Archive for August, 2006
Forgotten world (23): Moldova
August 2nd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Moldova is one of the many ‘new’ countries that emerged with the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Totally landlocked, it is located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the east and has a population of almost 3.5 million. In fact, two-thirds of Moldovans are of Romanian descent, the languages are virtually […]
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The trench outside my home
August 1st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Like everyone, I want my water company to reduce the loses from broken pipes – but that comes at a price. My company is Three Valleys Water and it is currently in the process of relacing the old pipes in my street with new plastic ones. As a result, we’ve had our water cut off […]
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Forgotten world (22): Kuwait
August 1st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
In 1990, Saddam Hussain’s Iraq invaded the small, next-door country of Kuwait and precipated the first Gulf War. The US-led coaliition was clearly right to liberate Kuwait, but the country was far from the democratic ideal to which the Western powers aspired. The substantial immigrant community was exploited, there was no free trade union movement, […]
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