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Built in 1896 as a variety theatre, the Uránia National Film Theatre remains an architectural landmark of Budapest to this day. 

 Tracks East goes to Bulgaria to discover a nation of contrasts at a time of change.

The Iranian regime's funny Lego-style social media videos mark a new era in the regime's long history of propaganda.

With its unique, futuristic architecture, Chongqing epitomises the China of the future. 

Strikes, protests and occupied universities: Serbia is boiling over with indignation against endemic corruption and growing authoritarianism.

The modern nation state is only four centuries old. Can we live outside of its structures and hierarchies?

Tracks East went to Hungary to check the pulse of the nation at election time.

Tracks East went north to meet Greenlanders to talk about their culture and sense of identity.

Russians in Latvia, Hungarians in Ukraine, and Serbians in Kosovo, What is life like for national minorities as tensions rise in Eastern Europe?

French footballer Jules Koundé was named Best Dressed of 2023 by the influential London fashion magazine Outlander. Focus on the increasingly fashion-focused players in the French national football team.

A trip to Scotland to discover Haggis, a hearty national dish that expresses the unique Scottish spirit.

Blue for the Democrats, red for the Republicans. The results map of the American election shows a divided nation.

 Tracks East meets Ukrainians playing football when their fellow citizens are risking their lives at the front.

Despite police violence, protests continue in Turkey after more than twenty years of Erdogan in power.

Saudi Arabia uses sports, and football in particular, to improve its international reputation and to counteract criticism of its human rights record.

 Tracks East looks at what happens when pop and authoritarianism collide in Iran, Russia, and Uzbekistan.

After almost two years of war, Ukraine is a traumatised nation with  large proportion of the population suffering from physical or psychological injuries.

Once a proud national symbol Holden car manufacturers has now closed all its factories in Australia.

Tracks East meets people in Argentina and Lebanon, two nations where inflation rates are running at over 200%.

The generation born after Nelson Mandela came to power in 1994 struggles with poverty, but musical creativity gives hope.