Eugenia Halus is the director of Evrika Theoretical School in Ribnita, Transnistria. It is one of eight schools in the Transnistrian region where lessons are kept in Romanian. These schools are seen with hostility by the self-proclaimed government of de facto independent Transnistria and are only just tolerated by the pro-Russian authorities.
A proud Moldovan, Eugenia speaks about the often troubled life of Romanian-speaking pupils and teachers on the left bank of Nistru River. ‘If this Transnistrian regime hadn’t been supported by Russia, officials in Tiraspol and Chisinau would have been closer by now,’ she says.
