In December 2025, the Winterlights festival became the country’s central cultural and social event. The capital was transformed into a large-scale public space of light art, music, performances and Christmas markets, spreading across the city’s key square
From 17 to 22 December 2025, the 29th Golden Rhyton Film Festival took place in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. The festival is the country’s leading national forum dedicated to documentary and animated cinema, bringing together dozens of films in competit
One of Europe’s most influential contemporary composers, the Estonian Arvo Pärt, is celebrating his 90th birthday with a large-scale international concert programme. His jubilee has been marked by performances in Glasgow, London, and Hamburg, featuring le
Albania’s UNUM Festival has gained international recognition after being awarded the title of Best Global Festival 2025 by The DJ Awards Ibiza, one of the most prestigious honours in the electronic music industry. The decision places UNUM alongside leadin
The Czech Republic is currently screening the documentary film The Great Patriotic Trip by director Robin Kvapil (born 1982), which has sparked a noticeable public and media debate. The film examines the moment when skepticism about the war in Ukraine and
Belgrade has once again found itself at the center of attention of the European and global film industry. The Serbian capital has been nominated for the EUFCN Location Award 2025, a prestigious European distinction recognizing outstanding film locations a
Belarusian art manager and musician Aliaksandr Bahdanau, known as Papa Bo, remains one of the key figures of the independent Belarusian music scene. He became widely known in 2020, when he performed DJ sets directly during street protests in Minsk.
The legendary Swedish hardcore punk band Refused brought its history to a close with a final concert in its hometown of Umeå.
At the end of 2025, the Serbian literary scene was enriched by a new poetry collection by Nenad Jovanović, The Downpour Through the Eyes of a Farmer, published in Belgrade by the Arhipelag publishing house in its Element series.