With Freedom came Poverty – a reportage from
Moldova
The former Soviet country Moldova is squeezed between Romania and Ukraine. The country has been named the poorest in Europe by The World Bank, and the problems facing the country are massive. 34 percent of the population live under the poverty rate and survive on less than 1,70 Euro a day.
But the EU is getting closer to Moldova. Once Moldova’s neighbouring country Romania becomes a part of the union it will be just next door. That may be as soon as in January 2007. A Moldovan membership, however, is still only a theoretical possibility. Moldova has a lot to learn and many things must change before that can happen.
We visited Moldova, and after speaking to the locals, we ended up with a personal portrait of the country. A country that for many Europeans is unknow.
It is a portrait that leave the readers enlighted and affected. In the text, the readers learns of a young woman who has been a victim of sexual trafficing, they learn of the difficulties raised by guarding an unmanageble boarder, they meet a mothe, who’s poverty is worse then one can imagine and they learn of the communist break-away republic Transnistria where corruption is a big part of daily life.
But hopefully we also leave the readers with a feeling of hope for Moldova even tough there is still a hard road ahead for the country.
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The former Soviet country Moldova is squeezed between Romania and Ukraine. The country has been named the poorest in Europe by The World Bank, and the problems facing the country are massive. 34 percent of the population live under the poverty rate and survive on less than 1,70 Euro a day.
But the EU is getting closer to Moldova. Once Moldova’s neighbouring country Romania becomes a part of the union it will be just next door. That may be as soon as in January 2007. A Moldovan membership, however, is still only a theoretical possibility. Moldova has a lot to learn and many things must change before that can happen.
We visited Moldova, and after speaking to the locals, we ended up with a personal portrait of the country. A country that for many Europeans is unknow.
It is a portrait that leave the readers enlighted and affected. In the text, the readers learns of a young woman who has been a victim of sexual trafficing, they learn of the difficulties raised by guarding an unmanageble boarder, they meet a mothe, who’s poverty is worse then one can imagine and they learn of the communist break-away republic Transnistria where corruption is a big part of daily life.
But hopefully we also leave the readers with a feeling of hope for Moldova even tough there is still a hard road ahead for the country.
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