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June 4th, 2007

More on Moldovans in Italy

Lyndon · 21:20 · Eastern & Central Europe , Western Europe

Lyndon Allin translates another blog comment about Moldovans living and working in Italy - this time by a commenter named Snejana: "…when I write about Moldova I get very emotional, because I don’t understand why life is so difficult. On every corner in Italy there are Moldovans looking for work which they hope will make them some money and allow them to pay off their debts and send some money home to their children." 4 comments · read »

June 3rd, 2007

Russia, Georgia: Visas, Wine and the WTO

Lyndon · 16:05 · Eastern & Central Europe , Central Asia & Caucasus

lingua → zht · zhs · pt

I've translated a post by cyxymu, apropos of Russia easing some of the visa restrictions on Georgians (possibly related to Georgia's role in Russia's WTO accession). Having a visa regime is an unusual situation between Russia and a former Soviet republic that's a CIS member; however, it's been the situation ... 5 comments · read »

March 29th, 2007

Americans in Moldova; Moldovans in Italy…

Lyndon · 17:12 · Eastern & Central Europe

lingua → fr

Alexandru Culiuc's weblog is one of the best in the Moldovan blogosphere - probably the one I enjoy reading the most, and happily it has an owner and readership that don't seem to mind my mostly English-language comments. Last year, Alex had an interesting post about foreigners' impressions of ... 6 comments · read »