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Category: On the Road

„Chata-Majsternja“: Herbst in den Karpaten

Hoch über dem Karpaten-Dörfchen Babin liegt die „Chata-Majsternja“. Umgeben von reichlich behangenen Apfel- und Pflaumenbäumen, weidenden Kühen und viel Grün. Allein die Anreise ist etwas beschwerlich: Etwas mehr als zwei Stunden dauert die Fahrt entweder von Iwano-Frankiwsk oder Tscherniwzi (Tschernowitz) bis nach Kosiw. Von dort führen die nächsten Kilometer bis…

The dictatorship’s double victory

It was clear from the very beginning: Alexander Lukashenko, authoritarian leader of Belarus since 1994, would easily “win” his fifth presidential election on Sunday 11th October 2015. This year’s outcome was his highest ever victory: 83.5 percent voted for the incumbent president, as announced by the Belarusian Central Election Commission.…

Welcome to Aleksandrya, your Belarusian state-made village

To leave behind the atmosphere of elections, we made a trip to a well-cared village in the east of Belarus to check if Alexander Lukashenko, the freshly re-elected president leading his country for last 21 years , has not forgot about his birthplace. The local “elektrichka” train slowly reaches our…