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The most popular Moldovan main course is of course the mămăliga, which is, despite the exotically-sounding name, nothing else but plain good old corn mush, or polenta, as it is called in the European tradition. Continue reading “Taste Across the Frontiers – Main Courses”
Cuisine is an important element of the national identity, just like music, folklore, national costumes, traditions… When we travel to a foreign country, it is not just about sight-seeing and museums – we tend to try as many local foods as we can. I wouldn’t say it is the best way to get to know the people, but after all, the main dietarian principle states that we are what we eat. To put it differently, what we eat is what we are. Continue reading “Taste Across the Frontiers – Soups”
Moldova’s Hard Rock and Heavy Metal scene was at its peak in the 90s. Today, a lot of newcomer bands scream and shout for a rock revival. The two lead singers Lena Cataraga and Olga Buionovskaia are amongst the new courageous and motivated generation of Chisinau’s rockers. Continue reading “Two Girls Rock the City”
The best and most memorable events in my life have a weird habit – they tend to happen by chance. By pure chance I once had a free weekend, it was a totally random decision to spend it at my parents’, the only place where I watch television, and of course no one could foresee that I would watch news and see a report about Princess Elena, a cruise ship that takes idle vacationers from Giurgiuleşti, a brand-new international sea port, to Istanbul and back. Continue reading “Istanbul and a Little Bit of Love”
During one of Leonid Rosca’s expeditions to explore his homeland, a lump of rock stuck into his eye. In fact, it was not the rock itself, but the form of its surface. He figured out a head, a beak, eyes, bones, wings. Leonid had discovered a petrified 150-million-year-old Pterodaktyl and thus by far the oldest remains of an animal ever found in the Republic of Moldova. Continue reading “150-Million-Year-Old Pterodaktyl Found in Moldova”
After having received so much praise and appreciation of our Moldovarious.com design by countless website users, we eventually decided to put five wallpapers online. You can download them in the new section “Interactive”.
Diana Lefter, BA in Economics & Marketing, had been living & working for several years in Portugal, Great Britain and Germany. The native Moldovan currently lives in Vienna, Austria. Diana Lefter is fond of languages and fluently speaks Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, German, English, Portuguese and French. Due to her open mind and her cosmopolitan mindset, she puts her country Moldova in a very sophisticated light.
Research interests: economics, marketing, international cooperation, philosophy, literature & arts
Anastasia Stratu is a professional translator and interpreter. She studied international economic relations at the International Economic Relations Department of the Moldovan Academy of Economic Studies. Ms. Stratu is fluent in five languages and on the way to learn two more. She is also a writer, but not a professional one, with a rather wide circle of interests in this area – from poetry to essays to plays and novels.
Research interests: linguistics, translation theory, folklore, history of arts, communication in cyberspace
Michael Bobick, Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Anthropology, is currently a
Fulbright Scholar in Moldova. When not tramping around Moldova, he can be
found in Ithaca, New York where he teaches freshman how to write essays and
tries to make the post-Soviet region interesting to non-specialists.
Research Interests: ideology, psychoanalysis, nationalism, frozen
conflicts, ex-USSR, religion, sovereignty, civil society, visual studies
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April 12, 2009 marked the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Tiraspol from Nazi forces in World War II. In Transnistria, the day is officially known as ‘Day of the Liberation of the City from German Fascist Invaders’. While this may not easily roll off the tongue, it is simply known to most as the ‘Day of Liberation’. Continue reading “Day of Liberation”
Ten years ago they gathered the first time. They are busy, active and they adore charity. Thus they call for action twice a year. The IWCM – International Women’s Club of Moldova organised the 6th “Night of Art” in Chisinau’s MoldExpo Pavillion on April 24.