The life of Mikola Urban (Swiss Press Text 2025, by Maria Kafantari)

The life of Mikola Urban

Freiburger Nachrichten

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2025

Maria Kafantari

I met Mikola Urban, then 99, by chance in the refugee shelter in Givisiez in September 2024 and immediately realized: This man has had an incredible life. I then asked him if I could speak with him and tell his life story. This is how this three-part portrait came about.

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Maria Kafantari / Swiss Press Award

Maria Kafantari

Journalistin, Fribourg, 1996

2016-2019: Bachelor Medienwissenschaften & Kommunikation (Nebenfach Geschichte). Auslandssemester in Limerick. 2019-2020: 9 Monate Praktikantin, 20 Minuten 2020-2022: 2.5 Jahre Stagiaire, Freiburger Nachrichten 2021-2023: MAZ Journalismus Diplomausbildung 2022-jetzt: Reporterin Ressort Grossfreiburg, Freiburger Nachrichten

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