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2 November 2011
Transdniester Frees Accused Spy, Iranian Gas Chief Says Nabucco Pipeline ‘Dead’
Plus, Armenia opposition wary of Putin’s Eurasian Union plan and Poland’s top banker waxes enthusiastic about the euro, despite everything.
By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu, and Joshua Boissevain
31 October 2011
The Strange Tale of the Russian Blogger Who Hot-Footed It Out of Moldova
Fugitive Eduard Bagirov says a political vendetta was behind his four-month detention.
By Zakhar Koretsky
28 October 2011
Children in Training for a Deprived Life
A vicious circle of poverty, migration, and limited state resources condemns many Moldovan children to life on the fringes of society.
By Diana Lungu
6 October 2011
The Changing Face of Trafficking in Moldova
Authorities are detecting some subtle shifts in a very old problem.
By Grigore Brinza
5 October 2011
Ukraine Gas Find, Big Trouble in Little Ossetia
Plus, a Moldovan-Slovak-Czech troika and the oldest living Chechen recalls her eventful life.
By Ky Krauthamer, Ioana Caloianu and Kaitlyn Meade
27 September 2011
Poor Belarus, Bulgarian Crowds Uncover Vote-Buying
Plus, Bosnians threatened with loss of visa-free travel and Poles take to the streets of Vilnius.
By Ky Krauthamer and Ioana Caloianu
26 September 2011
Simmering Tensions Boil Over in Bulgaria, Former KGB Agent Tapped to be President of Russia
Plus, church and state head for a showdown in Moldova and an American will become a Bolshoi star.
By Jeremy Druker, Ioana Calaianu, and Kaitlyn Meade
21 September 2011
Lenin Returns to a Moldovan Village
The cast-iron revolutionary is snatched from the crusher by a collector who figures it could be worth something some day.
By Grigore Brinza
24 August 2011
When Education was Dogma
Teachers enjoyed stature, but facts and creativity were absent in the communist classroom.
By Irena Jurjevic, Nino Chimakadze, Grigore Brinza, and Ksenia Korzun
19 August 2011
Journalism With an Asterisk
Though paid well and valued for the role they played, most journalists before 1991 knew which bold lines not to cross.
By Irena Jurjevic, Nino Chimakadze, Grigore Brinza, and Ksenia Korzun
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