Podcasts about Moldova

Send us Fan MailDr. Randal Joy Thompson is a scholar-practitioner and global citizen who has assumed leadership positions and led teams in countries around the world including Cameroon, Morocco, Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus, Iraq, Afghanistan, Morocco, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and El Salvador, initially as a Commissioned US Foreign Service Officer and then as independent contractor. Her scholarship has focused primarily on leadership, focusing on women, teams, and the commons. She works with organizations to help facilitate the establishment of autonomous self-led teams as well as to help build relationships among existing team members by creating the environment where they experience the socio-emotional forces connecting them.In addition to her PhD and MA in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, she earned an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, an MA in Political Philosophy from the University of Chicago, an MA in Biblical Exposition from Capitol Bible and Graduate School, and a BA in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley.A Few Quotes From This Episode"Relationships, not structure, are what create stability now in organizations.” “The team itself is a leader.” “What binds them together are relationships. ResourcesBook: The Four Forces: Igniting Emergent Generative Team Leadership in a Complex Perennial World Inspired by Nature and the DaoAbout The International Leadership Association (ILA)The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. Attend The Global Conference in Toronto, October 28-31.About  Scott J. AllenWebsiteWeekly Newsletter: Practical Wisdom for LeadersMy Approach to HostingThe views of my guests do not constitute "truth." Nor do they reflect my personal views in some instances. However, they are views to consider, and I hope they help you clarify your perspective. Nothing can replace your reflection, research, and exploration of the topic. ♻️ Please share with others and follow/subscribe to the podcast!⭐️ Please leave a review on Apple, Spotify, or your platform of choice.➡️ Follow me on LinkedIn for more on leadership, communication, and tech.

Former Swedish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt joins Talk Eastern Europe for a wide-ranging conversation on Ukraine, Russia, Europe's future, and the unfinished project of European enlargement.Drawing on decades of diplomatic experience – from helping launch the EU's Eastern Partnership to serving as the first High epresentative in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Bildt reflects on the biggest geopolitical shifts shaping Europe today.Why has Russia failed strategically in Ukraine despite four years of war? Did Donald Trump's negotiations strengthen Putin's hand? Can Europe fill the vacuum left by an increasingly distracted United States? And what does Ukraine's future mean for the European Union and the wider European security architecture? Tune in for this and much more!Carl Bildt also discusses the future of EU enlargement, theWestern Balkans, Moldova, and why Ukraine has become the defining "game changer" for Europe.

On this edition of Europe Today with Méabh Mc Mahon, we bring you the latest on the tentative peace framework announced by the US and Iran, raising hopes for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. We're live at the G7 summit in Évian as leaders react to the developments, and in Luxembourg as Ukraine and Moldova take a major step towards EU membership. Plus, the debate over Europe's tech sovereignty intensifies, and we round up the latest action from the FIFA World Cup.Europe Today is Euronews' daily podcast hosted by Maria Tadeo and Méabh Mc Mahon, broadcasting directly from Brussels, at the heart of Europe. Every morning, we deliver the top and exclusive stories shaping the European Union (EU) and beyond.Stay ahead with the key news and insights that matter in Europe today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Max and Maria sit down with Dr. Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at the New School and one of the world's leading experts on Russia, to discuss her new Russian‑language book Nikita Khrushchev: Vozhd vne sistemy (“Nikita Khrushchev: An Outlier of the System”) and her experience as one of the few scholars still traveling to and from Russia. As Nikita Khrushchev's great‑granddaughter and adoptive granddaughter, she offers a rare, personal view of how Russian culture, politics, and society are evolving. Mentioned:  No Exit from Stalin | by Nina L. Khrushcheva in Project Syndicate (April 2026)  Russia's Descent Into Tyranny: How Four Years of War Have Remade Society | by Nina L. Khrushcheva in Foreign Affairs (Dec. 2025)  Nikita Khrushchev: Vozhd vne sistemy (Nikita Khrushchev: An Outlier of the System) | Book by Nina L. Khrushcheva  Feedback? Suggestions? Ideas to help us improve? Email us at erep@csis.org.  If you love Russian Roulette, let us know by subscribing and leaving a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Listen to our sister podcast, covering all things Europe through a Washington lens: CSIS Podcasts | The Eurofile 

Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.   AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK  Live Interview with Satoshi (Moldova 2026) Interview with Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026) Interview Clips with Look Mum No Computer (United Kingdom 2026) done at the Turquoise Carpet Interview with Kaleen (Austria 2024) done at the Turquoise Carpet Eurovision Spotlight: Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - The Assessment with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer Eurovision News with Johannes Vitt courtesy of www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal  New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists  Your music requests    Eurovision Winner 2026 for Bulgaria - Dara "Bangaranga"   Interview with Eurovision Winner Dara:  The Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest took place on 16 May 2026 from the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria with delegations from 35 countries battling it out for the winning trophy of the contest and the right to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2027. For the very first time Bulgaria won the competiton with Dara and the song "Bangaranga" receiving a total amount of 516 points combined from Public and Jury Vote. The Radio International Team was on location and had the chance to interviews many of the artists at different places such as Turqoise Carpet, in the Media Centre, at the Embassies as well as in the Eurovillage. Enjoy those interviews being broadcast on Radio International during the upcoming shows. This week there is a short interview clip with the UK's Eurovision entrant Sam Battle alias Look Mum No Computer who performed the song "Eins, Zwei, Drei".  The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 Scoreboard   What a thrilling voting it was on Saturday with the final result being visible just above. Full details can be viewed at our friends from Wikipedia - click here The Radio International Photo Album from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - CLICK HERE Satoshi (Moldova 2026) with JP   Interview with Satoshi (Moldova 2026): After a year's break Moldova came back with a bundle of energy to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with Satoshi and the song "Viva Moldova" which in fact opened up the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 being the first song in Semi Final 1. The Radio International Interview Team met Satoshi at the Turquoise Carpet. Part of Satoshi's performance was also previous Eurovision entrant Aliona Moon who in 2013 reached Number 11 with the song "O Mie". Radio International has the big pleasure to be having Satoshi live on the show this week for an in-depth interview and the latest song release. Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026) in Vienna   Interview with Alexandra Capitanescu (Romania 2026):  What an amazing result for the returning Romania to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026: Number 3 for the third time and so far Romania's best result in the contest. In 2005, Luminita Anghel & Sistem came third with "Let me try", and also in 2010 Paula Seling & Ovi took Romania to Number 3 with the song "Playing with Fire".  2023 was the last time that Romania took part in Eurovision until their return in 2026 with a banger. "Choke me" performed by Alexandra Capitanescu and her band reaching Number 3. Radio International's JP and Johannes had the pleasure to meet the group in the media centre of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna for an in-depth interview you can hear on the show this week.  Kaleen (Austria 2024)   Interview with Kaleen (Austria 2026):  The Interview Team of Radio International had the pleasure to once again meet Kaleen at the Turquoise Carpet of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. It is very common that previous Eurovision artists walk the Turquoise Carpet.  Kaleen represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "We will rave" which made it into the Grand Final and at the end of the voting sequence Austria ranked at Number 24. Enjoy listening to this interview and get the catch-up on the latest of Kaleen.      The Eurovision Spotlight: The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - The Assessment:  It is a tradition that Radio International will review the Eurovision Song Contest with the Team Members and talking about the highlights and sharing opinions on the staging of the contest. This week Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer continues the series looking at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.     Eurovision News, New Song Releases, Birthday File, Coverspot, Eurovision Calendar: Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot. Johannes presents the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and lots more.   For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

The afternoon after Moldova qualified from Semi-Final 1 of Eurovision 2026, Satoshi joined us for an on-stage interview at the Eurofan House x Wiwibloggs. Satoshi discusses how he loved feeling the live energy on stage and why he chose the shaky camera movements. Aliona Moon tells us the back story of bringing her Eurovision 2013 dress back for this performance — and where she's stored it all of these years. And Lana tells us what it's like being such an incredible dancer and hype girl while also singing. 

Romania is home to some of Europe's most exciting indigenous grape varieties, yet remains one of the continent's most overlooked wine destinations. In this episode, Janina sits down with Winemaking duo and Husband and Wife, Nora Iriarte and Hartley Smithers of Cramele Recaș to explore Fetească Neagră, Fetească Regală and Fetească Albă, uncovering why Romanian wine deserves far more attention from wine lovers around the world.  Along the way, they debate cork versus screwcap, discuss natural fermentation and minimal intervention winemaking, explain how climate change is affecting Romanian vineyards, and reveal the realities of producing quality wine at scale.  You'll also discover Romania's key wine regions, get wine travel recommendations for Timișoara, learn why Fetească Neagră is one of Europe's most exciting red grapes, and hear firsthand what modern Romanian winemaking looks like today.  Shownotes   1:45 – Introduction to Cramele Recas and their sustainability credentials   3:49 – An overview of the wine regions in Romania 06:19 – Nora's unforgettable introduction to the wine world and the hilarious misunderstanding that filled her car with wine samples. 09:13 – Hartley's biggest lesson after decades in wine: why not everything in wine education should be accepted without question. 13:03 – Cork versus screwcap: a candid discussion about wine closures and preserving wine quality. 14:35 – The winemaking tasks they secretly love most, from lees stirring to hand plunging. 17:24 – Nora's passion for blending logistics, mathematics and winery efficiency. 18:53 – Romania's key indigenous wine grapes explained: Fetească Regală, Fetească Albă and Fetească Neagră. 21:34 – Tasting M&S Fetească Albă (£8 Ocado): flavour profile, food pairing suggestions and why Romanian whites deserve more attention. 24:10 – Why Romanian wines deliver exceptional value and how Cramele Recaș maintains quality at every price point. 26:18 – The hidden challenges of producing wine in million-litre fermentation tanks. 29:19 – Minimal intervention winemaking and preserving the true expression of the grapes. 30:54 – Tasting Selene Fetească Neagră 2023 (£19.14 Firth & Co): Romania's flagship red grape and its distinctive silky tannins. 32:51 – Other native Romanian varieties and the growing international interest in indigenous wines. 35:02 – Exploring Romania's wine regions: Banat, Transylvania, Moldova and the influence of climate and geography. 36:50 – Expanding beyond Banat: the story behind Cramele Recaș's second winery near Moldova. 37:33 – Higher altitude vineyards, sparkling wine production and where Romania's coolest wine regions are found. 38:46 – Climate change, vineyard resilience and adapting to increasingly unpredictable vintages. 39:50 – The biggest challenges facing Romanian wine over the next twenty years. 44:54 – What Nora and Hartley brought back from Australia to improve modern Romanian winemaking. 45:38 – Which wine grape is the hardest to get right every vintage? The challenge of Fetească Neagră. 48:12 – A perfect wine travel itinerary for Timișoara, one of Europe's most underrated cultural destinations. 51:29 – ROVINHUD: the Romanian wine festival every wine lover should know about. 52:52 – What visitors should pay attention to when touring Cramele Recaș.  

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We're now three weeks from the excitement of Vienna and crowning a new winner, so now what the heck do we do? Well, one of our favorite guests, the President of OGAE Ireland, Frank returns with some advice and to discuss Amsterdam's Het Grote Songfestivalfeest, aka, The Big Eurovision Party. Both Dimitry and Frank attended last year's celebration, so if you're needing a Eurovision fix, we've got you covered. Jeremy's dreaming of both heaven & earth, Dimitry asks where are you of certain acts in the broadcast, and Frank discusses his new religion.  Watch the NRK broadcast of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2025 here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t95XTMX2JGMIZQhXrpdK88Qkm5LkOfGW/view Watch the Dutch broadcast of Het Grote Songfestivalfeest 2025 here: https://npo.nl/start/serie/het-grote-songfestivalfeest/afleveringen/seizoen-4_1 Fill out the EBU's Eurofan Voice 2026 survey and let them know what you're thinking: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91094056/Eurofan-Voice-2026 Vote on which themed playlists we should add to our Spotify account: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LdUKjw9GdNMfZUp1AKVY6lQ5QCeL2wZySp2ZbOsWicQ/edit This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0GZkyJYPQmgmTzshgvsESt Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joineurovangelistsEurovangelists is an American Eurovision podcast, made in the US for Eurovision fans worldwide. The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O'Connell.Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Instagram and @eurovangelists.com on Bluesky, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Head to https://maxfunstore.com/collections/eurovangelists for Eurovangelists merch. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!

Leaders Special. Cătălin Striblea a fost live cu Cristian Hrițuc, consultant politic cu experiență în campaniile din România și Moldova. Cristian Hrițuc este fost consilier de stat în administrația Băsescu. Discutăm despre planurile lui Nicușor Dan. Poate să-și pună premierul? De ce l-ar urma partidele? Devine președintele cel mai important jucător din România? Vorbim despre criza de la vârful Armatei Române, dar și despre proiectul Unirii. Așteptăm opiniile și întrebările voastre.

Jason Jay Smart is a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America. Due to his work with the democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin, Smart was made persona non grata for life by Russia in 2010. Jason is a Special Correspondent at the Kyiv Post. It's the state of US support for Ukraine that we will discuss today.----------LINKS:https://jasonjaysmart.com/ https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/5 https://americanpoliticalservices.com/https://www.facebook.com/jasonjaysmarthttps://twitter.com/officejjsmart ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------

Join us for a special broadcast from Moldova featuring the final night of an evangelical event. Experience the transformative stories of individuals and the incredible impact of Vision Norge's initiatives. From school graduations to the opening of a new elder care center, witness the dedication and generosity that have changed lives over the past 26 years.

And that’s a wrap for 2026. Five months of music, laughter, tears and frustrations have come to this –  a night out at Euroclub! Michael and Bryan let their hair down to dance to some of your 2026 favourites (remixed for something different), while having a gossip about all the happenings since DARA’s win. In this episode: Get your head around this year’s ratings for SBS, especially for the live Grand Final Wonder if the EBU will actually pay attention to the results of Eurofan Voice (which closes 7 June) Hope that jury voting will work differently in 2027 Catch up on the latest updates for 2027, including hosting, who’s in and who’s (not yet, but close to being) out Thanks This whole shebang doesn’t just happen on its own. Without these people, the season wouldn’t have been as good: Bryan for bringing a fresh perspective to the show (and being the best camera operator around) The amazing Clem at SBS for being our link to Delta and the whole team OGAE Australia and mates – Ethan, Lou, Daniel, Keith and Jack – for helping out as guests during the season Annie for firing up the satellite to bring the show to you live from Vienna Eurovision’s broadcasters and their Heads of Press for welcoming us in Australia’s on-location media crew – Cain, Clint, Michael and Ben – for the laughs, support and fun And you, for being part of this season (with all of its ups and downs) If you have enjoyed JOY Eurovision for season 2026, come support us during JOY Radiothon. You can celebrate with JOY on 13 June from 5pm (AEST) as babbleVISION takes over – become a member or donate while we’re on air. Get involved Follow JOYEurovision across Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Bluesky and X at linktr.ee/joy_eurovision Not in Australia? Grab this podcast via Spotify Podcasts. Playlist DARA – Bangaranga (funkjoy Remix) Antigoni & Oualid – JALLA (Arabic Remix) Satoshi – Viva, Moldova! (Andrew Rayel Remix) Alexandra Căpitănescu, Acko & K3YN0T3 – Choke Me (Techno Remix) Lion Ceccah – Sólo Quiero Más (David Les Remix) Monroe – REGARDE ! (Atlass Remix) Tamara Živković & Attila Bornemisza (aka abor) – Nach dem Sturm (Abor Remix) Søren Torpegaard Lund – Før Vi Går Hjem (Dimitri Sin & Yope House Remix) FELICIA – My System (Blasterjaxx Remix) Delta Goodrem – Eclipse (Steve Anderson Remix) The post Raise a glass: It’s time to say goodbye to Eurovision 2026 [Season Final] appeared first on JOY Eurovision.

Max and Maria welcome Sir Lawrence Freedman, historian, author, and Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London, to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine, how he sees the conflict evolving, and what to expect in the critical months ahead. Is Ukraine winning the drone race? by Sir Lawrence Freedman  Link to Substack: Comment is Freed   Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Ideas to help us improve? Email us at erep@csis.org.  If you love Russian Roulette, let us know by subscribing and leaving a review wherever you get your podcasts.   Listen to our sister podcast, covering all things Europe through a Washington lens: CSIS Podcasts | The Eurofile  

The practice of healthcare is inherently powerful, and our patients are vulnerable to our power. Though power can be abused, the righteous use of power, for the benefit of the vulnerable, is profoundly Christlike. We will explore the lessons of power which help us understand our roles, including the fundamental nature of professionalism and key kingdom strategies of healthcare missions.

I maj underskrev alle lande i Det Europæiske Råd den såkaldte Moldova-erklæring, der betyder, at medlemslandene i højere grad selv kan beslutte, hvilke kriminelle, der skal udvises.Men får erklæringen den betydning, som Mohammad Rona (M) håber på? Hvad skal konsekvenserne være? Og kan Socialdemokratiet føre en stram udlændingepolitik, hvis de danner regering med Moderaterne? Det spørger vi om i dagens afsnit! Vært: Joachim B. Olsen, debatredaktør på B.T. Gæst: Mohammad Rona, folketingsmedlem og udlændinge- og integrationsordfører for Moderaterne Journalist: Maria Asmine Dam og Emilie Maja Jeppesen Producer: Tristan Wieleman og Emilie Maja Jeppesen Er du tvivl om, hvad du skal mene om aktuelle emner, så tilmeld dig nyhedsbrevet Borgerlig Tabloid fra Joachim B. Olsen - så får du borgerlig argumenter direkte i din indbakke: https://www.bt.dk/debat/borgerlig-tabloid-faa-borgerlig-debat-direkte-i-din-indbakke Der kan være sponsoreret indhold og reklame i podcasten.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jason Jay Smart is a political adviser who has lived and worked in Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Latin America. Due to his work with the democratic opposition to Vladimir Putin, Smart was made persona non grata for life by Russia in 2010. Jason is a Special Correspondent at the Kyiv Post. It's the state of US support for Ukraine that we will discuss today.----------LINKS:https://jasonjaysmart.com/ https://www.kyivpost.com/authors/5 https://americanpoliticalservices.com/https://www.facebook.com/jasonjaysmarthttps://twitter.com/officejjsmart ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Car4Ukrainehttps://car4ukraine.com/en-US/campaignsDzyga's Pawhttps://dzygaspaw.com/projectsSuperhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/----------PLATFORMS:Substack: https://substack.com/@siliconcurtainTwitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm----------

„Putem adera la UE și alături de România. Acum lucrăm din greu ca Republica Moldova să devină parte a UE și sperăm că acest lucru va funcționa. Dacă nu, vom lua în calcul și alte opțiuni. Obiectivul este să menținem Moldova în siguranță și parte a lumii libere. Nu vom permite Rusiei să ne amenința politica internă și externă, inclusiv prin intermediul Transnistriei. Aderarea la UE este esențială pentru ca Republica Moldova să poată supraviețui ca democrație”, declară președinta Maia Sandu într-un interviu acordat RFI și DW, în Parlamentul European de la Strasbourg. Temele ediției: - Criză de imagine pentru primarul Chișinăului, Ion Ceban, cel interzis în UE de către România pentru legături cu Rusia: o fostă subalternă face publice acte de corupție și de politizare a Primăriei Chișinău. Primăria Chișinău respinge acuzațiile și le califică drept nefondate. Miza nu mai ține doar de un conflict personal, ci de impactul asupra imaginii politice a lui Ion Ceban. Liliana Barbăroșie aduce detalii. - Documente confidențiale arată felul în care Kremlinul coordonează campaniile de influență ale unor actori ruși în țări europene. Printre numele amintite în investigație se află și cel al fostului deputat PSD și șef al Comisiei SRI, Sebastian Ghiță, patron al postului RomâniaTV. Detalii, în Eurocronica, semnată de Ovidiu Nahoi. - Așadar, numelui omului de afaceri român Sebastian Ghiță apare în contextul unor campanii coordonate de influențare politică și dezinformare, desfășurate de Kremlin în țările europene. Valeriu Pașa, directorul comunității Watchdog Moldova, care a consultat documentele scurse, a explicat la RFI cum a apărut numele lui Sebastian Ghiță în planurile de dezinformare. Un interviu realizat de Mădălina Șerban. „Resping toate aceste afirmații false despre legăturile mele cu Putin și Kremlinul făcute de agenții sorosiști”, a scris Sebastian Ghiță pe rețelele de socializare. - Șeful așa-zisului minister pentru securitate de la Tiraspol iese la atac și acuză Ucraina că stă în spatele așa-numitor atacuri teroriste din regiunea separatistă de acum 3 ani. De asemenea, acuză și Republica Moldova. Ce acuzații aduce Tiraspolul Chișinăului? Aflați în „Cronica lui Vitalie”, semnată de Vitalie Cojocari. - Guvernul Republicii Moldova și Fondul Monetar Internațional (FMI) au ajuns la un acord privind un nou program de cooperare pentru următorii 3 ani. - Cancelarul german a propus acordarea unui statut de „membru asociat” al Uniunii Europene pentru Ucraina. În ceea ce privește alte state candidate, inclusiv Republica Moldova, Friedrich Merz propune „soluții inovatoare” pentru accelerarea integrării europene. - Două alerte false cu bombă au fost înregistrate în noaptea de 21 mai la Aeroportul Internațional Chișinău. Știrile zilei: Guvernul Republicii Moldova și Fondul Monetar Internațional (FMI) au ajuns la un acord privind un nou program de cooperare pentru următorii 3 ani. Anunțul a fost făcut de prim-ministrul Alexandru Munteanu la ședința Guvernului. „Republica Moldova și FMI sunt pe aceeași lungime de undă în ceea ce privește direcția economică a țării”, a declarat Munteanu. „Un semnal clar că partenerii internaționali consideră că Republica Moldova are o echipă profesionistă, se mișcă într-o direcție corectă, într-un ritm bun, chiar și atunci când circumstanțele externe rămân foarte complicate”, a menționat premierul moldovean. „Noul program PCI, care este un program fără finanțare, conceput pentru a susține politici economice solide, confirmă angajamentul continuu al autorităților față de asigurarea stabilității macroeconomice și financiare și a creșterii economice durabile”, a declarat șefa misiunii FMI, Alina Iancu, la finalul vizitei. FMI arată că economia Republicii Moldova și-a revenit în 2025, însă rămâne vulnerabilă la șocuri externe, în special în sectorul energetic. PIB-ul a crescut anul trecut cu 2,4%, susținut de cererea internă și de redresarea sectorului agricol, iar inflația medie a fost de 7,8%. Pentru acest an, arată FMI, inflația în Republica Moldova ar putea depăși 8%, iar ritmul de creștere al economiei va încetini până la 1,5%. Instituția precizează că perspectivele economice ale țării depind în mare măsură de durata și intensitatea războiului din Orientul Mijlociu și a conflictului din Ucraina. *** După ce a deblocat suportul financiar de 90 de miliarde pentru Ucraina, noul premier al Ungariei pune condiții pentru aderarea țării vecine la UE și îl invită pe Volodimir Zelenski la dialog. Vorbind la o conferință de presă comună, la Varșovia, cu omologul său polonez Donald Tusk, Peter Magyar a spus tranșant că protejarea drepturilor minorității maghiare din Transcarpatia este o condiție prealabilă pentru acceptarea negocierilor cu Ucraina, scrie TV8. „Au început negocierile tehnice privind drepturile lingvistice, culturale și de altă natură ale minorității maghiare care trăiește în Carpați, astfel încât acestea să primească ceea ce se cuvine tuturor minorităților din Uniunea Europeană. Și sper și am încredere că această serie de negocieri va avea loc rapid și eficient și ne vom putea întâlni cu președintele Zelenski cândva la începutul lunii iunie”, a subliniat noul prim-ministru al Ungariei, Peter Magyar. Republica Moldova urmărește cu atenție poziția Ungariei privind deblocarea negocierilor cu Kievul, pentru că în acest moment este tratată la pachet cu Ucraina, iar în iunie mizează pe deschiderea negocierilor politice de aderare la UE. *** Cancelarul german Friedrich Merz a propus acordarea unui statut de „membru asociat” al Uniunii Europene pentru Ucraina, ca alternativă temporară la aderarea deplină, considerată nerealistă pe termen scurt din cauza procedurilor complexe și a obstacolelor politice existente în interiorul blocului comunitar. Potrivit agenției dpa, inițiativa a fost inclusă într-o scrisoare adresată conducerii Uniunii Europene, transmite Moldpres. Potrivit propunerii, Ucraina ar putea participa la reuniunile Consiliului European și ale Consiliului UE, însă fără drept de vot. Totodată, Kievul ar putea avea reprezentanți asociați în cadrul Comisiei Europene, Parlamentului European și Curții de Justiție a UE, dar fără competențe decizionale. În ceea ce privește alte state candidate, inclusiv Republica Moldova, Albania și Muntenegru, Friedrich Merz propune „soluții inovatoare” pentru accelerarea integrării europene. Printre acestea se numără acces preferențial la piața unică europeană, implicare mai strânsă în activitatea instituțiilor UE și statut de observator în anumite structuri comunitare. *** Nu există motive pentru a amâna deschiderea negocierilor de aderare a Republicii Moldova la UE pe toate clusterele, iar Consiliul European din iunie ar trebui să adopte o decizie favorabilă pentru Chișinău în acest sens. Declarația a fost făcută pentru NewsMaker de vicepreședintele Parlamentului European, Victor Negrescu. Acesta a mai spus că Transnistria nu reprezintă un impediment pentru aderarea Moldovei la UE, invocând precedentul Ciprului, stat membru cu un conflict teritorial nerezolvat, care deține în prezent președinția Consiliului Uniunii Europene. *** Și europarlamentarul Dan Barna cere instituțiilor UE să-și onoreze promisiunile față de Chișinău, în condițiile în care cinci rânduri de alegeri, Moldova a rezistat interferențelor Rusiei. Dan Barna a declarat corespondentului NewsMaker că blocajul instituit de Budapesta în procesul de extindere ar putea fi depășit în săptămânile următoare. *** Două alerte false cu bombă au fost înregistrate în noaptea de 21 mai la Aeroportul Internațional Chișinău. Pasagerii și personalul au fost evacuați conform procedurilor de securitate. Potrivit unui comunicat emis de Poliția de Frontieră, în urma verificărilor efectuate de serviciile specializate, nu au fost descoperite obiecte suspecte sau explozive. Zeci de alerge false cu bombă au fost înregistrate la aeroportul Chișinău în ultimii ani. Experții în securitate spun că acestea sunt elemente ale războiului hibrid purtat de forțele pro-ruse în contextul războiului din Ucraina, dar și a evoluțiilor politice interne din Republica Moldova, ca tentativă de a crea tensiuni și a scădea încrederea în instituții. „Situația a fost gestionată operativ și în condiții de siguranță, cu respectarea normelor de securitate”, anunță în comunicat Aeroportul Chișinău, în contextul incidentelor de noaptea trecută.

Broadcasting straight from the chaos and glamour of New York City, Pol' and Patrik sit down with Nikki Exotika for one of the wildest, funniest, and most emotional episodes of Undressed with Pol and Patrik yet. IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was taped just TWO WEEKS before Nikki Exotika underwent emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery after suffering a terrifying medical crisis that made headlines everywhere today. The shocking health scare surrounding the 90 Day Fiancé star exploded across entertainment news and social media, making many of the emotional conversations in this episode feel incredibly chilling and emotional in hindsight. From plastic surgery confessions and “too much” beauty standards to love, heartbreak, bullying, and surviving near death, Nikki leaves absolutely nothing off the table. We kick things off talking about Nikki's iconic look, over-the-top lips, surgeries, and why she refuses to blend in. Nikki opens up about transitioning at just 17 years old, being kicked out of her family home during high school, surviving homelessness in New York City, dancing in Times Square clubs, and ultimately finding her chosen family in the LGBTQ+ nightlife world. She also reveals the shocking story of traveling to Canada for gender confirmation surgery at just 19 after a trans friend literally showed her the “perfect vagina” in a nightclub bathroom! We also dive DEEP into the drama surrounding 90 Day Fiancé and her heartbreaking relationship with Igor. Nikki finally addresses the rumors, the lies, the social media attacks, and whether Igor REALLY knew she was trans before the show. She gets brutally honest about the pain of reality television, online bullying, AI-generated fake audio clips claiming she paid Igor $100,000, and why she still believes he was her twin flame after nearly 20 years of love, friendship, and unfinished business. Things take an emotional turn when Nikki opens up about her previous life-threatening breast reconstruction complications and how the trauma changed her perspective on life, relationships, and love. Looking back now after her current heart surgery and medical emergency, many of these moments feel hauntingly prophetic. Of course, we also cover:  • Plastic surgery addiction and “Million Dollar Barbie” transformations  • Caitlyn Jenner, Cassandra Cass, Trantasia, and trans pageant culture  • Dating straight men vs. women  • Toxic reality TV edits and online hate  • Nikki's upcoming trip to Moldova to possibly reunite with Igor  • Miami Pride, comedy shows, modeling campaigns, and her upcoming memoir  • Why Nikki says she NEVER wants another relationship if it's not with him Then it's time for our signature Armenian Coffee Reading, where Pol' reads Nikki's emotional coffee grounds and sees heartbreak, unfinished love, emotional wounds, and a possible second chance still lingering in her future. Will Nikki and Igor reunite in Moldova? Is closure finally coming? Or is this love story still unfinished? And trust us… the laughter never stops. Between dick jokes, plastic surgery disasters, “Gordita” moments, SnowWhite90210 chaos, and Patrik threatening to personally measure Igor's manhood in Moldova, this episode is classic UNDRESSED. Subscribe to our audio: linktr.ee/undressedpod Follow Pol Atteu: Instagram: @polatteu Tiktok: @polatteu Twitter: @polatteu ⁠www.polatteu.com⁠ Follow Patrik Simpson: Instagram: @patriksimpson Tiktok: @patriksimpson ⁠www.patriksimpson.com⁠ Follow SnowWhite90210: Instagram: @snowwhite90210 Twitter: @SnowWhite9010 ⁠www.snowwhite90210.com⁠ Watch Gown and Out in Beverly Hills on Prime Video. ⁠www.gownandoutinbeverlyhills.com⁠ #UndressedPodcast Armenian Coffee Reading ⁠SnowWhite90210 SnowBubu is a Perfect gift!⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Vreau ca țara mea să fie în siguranță și vreau ca Moldova să facă parte din lumea liberă. Este ceea ce spune președinta Republicii Moldova într-un interviu acordat RFI/Deutsche Welle. În acest interviu exclusiv, Maia Sandu vorbește despre determinarea Moldovei de a face parte din familia europeană. Devine din ce în ce mai dificil pentru țările mici din regiunea noastră să se apere și să-și urmeze obiectivele din cauza agresiunii pe care o vedem din partea Rusiei, mai spune Maia Sandu. Numele lui Sebastian Ghiță, legat de agenții și propagandiștii Rusiei  Numele controversatului omul de afaceri român Sebastian Ghiță, aflat cu azil la Belgrad, apare intr-o scurgere de informații la Moscova. O investigație realizată de publicația armeană „Fact Investigation Platform” (FIP). Ghiță este invocat de un agent al Kremlinului într-o corespondență cu un superior al său, dar nu apar informații referitoare la implicarea efectivă a lui Ghiță. Cannes: Cristian Mungiu vorbește despre Fjord  La Festivalul de film de la Cannes, filmul Fjord » al lui Cristian Mungiu concurează pentru La Palme d'or. Vasile Damian ne aduce un interviu cu regizorul roman, ceva mai tarziu in 40 de minute.Cristian Mungiu revine asupra genezei acestui proiect inspirat din fapte reale.

Cum încearcă Chișinăul să reintegreze economic regiunea transnistreană? Republica Moldova încearcă să rezolve problema transnistreană înainte de aderarea la UE, un obiectiv asumat public pentru 2030. Autoritățile au început realizarea unor măsuri economice și fiscale comune pentru ambele maluri ale Nistrului, în timp ce Bruxellesul transmite că problema transnistreană nu va bloca parcursul european al țării. Totuși, opiniile locuitorilor din regiune sunt împărțite: unii văd viitorul alături de Uniunea Europeană, alții continuă să privească spre Rusia, chiar dacă aceasta nu mai alimentează regiunea separatistă cu gaze gratuite. În paralel, Moscova își consolidează influența în regiune prin facilitarea acordării cetățeniei ruse. Cât de realistă este reintegrarea Republicii Moldova în următorii ani, ce rol joacă Uniunea Europeană și Rusia în acest proces și care sunt provocările ce pot decide viitorul regiuni? Un reportaj realizat de Liliana Barbăroșie în comun cu colegii noștri de la Deutsche Welle. Iată temele ediției: - Maia Sandu a fost decorată cu Ordinul European de Merit și a fost aplaudată în picioare după ce a vorbit în Parlamentul de la Strasbourg. - Odată cu schimbarea dinamicii războiului din Ucraina, tot mai mulți experți vorbesc despre o posibilă „fereastră de oportunitate” pentru a găsi o soluție la problema Transnistriei. La o conferință de la București dedicată securității la Marea Neagră, experți din Republica Moldova, Ucraina, România și Statele Unite au analizat viitorul regiunii separatiste susținute de Moscova. Mădălina Șerban a sintetizat discuțiile. - Regiunea separatistă Transnistria se pregătește de două evenimente majore: Așa-numitele alegeri prezidențiale și începerea acordării în masă de cetățenii rusești locuitorilor din stânga Nistrului. Despre reacțiile la aceste două evenimente ne vorbește Vitalie Cojocari în ”Cronica lui Vitalie”. - Președinta Parlamentului European, Roberta Metsola, spune că Moldova este parte a Europei. - Maia Sandu declară, în contextul controversei legate de scorul mic oferit de jurul moldovean României la Eurovision că cetățenii din Republica Moldova și România nu ar trebuie să lase nimic să deterioreze relația dintre cele două state.  - UE rămâne principalul partener comercial al Republicii Moldova. Iar România este principala destinație a exporturilor moldovenești, cu aproape o treime din volume. Știrile zilei: Maia Sandu a fost decorată marți cu Ordinul European de Merit și a fost aplaudată în picioare după ce a vorbit în Parlamentul de la Strasbourg. Noua distincție a UE a fost creată pentru personalitățile care au contribuit la integrarea, unitatea și democrația europeană. „Ordinul European aparține cetățenilor Republicii Moldova, cei care votează de decenii pentru apropierea de Uniunea Europeană, a declarat Maia Sandu. Acest merit trebuie să fie recompensat, astfel încât Moldova să meargă înainte în procesul de integrare europeană”, a subliniat președinta de la Chișinău atât în plenul parlamentului, cât și la conferința de presă pe care a susținut-o ulterior cu președinta legislativului european, Roberta Metsola. „Suntem gata să deschidem negocierile pe toate capitolele. Atât Comisia, cât și Consiliul afirmă că suntem pregătiți. Moldova își respectă angajamentele asumate, pas cu pas. Un proces de aderare credibil, bazat pe merite, necesită eforturi din partea ambelor părți. Iar Moldova își respectă partea sa de angajament”, a declarat Maia Sandu. La rândul său, președinta Parlamentului European, Roberta Metsola, a subliniat că Moldova este parte a Europei. „Locul Moldovei este în Uniunea Europeană, iar în acest demers puteți conta pe Parlamentul European ca pe un aliat puternic care va contribui la transformarea acestui vis în realitate. Astăzi este, de asemenea, o onoare pentru noi să vă recunoaștem leadershipul prin Ordinul de Merit al Uniunii Europene. Am avut onoarea de a vă vedea curajul, claritatea și statornicia de-a lungul anilor. Angajamentul dumneavoastră nu doar modelează Moldova, ci și restul Europei. Vedem cum se creează un impuls acum și nu putem lăsa ca acesta să se oprească. Poporul moldovean a ales Europa. Vă îndreptați cu determinare spre aderare și, în ciuda interferențelor constante ale Rusiei și a încercărilor de a vă destabiliza țara, rămâneți ferm ancorați în valorile noastre democratice comune. Acest lucru se datorează rezilienței poporului dumneavoastră și conducerii dumneavoastră calme, clare și bazate pe principii. Așadar, mesajul meu de astăzi este, în cele mai clare cuvinte posibile, că Parlamentul European va continua să sprijine Moldova în toate modurile posibile”, a mai declarat la Strasbourg președinta PE, Roberta Metsola *** În cadrul conferinței de presă a de la Strasbourg, Maia Sandu a comentat și controversa legată de scorul mic oferit de jurul moldovean României la Eurovision. „Cetățenii din Republica Moldova și România nu ar trebuie să lase nimic să deterioreze relația dintre cele două state. «Cel mai important» este că publicul din Republica Moldova a oferit punctaj maxim. Aceasta este cea mai importantă parte”, a declarat Maia Sandu. *** UE rămâne principalul partener comercial al Republicii Moldova. Potrivit datelor Biroului Național de Statistică, citate de Delegația UE în Republica Moldova, ponderea exporturilor moldovenești către piața europeană a depășit anul trecut 68,1% din totalul exporturilor. Valoric, exporturile în statele membre ale UE au depășit 2,55 miliarde de dolari. Evoluția confirmă tendința ascendentă din ultimii ani, cu creștere constantă acumulând 10% în ultimii trei ani. Printre principalele categorii de produse exportate de Republica Moldova se numără echipamentele electrice, produsele agricole, mobilierul, grăsimile și uleiurile, precum și vinurile și băuturile. Principalele destinații au fost România, unde merg aproape o treime din exporturile moldovenești, cu o pondere de 29,2%, urmată de Italia și Cehia, cu puțin sub 10 la sută fiecare, și Germania și Bulgaria, cu o cotă de aproximativ 4 la sută. *** Șeful pretinsului minister al securității din Transnistria, Valeri Ghebos, s-a plâns într-un interviu presei ruse că administrația constituțională de la Chișinău ar intenționa să se implice în alegerea noului lider al regiunii. Așa-numitul scrutin urmează să aibă loc în decembrie. Acesta a declarat că autoritățile de la Chișinău ar planifica să exercite presiuni, șantaj și să intimideze membrii pretinsei comisii electorale din regiunea separatistă. „Declarații speculative și lipsite de credibilitate”, așa a calificat afirmațiile Tiraspolului Serviciul de Informații și Securitate (SIS) de la Chișinău, la solicitarea portalului realitatea.md. „Instituțiile competente ale statului își desfășoară activitatea exclusiv în baza legii și în interesul Republicii Moldova”, au precizat reprezentanții autorității de la Chișinău. *** O premieră în R. Moldova: elevii au susținut evaluarea națională la limba și literatura română în format digital. Aproximativ 150 de elevi au testat noul sistem și au susținut evaluarea utilizând o platformă digitală. Pilotarea testării online va continua și în perioada următoare. Pe 21 mai, elevii din instituțiile implicate în proiectul pilot vor susține, tot în premieră și în format digital, evaluarea la disciplina Științe.

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Get the free Core Drives in the Wild guide, behavioral design applied to real products: professorgame.com/WildCD Episode Summary Victoria Ichizli-Bartels, author of fourteen books on gameful living and coiner of the term "self-gamification," explores how the role of the tabletop RPG game master maps onto the inner conversation we have with ourselves. She walks through Jill Bolte Taylor's "brain huddle" concept (a 90-second pause that resolves inner conflict by letting the 12 different players in our heads come to the table), three diagnostic questions for stressful moments ("what is happening inside myself," "who is talking," and "what is the goal of this person"), and a Justin Alexander hack borrowed from RPG handbooks: instead of treating a stressful thought as a crisis, respond with "yes, this can happen, now what do you do?" Listeners come away with practical reframes for daily self-management and a clearer way to spot which inner player is driving a given thought. About the Host Rob Alvarez is Head of Engagement Strategy, Europe at The Octalysis Group (TOG), a leading gamification and behavioral design consultancy. A globally recognized gamification strategist and TEDx speaker, he founded and hosts Professor Game, the #1 gamification podcast, and has interviewed hundreds of global experts. He designs evidence-based engagement systems that drive motivation, loyalty, and results, and teaches LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® and gamification at top institutions including IE Business School, EFMD, and EBS University across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Key Takeaways Jill Bolte Taylor's "brain huddle" concept proposes that 90 seconds of pause is enough to resolve inner conflict, by letting the different characters in our heads (which Victoria counts as roughly 12 distinct players, including self-leader, self-coach, game designer, and game master) come together and find an appropriate response. The single most useful diagnostic question for a stressful moment is "what is happening inside myself," followed by "who is talking" and "what is the goal of this person" — the third one usually reveals that the inner voice is trying to protect or train you, not sabotage you. Justin Alexander's RPG game master hack, "yes, this can happen, now what do you do?", reframes intrusive or stressful thoughts (like "I want to quit my job") from a crisis into an exploration, which usually reveals you don't want the extreme outcome — you want a smaller change. RPG handbook rules ("respect your co-players, be patient, be curious, be open-minded") map directly onto self-talk. Open-mindedness toward your own impulses is the rule most people break without noticing. Victoria connects RPG engagement to Core Drive 7 (Unpredictability and Curiosity): players love active play and surprise inside games but resent it in life, even though the underlying motivator is identical. Recognizing this changes how you experience unexpected events. The strategic-game metaphor of map exploration ("the land becomes lighter as you pay attention") and cool-down phases (planting crops after taking a castle) gives a concrete vocabulary for energy management between high-output and recovery days. Topics Covered 0:00 — Opening hook on RPG surprise 0:25 — Welcome and guest reintroduction 1:51 — 14 books in and still surprised 4:06 — Writing about TTRPGs without playing them 6:47 — The game master inside your head 9:48 — Why RPGs are collaborative storytelling 12:22 — Is there a map of the mind 16:47 — Rules of the inner RPG 18:29 — The 12 players inside us 19:05 — The 90-second brain huddle 23:30 — Self-care hacks from RPG handbooks 25:37 — The yes-this-can-happen reframe 26:56 — Closing thoughts and what is next Get the free Core Drives in the Wild guide, behavioral design applied to real products: professorgame.com/WildCD About Victoria Ichizli-Bartels Victoria Ichizli-Bartels is a writer, coach, and consultant with a background in semiconductor physics, electronic engineering (Ph.D.), information technology, and business development. While not a traditional gamer, Victoria coined the term "self-gamification," a gameful, playful approach to self-care and self-help that combines anthropology, kaizen, and gamification to enhance quality of life. With over a decade of experience living gamefully, she is the author of fourteen books and the instructor of two online courses on turning life into fun games. Victoria grew up in Moldova, lived in Germany for twelve years, and since 2008 has been based in Aalborg, Denmark, with her husband and two children. Find the Guest Online Website: https://www.victoriaichizlibartels.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriaichizlibartels/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/optimistwriter Substack: https://selfgamificationclub.substack.com/ Mentioned in This Episode Be Your Best Game Master by Victoria Ichizli-Bartels (the book this conversation is built around) So You Want to Be a Game Master by Justin Alexander Whole Brain Living by Jill Bolte Taylor (the "brain huddle" concept and the four-characters model) The 5-Minute Perseverance Game by Victoria Ichizli-Bartels (her first book, published 10 years ago) Actual Real Life Role-Playing Games by Victoria Ichizli-Bartels 10,000 Hours of Play by Yu-kai Chou A.J. 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In this episode, we do a quiz comprised of ten questions centred around the month of May and Mary. We learn a new prayer, followed by an inspiring quote and a to-do activity – for this week it involves looking up facts about Moldova with your family and exploring the Radio Maria World Family map […] L'articolo E96 | Children's Show – Quiz Time proviene da Radio Maria.

„Republica Moldova, Uniunea Europeană, România - aderare, integrare, unire”. Este titlul dezbaterii pe care RFI România a organizat-o la Iași, cu participarea unor membri ai Parlamentului European, a unui mare număr de lideri locali din diverse domenii și invitați din Republica Moldova. Iată un fragment din această dezbatere, moderată de colegul nostru Ovidiu Nahoi, cu participarea europarlamentarului Dan Barna din grupul Renew Europe, a consulului general al Republicii Moldova la Iași, Ion Coșer, și a expertului în comunicare și diplomatului Daniel Vodă. Temele ediției: - Președinta Maia Sandu condiționează finanțarea reintegrării de plecarea trupelor ruse, în timp ce liderul autoproclamat de la Tiraspol, Vadim Krasnoselski, se plânge la OSCE de noile taxe impuse de Chișinău. Cine va plăti, până la urmă, factura reunificării? Ne explică Vitalie Cojocari în ”Cronica lui Vitalie”. - Vernisajul Vinului ”Mândria noastră” reunește vineri seara, la Chișinău, 65 de vinării și peste 500 de vinuri oferite publicului pentru prezentare și degustare. „Este un punct de consum și de comunicare directă cu consumatorii. Este important acest eveniment, mai ales în contextul crizelor care nu se mai termină și care au lovit și industria vinului”, spune în interviul Moldova Zoom, somelierul Andrei Cibotaru, jurat la competiții internaționale, autorul ghidului celor mai bune vinuri, Fine Wine Guide. La sfârșitul acestei luni, somelierul de la Chișinău va participa la București, la Vinarium, cel mai important concurs internațional de vin din Europa Centrală și de Sud-Est. Un interviu realizat de Valeria Vițu. - Peste 50 de delegații, inclusiv 20 de miniștri de Externe, s-au reunit la Chișinău la sesiunea ministerială a Comitetului de Miniștri al Consiliului Europei. - Republica Moldova ar putea obține în următoarele săptămâni decizia formală privind deschiderea negocierilor de aderare la Uniunea Europeană, anunță Maia Sandu. - Ministrul de Externe al Ucrainei declară că Ucraina este gata să ajute Republica Moldova la consolidarea apărării și securității aeriene. Știrile zilei: Peste 50 de delegații, inclusiv 20 de miniștri ai afacerilor externe, participă la Chișinău la sesiunea ministerială a Comitetului de Miniștri al Consiliului Europei. Evenimentul este găzduit de Republica Moldova cu ocazia încheierii președinției prin rotație a Consiliului Europei. Pe agenda reuniunii de la Chișinău – sprijinul pentru Ucraina, combaterea dezinformării și a ingerințelor străine, consolidarea securității și întărirea rezilienței democratice în țările membre. Miniștrii de Externe prezenți la Chișinău au venit cu mesaje de susținere pentru deschiderea negocierilor politice de aderare la UE. Ministrul Afacerilor Externe al Belgiei, Maxime Prévot, spune, citat de IPN, că „Moldova a livrat numeroase reforme în circumstanțe dificile și acum este timpul și pentru UE să livreze. Aveți suport complet din partea Belgiei”. Ministrul de Stat pentru Afaceri Europene al Germaniei Günther Krichbaum, a subliniat că „Germania susține Moldova la nivel bilateral, dar și la nivel european. Vrem să vedem Moldova în Uniunea Europeană cât mai curând posibil. Germania este alături de Moldova, inclusiv pentru că stabilitatea poate fi construită în regiune prin includerea țărilor în UE, ceea ce va constituit și un impuls pentru dezvoltarea economică. Moldova nu va fi singură”, Ministra de Externe a României, Oana Țoiu, a vorbit despre susținerea din partea Bucureștiului în deschiderea negocieirlor politice de aderare a Republicii Moldova. Peste 35 de state sunt pregătite să susțină crearea Tribunalului Special pentru agresiunea Rusiei împotriva Ucrainei, a declarat secretarul general al Consiliul Europei, Alain Berset. La finalul evenimentului, Chișinăul transmite președinția prin rotație a CE către Principatul Monaco. *** Președinta Maia Sandu a folosit reuniunea ministerială a Consiliul Europei de la Chișinău pentru a transmite unul dintre cele mai directe mesaje de până acum privind legătura dintre securitatea regională, amenințarea rusă și accelerarea integrării europene a Republicii Moldova. Maia Sandu a declarat că „pentru Republica Moldova, aderarea la Uniunea Europeană este un proiect existențial”, adăugând că pentru Europa extinderea reprezintă „o investiție în propria securitate”. Sandu a avertizat că Rusia continuă să reprezinte „o amenințare majoră pentru securitatea europeană”, reluând tema centrală a discursurilor sale externe privind atacurile asupra instituțiilor democratice, dezinformarea și ingerințele străine. *** Republica Moldova ar putea obține în următoarele săptămâni decizia formală privind deschiderea negocierilor de aderare la Uniunea Europeană. În același timp, autoritățile de la Chișinău trebuie să îndeplinească până în septembrie toate obiectivele intermediare asumate în procesul de aderare, înaintea unei noi evaluări a Comisiei Europene, afirmă președinta Maia Sandu, într-o emisiune la postul Realitatea din Republica Moldova. Unele dintre cele mai dificile capitole de negociere vor fi cele legate de agricultură și mediu, domenii în care Republica Moldova va solicita perioade mai lungi de tranziție pentru adaptarea la standardele europene, spune președinta. *** Ministrul de Externe al Ucrainei, la Bălți: „Ucraina e gata să ajute R. Moldova la consolidarea apărării și securității aeriene” Ministrul Afacerilor Externe al Ucrinei, Andrii Sîbiha, a reiterat disponibilitatea Kievului de a coopera cu Chișinăul în domeniul apărării și securității aeriene, subliniind experiența acumulată de Ucraina în contextul războiului. Declarația a fost făcută în cadrul vizitei sale la Bălți, unde șeful diplomației ucrainene a discutat cu autorități locale, reprezentanți ai mediului academic și membri ai comunității ucrainene din nordul Republicii Moldova. Vizita are loc și pe fondul incidentelor recente din spațiul aerian al Republicii Moldova. Ministrul ucrainean a vorbit despre necesitatea consolidării securității regionale și despre disponibilitatea Kievului de a coopera cu Chișinăul, transmite Moldpres. „Ucraina dispune în prezent de o experiență unică, o experiență de luptă, inclusiv în ceea ce privește închiderea spațiului aerian. Am devenit lider mondial în producția de drone și suntem, fără îndoială, pregătiți să colaborăm cu vecinul nostru, Moldova, pentru consolidarea capacităților voastre, a capacităților de apărare și a securității voastre”, a declarat Andrii Sîbiha, ministru al Afacerilor Externe al Ucrainei. *** Biroul Național de Statistică din Republica Moldova anunță că prețurile de consum au crescut cu 1,8% în aprilie 2026 față de martie, cu 4,5% de la începutul anului și cu 6,8% anual. Creșterea a fost determinată de majorarea prețurilor la produsele alimentare și bunurile nealimentare cu câte 2,0%, respectiv serviciile cu 1,1%.

Max and Maria welcome back Dr. Sam Greene, professor of Russian Politics at King's College London, to discuss the state of Russian public opinion today, and whether domestic conditions have begun change given the state of the economy, war, and reports of increasing paranoia in the Kremlin. 

It's nearly time for the Grand Final, and whether you're watching or not this year, we wanted to celebrate songs that conjure up the feeling of pan-European unity and joy that Eurovision truly represents. Inspired by a listener postcard, we go through a playlist of songs that have something to say about the world, or about Eurovision itself. Jeremy's a man in a hamster wheel, Dimitry risks it all to give Portugal douze points, and Oscar picks a song because he feels good.  Read our song guide for this year's contest on Pop Heist: https://popheist.com/eurovision-2026-song-guide Read The Eurovision 2026 Boycott Explained on Pop Heist Send the EBU an email re: your concerns about their Eurovision decisions: info@eurovision.tv List of 2026 alternative viewing options & watch parties (send more if you have them!) This week's companion playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5DSdZqdp8JgNZlVz8EAvPV Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights): https://maximumfun.org/joineurovangelists Eurovangelists is an American Eurovision podcast, made in the US for Eurovision fans worldwide. The Eurovangelists are Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya and Dimitry Pompée.The theme was arranged and recorded by Cody McCorry and Faye Fadem, and the logo was designed by Tom Deja.Production support for this show was provided by the Maximum Fun network.The show is edited by Jeremy Bent with audio mixing help was courtesy of Shane O'Connell.Find Eurovangelists on social media as @eurovangelists on Instagram and @eurovangelists.com on Bluesky, or send us an email at eurovangelists@gmail.com. Head to https://maxfunstore.com/collections/eurovangelists for Eurovangelists merch. Also follow the Eurovangelists account on Spotify and check out our playlists of Eurovision hits, competitors in upcoming national finals, and companion playlists to every single episode, including this one!

Chișinăul și Kievul au nevoie de susținerea Bucureștiului pentru lansarea în iunie a negocierilor politice de aderare la UE, spune în studioul RFI președintele parlamentului moldovean, Igor Grosu. Republica Moldova și Ucraina merită un start comun, urmând ca ulterior fiecare să se miște în ritmul pe care îl poate susține. Chișinăul menține obiectivul de 2028 pentru încheierea negocierilor și 2030 pentru aderare. În același timp, Republica Moldova are nevoie de susținerea României, Ucrainei, a UE și SUA pentru evacuarea trupelor ruse din Transnistria, spune Igor Grosu. Iată temele ediției: - Situație inedită în Transnistria, regiunea separatistă pro-rusă a Republicii Moldova. Criza economica de acolo a luat o asemenea amploare încât administrația nu mai are bani de pensii și salarii. Soluția a fost neașteptată: administrația separatistă a anunțat o colectă, îndemnând agenții economici și populația să doneze pentru pensii și salarii. Autoritățile moldovene spun că este o dovadă despre cât de prost a fost administrată regiunea separatistă. - În Transnistria, copiii învață despre război, prin joacă, încă de la vârsta de 3 ani. Aparatul de propagandă de la Tiraspol intensifică militarizarea educației, transformând școlile în centre de îndoctrinare împotriva Republicii Moldova. De ce se întâmplă acest lucru? Ne explică Vitalie Cojocari în ”Cronica lui Vitalie”. - Republica Moldova s-a regăsit printre subiectele de securitate discutate în cadrul summitului B9 de la București. - Peste 50 de delegații vin astăzi la Chișinău la sesiunea ministerială a Comitetului de Miniștri al Consiliului Europei. - O dronă rusească de tip Shahed a survolat aseara timp de o oră Republicii Moldova, de la nord la sud. Spațiul aerian a fost închis. - Republica Moldova va beneficia de 60 de milioane de euro pentru irigare, din partea Agenției Franceze pentru Dezvoltare și a Uniunii Europene. Știrile zilei: Republica Moldova s-a regăsit printre subiectele de securitate discutate în cadrul summitului B9 de la București. Președintele României, Nicușor Dan, a anunțat, în conferința de presă susținută la finalul evenimentului, că Republica Moldova rămâne o preocupare importantă pentru statele din regiune, în contextul amenințărilor venite din partea Rusiei. Șeful statului român a precizat că Republica Moldova se numără printre principalele preocupări ale statelor de pe Flancul Estic, în contextul amenințărilor venite din partea Rusiei. „Din partea noastră, am vorbit despre Moldova, stat de pe Flancul Estic amenințat, aflat într-un proces de război hibrid cu Rusia. Important este să ajutăm Moldova pentru a ține piept acestei agresiuni”, a afirmat Nicușor Dan după reuniune. Șeful statului român a subliniat că declarația comună adoptată la finalul summitului menționează explicit Federația Rusă drept o amenințare pentru securitatea regională și reafirmă sprijinul acordat Ucrainei. *** Restricții de circulație astăzi și mâine în centrul Chișinăului, pentru a permite desfășurarea sesiunii ministeriale de două zile a Comitetului de Miniștri al Consiliului Europei. Peste 50 de delegații, inclusiv 20 de miniștri ai afacerilor externe, participă la evenimentul găzduit de Republica Moldova cu ocazia încheierii președinției prin rotație a Consiliului Europei. Pe agenda reuniunii de la Chișinău – sprijinul pentru Ucraina, combaterea dezinformării și a ingerințelor străine, consolidarea securității și întărirea rezilienței democratice în țările membre. Vineri, la finalul evenimentului, Chișinăul transmite președinția prin rotație a CE către Principatul Monaco. *** O dronă rusească de tip Shahed a fost filmată ieri survolând orașul Bălți. Ministerul Apărării a anunțat că drona a intrat pe teritoriul țării la ora 16:00 din regiunea Vinița din Ucraina. Drona rusească a survolat Republica Moldova timp de o oră, de la nord la sud. Spațiul aerian al Republicii Moldova a fost închis imediat ce autoritățile au detectat drona. Incidentul s-a produs în contextul atacului masiv cu drone al Federației Ruse asupra Ucrainei. Jurnalistul Alexandru Cozer a semnalat faptul că un avion cu 200 de pasageri la bord, care intrase deja în spațiul aerian național, a trecut la doar câțiva kilometri de drona rusească, înainte de a ateriza la Chișinău. Este cel mai periculos incident de până acum cu implicarea dronelor rusești în Republica Moldova. Autoritățile îndeamnă populația să respecte măsurile de securitate, să nu atingă eventuale obiecte suspecte găsite la sol și să anunțe orice incident la 112. *** Republica Moldova va beneficia de 60 de milioane de euro pentru modernizarea infrastructurii de irigare și extinderea accesului fermierilor la apă pentru irigare. Pachetul financiar include un credit de 45 de milioane de euro, acordat de Agenția Franceză de Dezvoltare, și un grant de 15 milioane de euro, oferit de Uniunea Europeană, anunță un comunicat al Guvenrului moldovean. În cadrul programului, vor fi reabilitate sistemele centralizate de irigare Criulenii de Sus și Călinești. După finalizarea lucrărilor, circa 365 de deținători de terenuri agricole vor avea acces la surse de apă pentru irigare, pe o suprafață de peste 3000 de hectare. Programul prevede și dezvoltarea irigațiilor la scară mică. În acest scop, vor fi construite bazine de acumulare a apei pentru irigare, care vor ajuta producătorii agricoli mici și mijlocii să capteze, să stocheze și să utilizeze apa în perioadele cu deficit de precipitații. Se estimează că, pe terenurile deservite de sistemele reabilitate, producția agricolă ar putea crește cu cel puțin 50% față de media ultimilor 10 ani.

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We now know our first 10 qualifiers for the Eurovision 2026 Grand Final as Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Serbia and Sweden all progressed from Tuesday night's First Semi-Final.We bring you the best reaction to the results recorded live in the Media Centre just moments after the live show concluded.We're also delighted to bring you the hightlights of The Euro Trip: Live as we were joined by Andrew Cartmell and Yves Schifferle, the Heads of Delegation from the United Kingdom and Switzerland at our first live podcast recorded in front of an audience here from Vienna.This year we're delighted to be teaming up with the Europarty app to help you bring even more enjoyment to this year's Eurovision season.Click this link to sign up to The Euro Trip + on Patreon for just £4.99 a month.Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening  The Tai-Ex opened down 102 points this morning from yesterday's close, at 41,795. Turnover (成交金額) stood at 12.8 billion NT. The market rose again on Tuesday after briefly reaching the 42,000-point mark. The rise was led by major electronics stocks (電子類股), after U.S. tech shares gained on Wall Street overnight. ---- Lai says obstruction of Eswatini visit proof of consolidating authoritarianism President Lai Ching-te says China's alleged obstruction (阻撓) of his state visit to Eswatini shows that authoritarian governments are becoming more united. Lai made the comments in a pre-recorded speech for the Copenhagen Democracy Summit. He said the world is now at an important turning point in the competition between democracy and authoritarianism (威權主義). Lai said authoritarian governments are using military threats, economic pressure, cyberattacks, and grey zone tactics. He said these actions are creating serious challenges for peace, stability, and democracy. Lai also said China is willing to damage aviation safety and order for political reasons. ---- CDC to purchase over 7-million trivalent flu vaccines  The Centers for Disease Control says it plans to buy more than 7 million trivalent (三價的) flu vaccine doses (疫苗劑量) this year. That is 35,000 more doses than last year. The CDC says the vaccines will include about 6.85 million standard flu vaccine doses and about 200,000 enhanced immune-response vaccine doses. This is the first time the CDC has bought enhanced immune-response flu vaccines for the government-funded immunization program (免疫接種計畫). The vaccines are being bought from GSK, Sanofi, Adimmune, and TTY Biopharm. The first phase of the free government flu vaccine program will begin as usual on October 1. ---- Lebanon Militant Group Calls for Withdrawal from Israel Talks The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is calling on Lebanon to withdraw (退出) from direct talks with Israel. Naim Kassem said the talks are a concession (讓步). He said Lebanon should hold indirect talks instead, through a third party. Lebanon and Israel are set to hold another round of talks in Washington starting Thursday. The talks will focus on how to end the war and discuss future relations. Although the U.S. helped arrange a ceasefire (停火) on April 17, Hezbollah and Israel have continued to attack each other every day. Hezbollah confirmed that one of its commanders was killed in an airstrike near Beirut last week. Lebanon's health minister says 380 people have been killed since the ceasefire. That brings the total death toll to more than 2,800 since the war began in March. ---- Modi heads to UAE and Europe with energy and trade on agenda Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the Middle East and Europe this week. The trip is being seen as one of his most important diplomatic visits (外交行程) of the year. Energy and trade (貿易) are expected to be major topics during the trip. Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi. ---- Eurovision Down to Final 10 Ten countries have moved on to the Eurovision Song Contest final after the first semifinal (準決賽). They include Finland, one of the favorites, and Israel. Israel's participation has led five countries to boycott (抵制) the contest. Israeli singer Noam Bettan heard both cheers and protest shouts when he performed the rock ballad "Michelle." Moldova, Croatia, and Sweden also made it to the final. Estonia, Georgia, Montenegro, Portugal, and San Marino were eliminated. The second semifinal will be held Thursday. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators (示威者) are planning to protest Israel's participation before Saturday's final. That was the I.C.R.T. EZ News, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Today's guest is Katrina Fotovat, the former Principal Deputy Director in the Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues, where she led a team of experts promoting women, peace, and security, countering violent extremism, promoting women's economic empowerment, and combatting gender-based violence. In this episode, Alon and Kat discuss the critical work that has been done by the Office of Global Women's Issues under three different presidential administrations, local outreach programs facilitated by the US overseas to support women's issues and combat gender-based violence, including working with men and boys, and the global impacts of the current Trump administration's drastic cuts to foreign aid. Full bio Katrina “Kat” Fotovat is the former Principal Deputy Director in the Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI), where she led a team of experts promoting women, peace, and security, countering violent extremism, promoting women's economic empowerment, and combatting gender-based violence. Ms. Fotovat has over 20 years of experience advocating gender and human rights globally, specifically in conflict and post-conflict settings. Before joining the office she served as Director for the Office of Communications, Policy, and Partnerships, in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations where she oversaw an expert team that provided policy and strategy guidance to respond to atrocities, fragility, increase global stability and peacebuilding, and integrating women, peace, and security efforts in areas of conflict. Ms. Fotovat was also the Deputy Director for the Global Programs Office in the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor where she oversaw over a billion dollars in active programs geared toward supporting civil society and human rights in the most sensitive and fragile spaces, including internet freedom, transitional justice, and marginalized populations. Other positions in the US Government included as a Political Officer in the US Embassy in Moldova, and as the Senior Grants Officer in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Senior Human Rights Advisor in the Office of the Procurement Executive, and Interagency Liaison at USAID. Before joining the U.S. government, Ms. Fotovat's experience includes transitional justice and peace negotiations efforts with the Nobel Prize-nominated, Public International Law and Policy Group (PILPG). This work included drafting post-conflict constitutions in Iraq and Kosovo, and international crisis aid negotiations in Sri Lanka. Additionally, she has done extensive gender and human rights work supporting the efforts of UNHCR, CEDAW, American Bar Association, and other organizations. Ms. Fotovat previously worked as a part of legal counsel at the International Human Rights Legal Clinic, focusing on trafficking in persons and asylum cases, with a special focus on Burma. Ms. Fotovat also helped to found an anti-trafficking in persons organization in Moldova, where she was also a Peace Corps Volunteer. She holds a Juris Doctor in International Human Rights Law and a master's degree in Foreign Policy from American University. She is married and has a son.

The flowers are blooming and the calendar says May. That can only mean one thing: the Eurovision Song Contest is upon us once again. This year, thirty-five countries face off to determine the best song that Europe and adjacent continents have to offer. However, the competition comes with a big asterisk: while Eurovision prides themselves on being “apolitical,” the inclusion of Israel in the competition has led to a massive boycott, and the nations of Ireland, Spain, Iceland, Slovenia, and the Netherlands all withdrawing their participation. These are very real concerns impacting the general tenor of the competition this year, and are worth deeply considering. Since  Eurovision is music news, and proves fundamental in discovering new sounds in global pop, as reporters, Nate, Charlie, and Reanna run down the top contenders according to bookmakers as of this recording. If you're not watching this year, you'll still know what's going on.  But if Eurovision isn't of interest, it's all good. At the end of the episode, Nate, Charlie, and Reanna also take some time to run down the current state of Switched On Pop bingo. Get your own bingo card here. Links: ⁠Newsletter⁠, ⁠YouTube Songs discussed: Céline Dion – Ne partez pas sans moi ABBA – Waterloo Joost – Europapa JJ – Wasted Love Delta Goodrem – Eclipse Søren Torpegaard Lund – Før Vi Går Hjem Ariana Grande – One Last Time Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper – Shallow Akylas – Ferto Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha Linda Lampenius, Pete Parkkonen – Liekinheitin Windows95man – No Rules Erika Vikman – ICH KOMME DARA – Bangaranga Alexandra Cǎpitǎnescu – Choke Me Satoshi – Viva, Moldova! PinkPantheress, Zara Larsson – Stateside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Harry speaks with his friend Michael, who has just returned from a week in Moldova and the breakaway territory of Transnistria (or Pridnestrovie, as locals prefer). Michael describes what surprised him: clean streets, friendly people, a country that confounds its reputation for poverty with a quiet dignity. He also reflects on what it means to […] L'articolo On the Ground in Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) – Harry and Michael proviene da Radio Maria.

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Max and Maria welcome back Elina Ribakova to discuss her latest piece in Foreign Affairs, exploring the Ukrainian defense industry and its potential capacity to help Europe secure its own defense.  More from Elina in Foreign Affairs: Europe's Untapped Arsenal: Ukraine Has Forged the Defense Industry the Continent Desperately Needs 

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What the Stone Did Not ForgetThe lineage of the sacred feminine from Neolithic Europe all the way to the Stardust Lineage.There is an image of a woman small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. She is less than four and a half inches tall, carved from Neolithic limestone over 28,000 years ago near the Danube River in what is now called Austria. She is all curved. A sacred feminine body with a round belly, full breasts, wide hips, a body in its fullness and generative power, honored in the most permanent material available.She has no face. She does not need one. She is not a portrait of an individual woman. She is every woman. And she is a statement about what the female body means, what it carries, what it represents, and the cosmology of the people who made her. She is, of course, the Venus of Willendorf.She was once tinted with red ochre, the same iron-rich pigment as human blood, and women's blood. Even in the act of carving, there was an awareness of the connection between body, earth, and cosmos. The stone itself was not incidental. The stone holds what time cannot otherwise keep. The stone holds the story and remembers.Across a vast arc of prehistoric Europe and Asia, from France to Siberia, archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of similar figurines spanning thousands of years of human creative life. Each one encoded the same understanding. The female body is sacred. It doesn't represent the sacred. It is the sacred and created from the sacred. She is the source. She is the organizing principle of human life.Honoring the feminine because of matriarchy was not something radical, was not feminism. It was not simply embedded into the fabric of early human cultures. It was actually what the fabric was woven from — not just embedded, woven from. It is the very fibers of the tapestry.And this story lasts for thousands and thousands and thousands of years before the eventual widespread emergence of organized warfare, before the legal and theological structures that would later declare the female body a problem to be managed and named, before the invention of land ownership.The stone did not forget, even as later cultures obscured, suppressed, and reinterpreted and renamed what these figurines meant. The stone holds the story. The clay holds the imprint.Marija Gimbutas and the Language of the Sacred BodyMuch of what we know about these ancient cultures comes from the work of Marija Gimbutas, the Lithuanian-American archaeologist, Professor Emeritus at UCLA, and one of the most important and most contested scholars in the 20th century. She spent decades excavating what she called Old Europe, the Neolithic cultures of prehistoric Europe that flourished before the arrival of the patriarchal peoples from the Pontic-Caspian steppes beginning around 4000 BCE. In the regions of what is now known as Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania, the Cucuteni-Trypillia era, she documented cultures that developed sophisticated symbolic systems over thousands of years, deeply rooted in agricultural art and the cyclical understandings of life.In thousands of figurines, burial sites, ceremonial objects, and symbolic markings, she identified a coherent visual language — circles, spirals, triangles, and the female form encoding an entire civilization's understanding of life, death, the regeneration cycle, and the sacred. This is not primitive decoration. These are not fertility charms made for male desire. These are acts of reverence and collaboration, a co-creative relationship, symbols encoded into stone and clay, telling a story about who we were and perhaps who we could be.And she found no weapons there until later.Her interpretation, by the way, has been challenged and debated by subsequent scholars. Her naming, her description of the archaeomythology of the ancient mothers — to this day, archaeologists are trying to disprove her theories and relabel her findings.And yet the figurines — it's even hard to call them that. The mother. She just exists. The symbols recur across vast distances and thousands of years with a consistency that really demands no explanation. We honored her and her body. Whatever the precise nature of the social structures that produced them, the female body represented in these artifacts is the power. She is the primary symbol through which a civilization found its meaning.That understanding did not disappear when the cultures that held it were disrupted. It went underground, literally, and it survived in objects and then modern day practices that the dominant culture wasn't successful in stamping out.So much they took from us. So much we remembered. The stone remembers, and the stardust bones remember.Lenore Thomas Straus — Choosing the MotherThis is how it leads into our Stardust Lineage.In 1937, sculptor Lenore Thomas Straus received a commission through the Public Works Administration — sometimes called the Works Progress Administration — in Greenbelt, Maryland. This is one of the New Deal communities being built during the Depression, supported by the Roosevelts' vision for an American public life. Lenore worked on multiple projects connected to this era of public art, and photographs document her alongside Eleanor Roosevelt in a hard hat.Lenore also made a note that these communities were being built for white people, but by Black people. That is part of the story. The untold story.For the Greenbelt commission, Lenore was given latitude to choose her subject. It was going to go in the town square. She chose a mother and child — not a warrior, not a statesman for the area, not an allegory of progress or industry. A mother kneeling, with her child holding a cup with both hands. It is carved across three four-foot limestone blocks from Indiana, twelve feet of stone placed in public space, and functional — a water fountain. Just like a woman, she wanted to make sure it made sense. Utility and reverence made inseparable, the act of offering water given permanent form in stone. The sculpture was commissioned in 1937 and completed in 1939.This is, of course, a conscious choice. With the full range of American civic iconography available to her, with the imprimatur of federal commission behind her, Lenore Thomas Straus chose to place the sacred feminine body in a public square — a mother and a child.She also carved in a separate commission the Preamble to the Constitution in stone, also in Maryland.She knew what she was doing. She was doing what the Neolithic carvers had done across thousands of years — inscribing the female body and the values of a society that honors life in the most permanent material available.She wrote of her relationship to carving stone as an artist: Quietly, I bow to the stone.To our community, this summarizes the root system of Intentional Creativity. The sentence holds an entire philosophy. The sculptor does not dominate the material. She listens to it. She honors what it carries. She brings her full devotion to bear before she raises a hand to shape it.Greenbelt, Maryland is where Lenore Thomas Straus is from — Prince George's County, Maryland.Lenore Thomas Straus became the teacher of a young artist named Sue Hoya Sellers. She recognized Sue when Sue was seventeen years old. Sue had ridden seven miles on dirt roads to find her, a portfolio strapped to her bicycle, clothes starched and ironed, two years of preparation. Lenore called her a young artist, and Sue was one.Among the things Lenore passed to Sue was an understanding that the sacred feminine image belonged in the hands of women — that carving was not decoration, that it was transmission, and honestly, a form of decolonizing the female body.Sue carried this forward in her own large-scale work, including a monumental pregnant woman carved in wood commissioned for Alice Walker that stands at Stardust Ranch in Sonoma — the sacred feminine body again in the most permanent material available, given to the woman who had sat at the table with Sue, given to the writer who told me that to be happy is one of the most revolutionary acts.And Sue passed this assignment to me when I was twenty-four. Sue co-mothered me, and this was among the most sacred things she passed forward.A Cold Day and a Palm-Sized PrayerI remember the day.It was cloudy and cold on the mountain. Sue and I, months before, had gone out to dig the very clay from the earth — red clay. She wanted me to understand the whole cycle of making. Finally, the clay was made. It was placed in my hands, and she said: make it fit the palm of your hand. For prayer. Put your intention into it.I brought the clay into my hands and began to shape it. I didn't know what it would become, but I knew that I was called to make the Sacred Mother. It was the first thing I ever made out of clay.Amazingly, years after Sue's death, Lenore's daughter Nora sent me a small figurine carved in stone — one of Sue's earliest works — a goddess figurine, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. It was only then, holding that piece, understanding what Sue had been handed and what she handed to me, that I received the full weight of the assignment — not as an instruction, as a lineage, as a specific, unbroken transmission of an understanding that Lenore had carried from her own teachers, and they from theirs, all the way back to the women who pressed their hands into cave walls and shaped limestone into figurines small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.It makes me think of my recent visit to Malta — how the Sleeping Lady of Malta is so tiny she can almost fit in the palm of your hand. But there were also sculptures so huge they were claimed to be made by giantesses. Lenore and Sue did the same thing — made the tiny and the large.Lenore was a Norwegian woman. She decided to carve an enormous sculpture, a mother and child. She went on to carve the Preamble to the Constitution in stone. She taught Sue and Sue taught me — from hand to hand and really from heart to heart.And when I think of this teaching and share it with my students today, I feel the throughline of the sacred feminine image always emerging and becoming and arriving in and through our hands. Back at the beginning, right at the time I made that sculpture, I knew I wanted to change the way that women were treated and the way that the face of the feminine was regarded in my lifetime.Thousands of paintings are part of it. The carrying on of a Stardust Lineage — from Neolithic limestones to these stardust bones.Us. We.Footnotes(1) The Venus of Willendorf is housed in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. On the red ochre tinting and its connection to blood symbolism in prehistoric ritual contexts, see: Jill Cook, Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind (British Museum Press, 2013); Marija Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess (HarperCollins, 1989).(2) On the geographic distribution of similar prehistoric female figurines: Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess (1989), Introduction; Cook, Ice Age Art (2013).(3) Marija Gimbutas, The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe (HarperCollins, 1991). On the Kurgan hypothesis and the cultural transition beginning around 4000 BCE.(4) On the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture: Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess (1989). See also: John Chapman, Fragmentation in Archaeology (Routledge, 2000) for a more recent treatment.(5) Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess (1989). On the visual symbolic language of prehistoric European artifacts.(6) For scholarly critique of Gimbutas's methodology, see: Lynn Meskell, “Goddesses, Gimbutas and ‘New Age' Archaeology,” Antiquity 69 (1995): 74–86. For a balanced recent assessment, see: Douglass Bailey, Prehistoric Figurines: Corporeality and Representation in the Neolithic (Routledge, 2005).(7) Lenore Thomas Straus, Mother and Child, Indiana limestone water fountain, commissioned 1937, completed 1939, Greenbelt Homes Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland. Commissioned through the Public Works Administration / Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. Photographic documentation of Straus with Eleanor Roosevelt held in the Stardust Lineage archive. For archival verification, consult Greenbelt Museum records.(8) Lenore Thomas Straus, Preamble to the Constitution, stone, Greenbelt, Maryland. Documented by personal visit. For archival citation, consult Greenbelt Museum records and WPA Federal Art Project documentation.(9) Lenore Thomas Straus, Stone Dust. Exact page number to be confirmed before publication. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe