Tag: post-communism

Ukraine Donbas February 2019 Slovyansk, Kurakhove, Avdivka, Mariupol. Video available below article, scroll down In the forgotten trenches of Europe, war is grinding into its sixth...

Serbia, Obenovac, February 2018 I meet Goran Mitrovic in Obenovac, an hour drive from Belgrade. Now 57 his life coincides with the most turbulent periods...

August 2011 My son Peter and I arrive late at night in Liepaja after a long busride from Klaipeda (formerly called Memel in German) in...

Ukraine, Lviv, December 2017 Exam time at Ivano Franko State University Lviv: a classroom where students are divided into two rows and a lecturer who’s...

A start up business in leather goods in Lviv Ukraine, Lviv, December 2017 Natalya teaches at University and gives language lessons online. She was my teacher...

Auschwitz January 2016 My head is still full of my visit to Birkenau. What most impressed me was the vastness of the camp and what meager...

Ukrainian hospitality Drohobich, Ukraine, August 2016 The Ukrainian language is not easy to master but I have decided to learn its basics, at least. In western...

A new Euro generation tries to build a life I am on the train from Brasov to Sibiu, in the middle of Rumania. The weather...

Plains near Poltava Ukraine, October 2016 Sunflower fields are abundant around Poltava, Ukraine. It is an important local industry and has been for almost a century....

European youth January 2016 Przemyśl is a sleepy bordertown in the east of Poland, just a few kilometers away from the Ukrainian border. The river that splits...