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Statues of liberty

Lithuania's second city emerges from the shadows with its unique interwar modernist architecture, blending international influences with distinctly local traditions as European Capital of Culture.

  • Issue #149
  • 9 min read
Morning fog on the tree-lined pedestrian boulevard of Laisves Aleja in Kaunas
Music

Different tune

The old Soviet Dom Radio building in St Petersburg is creating daring music and art – and refusing to follow the mood music at play in much of Russia today.

  • Issue #146
  • 8 min read
Conductor Teodor Currentzis directing MusicAeterna orchestra during rehearsal in ornate classical concert hall
Culture

Making amends

Rather than erase all evidence of Georgia’s Soviet past, the country’s architectural community is keen to preserve its history and give the once-foreboding buildings another – happier – lease of life.

  • Issue #123
  • 10 min read
Making amends
Business

The show must go on

Amie Ferris-Rotman reporting from Moscow: The Russian capital’s suburban cinemas crumbled with the USSR – but now two brothers are reviving the buildings and reinventing them as community hubs.

  • The Forecast #8
  • 5 min read
The show must go on

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