsars and emperors. As the Russian troops and ...

The presidents of Poland and Ukraine on Wednesday laid wreaths at a Polish cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Poland's President Andrzej Duda (left) and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky ...

The very definition of Ukrainian, where the nation's language and culture survived and thrived under almost constant occupation, Lviv is a charming city, just 70km from the Polish border, with a ...