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A year like no other: the long-distance relationship

Alex Eagles and Katya Slepneva

Alex Eagles and Katya Slepneva Source: Supplied

Long-distance relationships can be challenging at the best of times, but for Australian-Belarusian couple Alex Eagles and Katya Slepneva, 2020 has proved their ultimate test.


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By Caitlin Hughes

Presented by Allan Lee

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Long-distance relationships can be challenging at the best of times, but for Australian-Belarusian couple Alex Eagles and Katya Slepneva, 2020 has proved their ultimate test.


A Year Like No Other is an SBS News collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney. It features stories written by journalism students.  This episode is written by Caitlin Hughes, who spent 2020 studying her first year of a Bachelor of Communication, some of it remotely.


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