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- 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
- 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
- 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
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
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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