Author Archives: Andreas Moser

About Andreas Moser

I am a lawyer in Germany, with a focus on international family law, migration and citizenship law, as well as constitutional law. My other interests include long walks, train rides, hitchhiking, history, and writing stories.

In the Lithuanian Alps

Posted on 2015-01-23 by Andreas Moser

Zur deutschen Fassung dieses Artikels. Boyan Stoyanov is a mountaineer from Bulgaria who is on a mission to climb the highest mountain in each European country. This includes tough nuts like Mont Blanc, Triglav or Elbrus. Luckily, Boyan visited me when I lived in Lithuania. The … Continue reading →

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Did you notice the Irony? (19) Davos 2015

Posted on 2015-01-21 by Andreas Moser

Climate change is the no. 1 issue on the agenda of the World Economic Forum 2015 in Davos, Switzerland. The discussions about our planet will be led by people who are coming to Switzerland from all around the world. 1,700 private … Continue reading →

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What happened to the Arab Spring?

Posted on 2015-01-20 by Andreas Moser

Here is the simplified explanation: Well, at least it did work in Tunisia.

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Video Blog: Montenegro and Serbia by Train

Posted on 2015-01-16 by Andreas Moser

My report on the train journey through the mountains of Montenegro made many of you long for more of that fabulous route. That’s why I share a video which documents the whole route from Bar on the Adriatic coast to Belgrade. … Continue reading →

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Lessons from my last Trip

Posted on 2015-01-15 by Andreas Moser

After my Balkan trip last October, I wrote down the following lessons that I had learnt during those two weeks. Here you can read my original plan for Romania, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania. Unfortunately, in the end I didn’t have time … Continue reading →

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Oops. I need to move again.

Posted on 2015-01-14 by Andreas Moser

If stuff like this keeps happening, how am I supposed to get settled in a place? Which idiot had the idea to comprise one list of all foreign agents? With their real and their cover names even. “Does anyone want the key to the apartment … Continue reading →

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Video Blog: Târgu Mureș at Christmas

Posted on 2015-01-12 by Andreas Moser

I already described and documented photographically the Christmas lights in Târgu Mureș, where I currently live, which got a bit out of hand and strained the national electricity network. Bogdan Nasca could easily top that because he has a camera which can fly and … Continue reading →

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Montenegro by Train

Posted on 2015-01-12 by Andreas Moser

The next train will leave at 10 o’clock, the lady at the counter signals by raising both her hands and stretching out all of her ten fingers, as if a robbery was in progress. The ticket for one of the most beautiful … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Montenegro, Photography, Serbia, Travel, World War I | Tagged , , , , | 40 Comments

What do you expect from 2015?

Posted on 2015-01-09 by Andreas Moser

No, I don’t mean wishes like health, world peace or the absence of world peace (for the weapons manufacturers among my readers). Nor petit-bourgeois wishes like a rise in salary, a new car or that the children won’t become jihadists. What I … Continue reading →

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Why the embargo against Cuba will be eased

Posted on 2015-01-08 by Andreas Moser

I am glad to see that I am not the only one who appreciates cigars.

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