Editorial
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. December 2, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: in our feature, we bring the story of the legendary National Folk Dance Troupe Joc which is now on the brink of disaster due to de…
02 December 2019
Will Putin Visit Chișinău?
The first foreign visit of Moldova’s Prime Minister Ion Chicu, which was to Russia, was followed by a scandal, with the Prime Minister getting into the media’s attention. And that happened not because he…
01 December 2019
Why Civil Servants Leave the New So-Called Technocratic Government?
The other day, some private decisions, taken by some young principled officials, have brought me not only satisfaction, but also hope that dignity and courage are not totally extinct among us. First, I heard ab…
24 November 2019
Shall We Leave or Shall We Stay?
A radical change of governments occurred in Chișinău, on November 15. The new leaders in government score lower in terms of political independence, education, qualification, and diversity compared to the previo…
24 November 2019
Russia Celebrates the Fall of the Anti-Oligarchic Coalition
Troubled by Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, revengeful nostalgia, who doesn’t have a day without thinking how to rebuild the former Soviet Empire, Moldova’s President, Igor Dodon will create another c…
24 November 2019
What Do the Americans Want?
The other day, I had the opportunity to participate in the Moldovan-American Convention, a diaspora forum in the U.S., held for the sixth consecutive year. For the first time, I met such a large group of Moldov…
18 November 2019
What About the Stolen Billion?
After the Parliament dismissed the Government former Prime Minister Maia Sandu said that on November 12 the Parliament betrayed not just a Government that defends the interests of the people, but every citizen…
18 November 2019
The Berlin Wall Did Not Fall
The Berlin wall did not fall, it was destroyed, with hammers, picks and axes. Strong men bravely hit the stone Wall that ran through their lives, until they destroyed it, making it possible for the two Germanys…
11 November 2019
The Burden of Credibility Insolvency
The other week, the Romanian TV station ended its activity, after about 18 years of broadcasting. The shut down came after the National Audiovisual Council of Romania, an equivalent of the Coordinating Audiovis…
11 November 2019
The Government Should Take to the Streets
In last Thursday’s editorial, written on the eve of the second round of the elections for Chișinău City Hall, I raised the question “Is Chișinău falling?” in the hope that people will shake off thei…
11 November 2019
