Kazakhstan
Moldova: Strangers In Their Own Land
August 20, 2009By Natalia Morari A friend of my husband's decided to send her daughter, Nastya, to a preschool. According to her, she and her family speak only Russian and know virtually no Romanian. I'm not saying whether that is right or not, but just reporting...
60th anniversary of the 2nd wave of deportation marked in Moldova
July 07, 2009By Andrei Brezianu and Vlad Spanu* On July 5-6, people in the Republic of Moldova marked the 60th anniversary of the second wave of deportation. Under Soviet rule, several waves of deportations of Moldova's native population were carried out: the...
World's 'Oldest Person' Dies in Kazakhstan
May 11, 2009Kazakhstan's oldest citizen, who might have been the oldest person in the world, has died. Sakhan Dosova, who celebrated her 130th birthday in March, became unwell on May 8 and passed away. If her stated age is correct, she would have been 16 years...