I still work in the school library in Lesko. And that's about it, though I also work on these EU-funded projects, which is interesting because I meet interesting people and develop my abilities. As my acquaintances expand, I have more possibilities to arrange all kinds of things. I even managed to find a job for my sister-in-law.

I think that what's improved is that people have become more resilient, more capable; maybe they know it's up to them to look after their own fate. That passage from one period to another was devastating for people who always felt the state took care of them. Suddenly there was unemployment, suddenly people had to knock on doors, do something by themselves, open their own business. There's a group of people who still can't deal with the fact that they have to manage on their own. They often fall into pathologies like alcoholism, because they have nothing to do.

And in our region? Maybe something is beginning to change. Maybe people are learning to get grants from the EU, and they're doing better. I see that farmers get subsidies for mowing their fields. But it's very hard to apply for anything, because obviously many farmers don't even have a secondary education, and often they're older.