30 April 2003 VELKE SLEMENCE, Slovakia–Friday afternoon. The old settlers in Velke Slemence, a village on the border with Ukraine, move around slowly on bicycles. Unusually small, multiethnic-looking dogs cross their paths. Across the border, in the Ukrainian village of Malije Slemenci, it looks as if the war has just ended. Even the dogs are more apathetic. Petr Lizak, the […]

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