Faces of the new Europe
Children of a free Pridnestrovie
A multiethnic nation, most of Pridnestrovie consists of Slavic Europeans. This boy is born in the country when it was already named Pridnestrovie and fully independent. Freedom and independence is all that he has ever known ... he has never lived in a country which was part of any other nation.
Pridnestrovie's breakdancers
Pridnestrovie is not just the last place in Europe where you can still find a Lenin statue. It is also a country which very much keeps the old traditions of breakdancing alive.
"I have rights, too"
Proudly standing up for their rights as citizens in a country free from foreign interference, these Pridnestrovians turned out on a cold winter day to protest against what they see as a move by Moldova to curtail their country's right to independence and self-government.
My son, the martyr
Standing above his grave, this Pridnestrovian mother mourns the loss of her only son to a Moldovan sniper in the failed 1992 invasion attempt on Pridnestrovie. During the attack, Moldova indiscriminately terrorized the civilian population with sniper warfare and air bombings of residential neigborhoods.
New faces of Europe
You're looking at the future of Europe, sitting in a bus on its way to a political rally in Kamenka, northern Pridnestrovie. These young activists are pushing for reform in Pridnestrovie and for the country's ever-closer partnerships with the European Union.
Bloggers in Pridnestrovie
Liveblogging from a grassroots meeting, this Pridnestrovian dissident blogger and "livejournalist" updates his Livejournal blog with the latest commentary on the young nation's consolidation of its independence. An estimated thirty to forty blogs cover events in the young country; analyzing and debunking Moldova's black propaganda in realtime and making sure that the world sees a truthful picture of direct citizen democracy in action.
Peace
Flashing the peace sign, this local-born demonstrator in Pridnestrovie stands beneath his country's flag in a protest rally in Tiraspol, PMR's capital. His country, independent since 1990, is attacked by a "Cold War" of Moldovan agression and lies.
We're a team!
Teammates playing basketball together on the court are also friends and teammates off the court. Despite their different races, they live and play together in harmony in Pridnestrovie; a nation composed of 35 ethnic minorities.
Miss PMR
Hopeful participants in the annual Miss PMR contest, held in Tiraspol, compete to become the official beauty queen of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
In the theater
Pridnestrovie's current president and his wife photographed during an evening at the theater. There are no bodyguards and he is not seated in a special booth — in Pridnestrovie, he is one of us: A man of the people, sitting next to young and old alike, and no one seems to think that it is anything out of the ordinary. The big production is not here, but up on the stage.
