The recent high energy prices and the discovery of new clean-coal technologies are leading to an unexpected revival of the coal industry in Wales.

The Vale of Neath, South Wales, has maintained its predominant position in the history and production of coal since the Industrial Revolution in mid-nineteenth century.
In 1984 and 1985, with [...]

In the first days of August 2008, the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili ordered and attack against the separatist region of South Ossetia. As retaliation, the Russian troops took over the regions of Abdkazia and South Ossetia and bombed several locations in Georgian territory.
During the conflict thousands fled their villages and towns, leaving homes, family members [...]

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” – Oscar Wilde
April 1st, Skopje, Macedonia…
As soon as the night covers the city they start coming out…Action heroes, Osamas, Fallen angels, Venice gondoliers (without the gondolas), Japanese geishas, Transgendered Snow Whites and dwarfs, [...]

We came to this world from the sea .
There will be a day, when the River of Time will take us back to the sea…

In autumn 2008 our son Ivan was born. We wanted him to hear the voice of the sea in his first winter. So, we went to the Crimea.
Traveling on a train [...]

 
It is hard to explain why here, in the vicinity of Nizhnii Novgorod and Pavlov-on-Oka are the goose fights held. It is not to be confused with a rifle hunting for goose, oh no. Every year, in one of the March Sundays, the main event for all goose owners is held- goose fight. This year [...]

With the title taken from a popular expression from the Douro and Trás-os-Montes region, this work reflects about the people that leave beyond the slopes of the Douro River, engrained in the land that sustains it’s hunger and the faith that points towards the skies.

Involved in a mythical image of a land with history, consecrated [...]