Moldova

17 May 2013
Moldova's Pesticide Time Bomb

Two decades after the Soviet Union’s collapse, the country is still struggling with thousands of tons of chemicals, some leaking and unguarded.

By Dmitri Romanovski
 
16 May 2013
Cossacks Go Green, Romanian Priests Spread Regime’s Good News
Plus, Armenians will feel the Russian gas pinch and Moldova has a new prime minister, maybe.
By Erik N. Nelson, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Connor Zickgraf
 
6 May 2013
Brussels Raps Moldova Over Power Grab, Fighters From Kyrgyzstan Head to Syria
Plus, who gets the blame for letting thousands of Czech convicts free and a poor Latvian town looks to Rothko for a boost.
By Barbara Frye, Ioana Caloianu, and Connor Zickgraf
 
3 May 2013
Moldova: Caught in the Linguistic Crossfire
A proposed new law has Moldova’s Russian speakers fearing the end of bilingualism, while members of other ethnic groups worry they could lose their languages entirely.
By Natalia Ghilascu
 
Zeljko Komsic
26 April 2013
Serbian President Apologizes for Srebrenica, Moldovan Political Shenanigans Continue

Plus, Moscow levels the first “foreign agent” fine, and Uzbekistan cracks down on … cyclists.

By S. Adam Cardais, Ioana Caloianu, and Vladimir Matan
 

22 April 2013
Serbia Heads for EU Entry Talks, Moldova’s Pols Sling Old Mud

Plus, Uzbekistan frees a celebrated writer after 14 years, and an opposition figure in Tajikistan is severely beaten.

By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Vladimir Matan
 
Vlad Filat
12 April 2013
Dacic’s Half-Successful Moscow Trip, Filat Returns as Moldovan Premier

Plus, Russia pushes natural gas fuel for cars and feminist actors face off against the patriarchal Kyrgyz establishment.

By Ky Krauthamer, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Vladimir Matan
 
11 April 2013
Moldova: Retirement Paradise Lost

Rising poverty and splintered families wreak havoc on the lives of the country’s oldest citizens.

By Dmitri Romanovski
 
21 March 2013
Brussels Issues Report Cards, Tajik Fugitive Vanishes Premium

Plus, trapped Polish miners are rescued and Slovenia gets a new, young government.

By Erik N. Nelson, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Connor Zickgraf
 
18 March 2013
Russian Pol Faces Probe for U.S. Talk, Polish Court to Hear About Secretive Church Property Claims Board Premium

Plus, Hungary will fight EU in court over taxes on homemade brandy, and a Romanian director trains a spotlight on a wartime atrocity.

By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Richard Parrish
 

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