Easter holidays in Czechia, a festival of whipping
By a Czech woman who wishes to remain anonymous | As a child, I had very mixed feelings about Easter. On the one hand, it was a time when we all got together around a table, painted eggs and our parents and grandparents all told us stories about their lives. I loved...
Cycling through CEE – Part 2: From Vienna to Bratislava and Budapest
By Johannes Langthaler, RBI After the enjoyable trip from Vienna to Prague, and before going far southwards, I had the chance to cycle a bit along the Danube, from Vienna to Bratislava and Budapest. I took inspiration at the great exhibition ‘The Danube. A journey...
Czech glass conquers the world
by Petra Kopecka, Raiffeisen Bank in the Czech Republic | The beginnings of Czech glassmaking date back to the 13th century. The oldest glassworks were established in mountainous areas, where there were sufficient supplies of wood, water and other raw materials such...
The new Romanian cuisine – a reinvention of ingredients
by Carmen Dimitruc, Raiffeisen Bank in Romania | I’m writing this article immediately after Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and you might say we are all a little full. But then again, we will probably be hungry in a couple of hours, so we might as well choose some fine...
