Both Moldova and Ukraine have been unable to deal with the worst flooding of the past 100 years and both countries have suffered fatalities. Right in the middle of the worst flooding lies Transdniestria, which thanks to a comprehensive government disaster preparedness plan has been able to avoid loss of life.
Now, Ukraine is about […]
Quite a break from Soviet times:
The annual FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY OF THE PRIDNESTROVIAN MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC report, posted on the PMR Parliament’s website in both Russian and English.
More than 250 pages of Transdniestria spending info and incomes, downloadable as PDF.
Now, where’s the similar report from Moldova or Ukraine … or anyone else in the region for that […]
The North American Shortwave Association counts already Pridnestrovie (Transdniestria, by its constitutional name) as a separate country, which is of course merely reflecting the actual reality of the past nearly 18 years. Here’s a listener’s report and here’s the full list of countries.
What got Transdniestria on the list as a separate country? Merely a true […]
To the people that live there, Transnistria – or Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika – to use its official name, is far more than a figment of their hearts and minds, it is a living, breathing nation state with its own parliament, mint, army and culture. But to the rest of the world it is a […]
From comments made by bestselling author and NPR correspondent Eric Weiner, in Newsweek:
“While I did meet some people I liked, Moldova is the least happy country on the planet,” Weiner says. “People go to great lengths to see their neighbors fail.”
Yes, neighbors such as … Transdniestria.
“Completely seriously, it is a very morose place. I’ve never […]
For 2006, Transdniestria’s GDP was US$585.6 million and the GDP per capita was US$1,076. Year-on-year GDP increased 7.7%. Inflation was 10.1%. (Source: ‘’Socio-economical development of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic,’’ statistical service of the Ministry of Economy, Tiraspol 2007.)
For 2007, GDP was 6,789 million PMR rubles (approx. US$799 million) and the GDP per capita was about […]