Alois Treindl via tz wrote in <201b594f-663a-43e6-aa48-f459291ae5c5@astro.ch>: |Moldova is effectively split into a west oriented part, capital Chinisau, |and a separatist eastern part called Transnistria. Btw, and a bit off-topic, but it seems to me that the government of Moldova, especially the president, is the separatist, as they want to join Moldova with Romania? A.k.a. dissolve Moldova? Against the several-times-declared-will of the majority of the people, *if* (and this is emphasized, as the European media consists of only propaganda[1]) i get this right. |It may be that transition to EU-style DST does not apply to Transnistria. | |is there any information about this? | |Will a new TZ zone be needed for Tiraspol, its capital? ... [1] To note that the famous (to this day, especially beneath German journalists) German journalist Paul Sethe said in 1965 (that is pre-moon, really) Pressefreiheit ist die Freiheit von zweihundert reichen Leuten, ihre Meinung zu verbreiten. Freedom of press is the freedom of two hundred wealthy people to distribute their opinions [Es gibt Oasen] in denen noch die Luft der Freiheit weht, [.] aber wie viele von meinen Kollegen können das von sich sagen? [There are Oases] in which the "air or freedom blows", but how many of my collegues can ~"say that from themselves"? frei ist, wer reich ist. Das ist nicht von Karl Marx, sondern von Paul Sethe. Free is who is weahlthy. That is not by Karl Marx, but .. To end this with words of one of the many Jewish people i (who is contra Israel, more pro Judah, in Bible times) admire, Daniel Barenboim: To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)