Written by Patrick Griesser Sunday, 17 January 2010 18:15
A legend says that in the 18th century one of Moldova's rulers, Grigore Ghica, fell incurably ill. One day a peasant in a bull cart stopped at the gates of the ruler's palace and asked for an audience. The man promised to cure his majesty in return the ruler should handover his power, for one month, to somebody else.
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Written by Thomas Gassler Monday, 11 January 2010 22:31
Olga Koshel sits in her pottery studio in Chisinau and works on another piece of ceramics. Together with her Austrian husband Bernhard, she runs the K&K-Ceramics studio. She has to finish an order of 200 wine cups.
Written by Thomas Gassler Thursday, 08 October 2009 16:09
Hardly any positive news hit the headlines from the officially unrecognised Pridnestrovje. That's why the state owned Radio PMR works hard for a positive international image. Five times a week the news speaker Andrey Smolensky welcomes his German, Austrian and Swiss listeners with the words, "Hallo hier spricht Radio PMR - Hello, this is Radio PMR!"
Written by Thomas Gassler Thursday, 04 June 2009 10:19
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.
Read more: 150-Million-Year-Old Pterodaktyl Found in Moldova
Written by Thomas Gassler Tuesday, 06 January 2009 14:04
A silhouette of a man on his horse appears far out on the smooth hills of Gagauzia. Elegantly and gently he gallops closer to his stud. The charismatic rider in his forties does use neither saddle nor reins. It is Constantin Kelesh and his life is dedicated to his horses.
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