Tag: Europe
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From Bulgaria to Switzerland: A Street Odyssey with a Dog and a Cat
“I know about life on the street. I would paint there every day and was in contact with lots of people for whom the street was their home.” Sitting on the cozy and somewhat worn sofa in his small apartment in Zollikofen, no-one would guess that Slavcho Slavov, whom everyone calls Slavo, has lived through…
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Homeless for the Holidays
Outside London’s Piccadilly theatre where tickets cost up to 110 pounds and a banner advertising the musical “Annie” reads “It’s a hard knock life”, Bryan and Kevin sleep in small tents on the street. They are among almost 1,000 people who sleep rough in the British capital, according to official figures, while more than 4,000…