Living La Vida Venezuela
Even before Corona, Venezuela was plagued by supply shortages and inflation, despite vast oil reserves. But arepas keep morale up.
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29
Jun
Lifestyle
08
Jun
Views from Transnistira and Donetsk: Where is Russia’s society heading
McDonalds is now called DonMak and Starbucks is now Starducks. The breakaway Ukrainian territories, of all places, could become the mod...
08
Jun
Armenian entrepreneurs stepped in when the state failed
After the break with communism, everything should have been different, a wave of optimism surged through the ex-Soviet world. But Armen...
08
Jun
Buryatia – Mongols in Russia’s Far East
As a result of the Ukraine War, the Buryats from Russia's Far East gained sad notoriety as the Kremlin's soldiers. Yet they are themsel...
17
May
Irpin becomes home again
In the late 19th century, Irpin experienced significant growth and transformation due to its strategic location as a railroad junction,...
02
May
New ideas come by bicycle to Kenya
Bicycles carried new ideas to Africa. Locals promptly took them up with a lot of entrepreneurial spirit and inventiveness and made them...
20
Feb
Vinnytsia – Life goes on in an Ukrainian City
Vinnytsia is a town of around 400.000 people, even with the war many refugees are flocking in and are looking for accommodation. Even t...
07
Feb
March of the Camels – Where to Meet Akerlof’s Market for Lemons
Markets for camels come with information asymmetries in favor of the sellers. To overcome these over thousands of kilometers, Somalis h...
04
Feb
Kharkiv: When even the war took a back seat (First published on 21.1.2022)
It has been almost a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Just a few months before the attack, the prospect of the invasion was ...
