From a celebration of Leif Erikson’s Norse legacy and Italian contributions to American science to the arrival of France’s new ambassador and a showcase of young Bulgarian musicians, Washington’s diplomatic community highlights the enduring power of cultural exchange, international collaboration and shared heritage in the month of October.
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Vladislav Kulminski, Moldova’s new ambassador to the United States, said the country’s recent election was a milestone in Moldovan history—probably just as significant as Moldovan independence itself on Aug. 27, 1991.
British ambassador Peter Mendelson is fired the same week as 10 new ambassadors present their credentials in a White House ceremony.
The latest crop of 14 new ambassadors in Washington includes diplomats from two former Soviet republics, two Caribbean nations, three African countries and three Arab ones.
It’s not every day a politician becomes a diplomat, and then decides to switch careers entirely and reinvent herself as an artist. But that’s the path Moldova’s Cristina Balan has chosen, and she doesn’t regret it for a minute.
Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest countries, has long seen its salvation in eventual admission to the European Union. On Dec. 14, that once-farfetched dream moved a little closer to reality.
Moldova, which for years has vied with Ukraine for the unenviable title of “poorest country in Europe,” now has a more urgent concern: the potentially horror of a Russian invasion if Vladimir Putin gets his way in Ukraine.
