Vitalie Ciobanu

Writer and journalist Vitalie Ciobanu is editor in chief of Moldavian cultural monthly Contrafort. Appreciated as much in Moldavia's capital Chisinau as in Bucharest, he frequently writes for the Romanian press on economic, political and cultural issues. Author of a well-regarded book on Moldavia, Anatomy of a Geopolitical Failure, he keeps a personal blog on the magazine's website.