Moldova

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis: The Movie

by Craig Turp January 31, 2012 Travel

 One of the funniest travel books ever, Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, has been turned into a film. It has been written and produced by – and stars – comedian Tony Hawks, who wrote the book. It will be released in the Spring of 2012. The premise, for those of you not aware of it, [...]

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Romania & Moldova by a man who knows

by Craig Turp January 28, 2010 Bucharest

 The author (or one of them, at least) of the Romania & Moldova edition of Lonely Planet, Leif Pettersen (a regular contributor to Bucharest Life, too), yesterday relaunched his rather good travel guide to the two countries, which contains bags of stuff he couldn’t fit in the book. Do take a look when you get [...]

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Just Fancy That!

by Craig Turp April 16, 2009 Romania

 “Hungarians in Romania will never have autonomy. They should be proud to be Romanian citizens.” Traian Basescu, February 3rd, 2009 “The government should make it easier for Moldovan citizens to become Romanians.” Traian Basescu, April 15, 2009

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Moldova’s revolting students

by Craig Turp April 10, 2009 Media

 As it appears to be the subject du jour, a few bullet points from us on the Moldovan riots/protests/Twitter revolution (LOL): 1. It all appears to have fizzled out. The revolting students did not – from what we saw – have much real support from the wider Chisinau/Moldovan public. This was probably because the OSCE [...]

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Where is Moldova?

by Craig Turp March 18, 2009 Travel

 Brilliant idea… Where is Moldova board game.

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More proof the internet and real journalism have little in common….

by Craig Turp January 16, 2009 Media

 Masal Bugduv – the 16-year-old Moldovan prodigy who doesn’t exist. Yes, this is the bizarre story of how a non-existent Moldovan striker became one of the world’s 50 hottest young footballing talents. Full story here.

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