Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Moldova as a Loser

A well-known journalist from The Economist who specializes in Eastern Europe and whom I highly respect, Edward Lucas, published an article “Stars and soggy bottoms” which contained a brief description of Moldova. Because I find his choice of words precise in describing our reality as perceived from abroad, I just want to quote it here without further comments:

Loser: Abandoned by the West, and with a defeatist political elite unable to look beyond Russia, Moldova is sinking. If any post-communist country faces real collapse, it is this one. Nothing seems to be working in its favour, save that its neighbour, Romania, has just joined the EU.”

Comments:

Anonymous , January 17, 2007  

Dur, dar exact si bine formulat. Aprecierile date altor tari si euro-evenimente sunt si ele interesante.

Anonymous , January 18, 2007  

God, I didn't know it is that bad. Lucia, what do you think from the point of view of somebody who works for our Government? Thanks.

Anonymous , January 19, 2007  

that's exactly i felt during my last visit to moldova this winter