Geopolitics, Jobs, and the Local Economy in a Lithuanian Border Town
Continuing tensions between the United States and Russia have brought the Suwalki Gap into the news lately.
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Continuing tensions between the United States and Russia have brought the Suwalki Gap into the news lately.
It’s been 21 years since the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords in 1995 that signaled the end of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH). And on 02 October 2012, the local and municipal elections were held, the first major election in which a generation born after the war could vote. Yet, even this new generation of voters could not make changes to the country’s entrenched ethnically based political parties.
“I’ve been going to Theth for a few years now, and it’s one of the most beautiful places in the country. Everything from the nature, to the air, to the food is wonderful.”