Christian Diemer

Christian Diemer is from Rottweil in South Germany. Having studied musicology, arts management, and composition in Weimar, he is now writing from Berlin and obscure spots in East Europe, where he is currently working on his PhD thesis about traditional music in Ukraine.

A better life and better sex?

Christian Diemer investigates the phenomenon of wedding agencies in Ukraine and quizzes young Europeans ...

Sachnovshchyna

On the Brink: The country of limited possibilities

In the final part of his exclusive series for E&M, Christian Diemer travels to ...

On the Brink: Between Lenin, Putin and Shevchenko

Following on from his trip to Korosten’ for the pototo fritter festival, E&M‘s Christian ...

On the Brink: The hippie bandits

In the sixth part of E&M‘s exclusive series on current developments in Ukraine, we ...

On the Brink: The forsaken Paradise

Continuing on his journey of exploration throughout Ukraine, Christian Diemer arrives in Chernivtsi, a ...

On the Brink: V for Villainy

In this fourth installment of E&M‘s exclusive series about the current situation in Ukraine ...

On the Brink: Pray for Ukraine, strive for Ukraine

As part of an excursion organised by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Christian Diemer ...

On the Brink: Streets of gold, streets of rubble

In this first installment of E&M‘s new special series On the Brink, Christian Diemer ...