Podcast Balkans terbaik (2025)

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Settling in Bosnia: A Simple Guide to Visas 7:31

6d ago7:31

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Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Podcasting From Permanent Retirement: A New Chapter In Life! 14:23

24d ago14:23

14:23

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Relaunch Episode: “A Fresh Chapter and Life Over 70 in the Balkans” 5:05

26d ago5:05

5:05

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Exploring My Neighbourhood in Rural Bosnia 29:42

27d ago29:42

29:42

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Reflections from a Wet December Garden in Bosnia 13:21

1M ago13:21

13:21

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Is Retirement in Bosnia and Herzegovina the SECRET to MY Happiness? 17:25

1M ago17:25

17:25

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Exploring My British Identity - Answering Your Burning Questions 29:01

1M ago29:01

29:01

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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25 Years Abroad - Have I Lost My British Identity? 13:34

1M ago13:34

13:34

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Winter Preparations in Bosnia: I go behind the scenes of a Bosnian village Winter tradition. 9:34

2M ago9:34

9:34

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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A Window into Winter in Bosnia 16:51

2M ago16:51

16:51

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Can Serbia's Lithium Protests Redefine Its Future? | A Debrief with Ivanka Popovic 18:47

2M ago18:47

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As protests against lithium mining intensify across Serbia, fears of environmental damage and distrust in government accountability are uniting citizens like never before. Could this rare unity spark broader democratic change? In this episode of #BalkansDebrief, Resident Senior Fellow Ilva Tare explores the roots of this resistance with Ivanka Popo…

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Is Bosnia the CHEAPEST Country in Europe for Expats? 14:18

2M ago14:18

14:18

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Bosnia's short coastline 6:18

2M ago6:18

6:18

Even for the Balkans, a region with more than its fair share of crazy national borders, it’s an oddity—a twelve-mile stretch of Bosnia on the Adriatic coast separating Croatia’s top tourist destination, Dubrovnik, from the rest of the country. As with most territorial issues in the Balkans, Bosnia’s short coastline is a quirk of history, the outcom…

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Bosnia: A work in progress 7:02

2M ago7:02

7:02

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosnia was torn apart by ethnic conflict, a three-way war between Serbs (mostly Eastern Orthodox), Croats (Roman Catholic) and Muslim Bosniaks. It was not until the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men at Srebrenica and TV coverage of the siege of Sarajevo horrified the world that NATO stepped in, bombed Bosnian Serb positi…

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Croatia: Cheese hunting on Pag Island 5:54

2M ago5:54

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The long, skinny island of Pag on Croatia’s Adriatic coast, historically a center of the salt industry, is famous for its sheep’s milk cheese. Salt has been produced in the region for more than one thousand years, but the industry could be even older, dating from Roman times. The basic process of salt extraction has not changed much. Sea water is c…

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Affordable Skiing to Unforgettable Hiking: One Traveler’s Bosnian Adventure 17:16

2M ago17:16

17:16

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Why is Depopulation a Threat to Balkan Security? | A Debrief with Majlinda Bregu 31:02

2M ago31:02

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Ilva Tare, a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, sits down with Majlinda Bregu, the outgoing Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, in this compelling #BalkansDebrief episode to discuss the current challenges of the region’s integration and cooperation as well as the gap between signing regional agreements and the…

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Is Bosnia and Herzegovina Safe to Visit? 12:28

2M ago12:28

12:28

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Albania's bunker mentality 3:40

3M ago3:40

3:40

One of the legacies of Albania’s communist era are concrete bunkers. Around 175,000 were constructed all over the country. They range in size from small, shallow bunkers for a couple of soldiers to massive underground complexes with rooms, corridors and heating, electrical and water systems. Although the regime sometimes put out the line that the A…

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Albania: No hippies, please 6:55

3M ago6:55

6:55

For half a century after World War II, Albania was ruled by a communist regime so paranoid that its leaders believed that even the Soviet Union and China had sold out to capitalism. Albania zealously guarded its borders to stop anyone from leaving the socialist paradise, and to closely control anyone crazy enough to want to visit. Among those who w…

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Bosnian Superstitions - Threads of Tradition and Caution 14:57

3M ago14:57

14:57

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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How was the CEFTA deal secured before the Berlin Process Summit? | A Debrief with Manuel Sarrazin 18:30

3M ago18:30

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A last-minute breakthrough enabled the Western Balkans to sign key regional cooperation agreements at the Berlin Process Summit on October 14 of 2024. This was thanks to the skilled diplomacy of Manuel Sarrazin, Germany’s Special Representative for the Western Balkans, and the political will of regional leaders. In a crucial compromise, Kosovo agre…

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What’s next for the Berlin Process? | A Debrief with Simonida Kacarska & Klodjan Seferaj 22:37

3M ago22:37

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As the Berlin Process celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2024, over 115 organizations gathered at the Civil Society and Think Tank Forum on October 9-11 this year to raise alarms about shrinking civic spaces, threats to democracy, and rising intimidation across the Western Balkans. In this insightful episode of #BalkansDebrief, Ilva Tare, Resident …

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From California to the Balkans 53:21

3M ago53:21

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Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Rab Travel Diaries 🇭🇷 Part 2 27:46

3M ago27:46

27:46

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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The Art of Homemade Rakija 8:51

3M ago8:51

8:51

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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How do cyber-attacks threaten the Balkans? | A Debrief with Dan Ilazi and Filip Stojanovski 23:24

3M ago23:24

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Cyber-attacks are on the rise in the Western Balkans, with 1.2 million personal records exposed to data breaches and a 200% surge in ransomware attacks over the past two years. Businesses across the region have paid millions of euros to recover compromised data, and 75% of companies report facing phishing attacks. Cyber-actors are exploiting intern…

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Understanding 'Veze' in Bosnia - A Foreigner's Perspective 13:37

4M ago13:37

13:37

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Българското присъствие в Космоса и ролята на България в съвременните космически изследвания 40:01

4M ago40:01

40:01

В този епизод, посветен на 55-годишнината от създаването на Института за космически изследвания и технологии при Българската академия на науките и 45 години от излитането в Космоса на първия български и балкански космонавт Георги Иванов, д-р Стела Стефанова разговаря с проф. Георги Желев за българското присъствие в Космоса и ролята на България в съ…

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Embracing Cultural Differences 15:09

4M ago15:09

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Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Upscale beef language 5:02

4M ago5:02

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After Turkish investors backed out, the first international hotel in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek officially became a “Joint Kyrgyz-Malaysian Venture.” Because English is widely spoken in Malaysia, you’d expect the new foreign partner to have tidied up the English grammar and spelling on the hotel’s printed materials. No way. The room service menu …

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This is how Russians live? 3:55

4M ago3:55

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As the train pulled out of Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, Valery opened the first bottle of cognac and was figuring out how much alcohol our compartment would need for the 15-hour overnight trip. It was only 4:30 p.m. and, with several hours of daylight left, I wanted to look out of the window, not drink. But to be sociable, I agreed to a couple of s…

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Soviet gerrymandering 7:07

4M ago7:07

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Before the Soviet era, there were no national borders between the peoples of Centra Asia, and identity was defined by religion, family, clan and place. The Soviets attempted to counter pan-Islamic and pan-Turkic tendencies by constructing nationalities, giving each a defined territory with national borders, along with a ready-made history, language…

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Lost in Stanland 8:51

4M ago8:51

8:51

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 gave us fourteen new countries (plus Russia) including the five “stans” of Central Asia—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. We can be grateful the Soviet Union did not break up any further, or we would have to deal with Bashkortostan, Dagestan, and Tatarstan, all now Russian rep…

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From southern Kyrgyzstan to suburban Maryland 6:21

4M ago6:21

6:21

On Christmas Eve 1995, my wife, Stephanie, picked me up at Washington’s Dulles airport. After almost a month in Central Asia, I looked forward to returning to the United States. Instead, I experienced, for the first time in my life, reverse culture shock. One of the blessings—but also one of the curses—of international air travel is that in the spa…

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Central Asia frequent flier 6:41

4M ago6:41

6:41

When the Soviet Union broke up, its national airline Aeroflot suffered the same fate. The governments of cash-strapped new republics seized the aircraft sitting on the tarmac, repainted them in the new national colors and hoped they could round up enough spare parts to keep them flying. National airlines have since modernized their fleets, adding B…

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Camping Indoors, Soviet style 6:17

4M ago6:17

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Provincial Soviet-era hotels reflect the ostentatious public architecture of the Stalin, Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras. The impressive facades often conceal dark and drab interiors, with poor heating and ventilation, dangerous wiring, and leaky pipes. Even small cities boasted establishments with several hundred rooms. Of course, the number bore no …

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Rab Travel Diaries 🇭🇷 Part 1 13:14

4M ago13:14

13:14

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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The New Sound of An Englishman in the Balkans 6:21

4M ago6:21

6:21

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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From London to the Adriatic 36:40

4M ago36:40

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Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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Shanghaied 4:31

4M ago4:31

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It was a classic Catch-22. I did not have a confirmed itinerary or a China transit visa. The Malaysian Airlines agent in Kuala Lumpur could have refused to rebook me, but he realized that the problem was not of my making. “Here’s your boarding card,” he said. “I’m just not sure what will happen in Shanghai.” The arrival of an itinerary-less, visa-l…

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Bangladesh: The barrels of Barishal 6:51

4M ago6:51

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Since the Mughal era, Barishal has been the commercial gateway to the southwest delta. It’s been whimsically described as the “Venice of Bengal.” although if you’re just counting waterways, almost any large town in southwestern Bangladesh is a Venice. At its commercial dock, brightly colored barges were drawn up on the muddy, litter-strewn beach, w…

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Bangladesh: Land of rivers 8:25

4M ago8:25

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For a small country, Bangladesh has a lot of rivers, around 700 according to most estimates. Roughly 10 percent of its total area is water, a high proportion considering that it has no large lakes. In other words, most of that water is moving. For the rural population, the rivers are interwoven with every aspect of their lives. They sustain agricul…

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The $2.50 phone bill 2:58

4M ago2:58

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Even for those with good language skills, getting things done in Kyrgyzstan in the mid-1990s was a challenge. A seemingly straightforward task, such as banking or paying a utility bill, often turned out to be a complex, time-consuming activity that required visiting several offices, filling out forms and slips of paper, and obtaining signatures and…

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Healthcare in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 14:30

4M ago14:30

14:30

Welcome to An Englishman in the Balkans, the podcast where I explore the fascinating culture, history, and everyday life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, this heart-shaped, but much misunderstood country. I’m David, your host, sharing stories, insights, and conversations from my life here in the north west of the country. Whether you’re a longtime listen…

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India-Bangladesh: The world's craziest border 8:52

4M ago8:52

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The 1947 partition of British India into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan created artificial borders that are still hotly disputed today. In Bengal, the zigzagging border with East Pakistan (and from 1971, Bangladesh) was dotted with enclaves—little islands of one country surrounded by the territory of the other. In total, there we…

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South Africa: Allemand right to Elsburg 7:24

4M ago7:24

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I drive out to a Johannesburg suburb for a church dinner and barn dance and find myself deep in Afrikaner country. Descendants of the Boers who trekked north from the Cape from the 1830s settled on the High Veld, a plateau region of grassland and scrub bushes. More than 4,000 feet above sea level, it resembles the High Plains of Montana or Wyoming.…

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South Africa: The borders of Johannesburg 12:09

4M ago12:09

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It tells you something about how South Africa has changed that the sprawling townships of Soweto outside Johannesburg are now on the tourist bus routes. Soweto came to world attention in 1976, when police opened fire on 10,000 secondary school students marching to protest the policy of enforcing Afrikaans as the only language of instruction in scho…

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Malawi: The bus to Blantyre 7:10

4M ago7:10

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The main north-south highway from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, to Blantyre, the commercial capital, passes through a dry, flat landscape of scrub grass and small trees, broken by cultivated fields, with goats and cattle wandering close to the road and groups of men squatting under trees. The bus passed roadside stalls selling fruits, vegetables, hou…

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Malawi: Incredible miracles and supernatural breakthroughs 8:45

4M ago8:45

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According to the census, two out of three Malawians claim to be Christian. One in five is Catholic, with others scattered among the mainstream Protestant groups; Muslims make up about one quarter of the population. Christianity is mixed with traditional beliefs drawn from animism and witchcraft, and often has a revivalist fringe. In storefront chur…

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