Former Czechoslovak boxer Jan Balog has a clear conception of how to occupy the spare time of young Roma in order for them to resist the seduction of street life.

The North Korean regime is one of the most closed and inaccessible "islands of totality" in the world. Kim Chong-Il's former bodyguard, Lee Joung-kuk, was for 11 years ready to give his life to his Great Leader.

In the Kuropaty forest in Belarus, tens of thousands of victims of Stalin’s purges lie buried. While most former East Bloc countries are working hard to overcome their Communist pasts, Belarus under the rule of Alexander Lukashenko exists in a time warp.