Balti is a Tibetic language spoken in the Baltistan region of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, the Nubra Valley of Leh district, and in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is quite different from Standard Tibetan. Many sounds of Old Tibetan that were lost in Standard Tibetan are retained in the Balti language. It also has a simple pitch accent system only in multi-syllabic words while Standard Tibetan has a complex and distinct pitch system that includes tone contour.
The Ladakhi language, also called Bhoti or Bodhi, is a Tibetic language spoken in the Ladakh region of India. It is the predominant language in the Buddhist-dominated district of Leh of the Jammu & Kashmir state and may be called Purigi or Balti in the adjacent Kargil district. Though a member of the Tibetic family, Ladakhi is not mutually intelligible with Standard Tibetan.
The Balti are an ethnic group of Tibetan descent with Dardic admixture who live in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan and the Kargil region of India. Smaller populations are found in the Leh region; others are scattered in Pakistan's major urban centres of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad/Rawalpindi.
Bianca Balti is an Italian supermodel.
Stadionul Orășenesc, usually named Olimpia Bălți Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Bălți, Moldova. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Zaria Bălți.The stadium holds 5,953 people.
Sectorul Centru is one of the five sectors in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. The local administration is managed by a pretor appointed by the city administration. It governs over a portion of the city of Chișinău itself, and the suburban town of Codru. It is largely populated by Moldovans and Romanians.
The Popular Front of Moldova was a political movement in the Moldavian SSR, one of the 15 union republics of the former Soviet Union, and in the newly independent Republic of Moldova. Formally, the Front existed from 1989 to 1992. It was the successor to the Democratic Movement of Moldova, and was succeeded by the Christian Democratic Popular Front and ultimately by the Christian-Democratic People's Party.
The Carol Parc Hotel in Bucharest, Romania, is a five star hotel near historical Carol Park. Opened in 2007. It contains one of the largest Murano crystal chandeliers in the world, stretching over four stories tall. Several vaguely important personalities have stayed there so far, including foreign dignitaries, singer Beyoncé Knowles, Deep Purple, Angela Gheorghiu, and Enrique Iglesias.
Bălți International Airport, formerly known as Bălți-Leadoveni International Airport, is one of the two airports serving the city of Bălți, Moldova. Located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the city center, in the northern part of the country, it is the second largest airport of Moldova, servicing cargo and charter flights. Another airport in the area, Bălți City Airport, located within the city limits, is primarily used for emergency interventions of regional importance.
The Alley of Classics, is a sculptural complex located in the Stephen the Great Park in Central Chişinău, Moldova.
Ştefan cel Mare Central Park is the main park in Central Chişinău, Moldova. Formerly known as Pushkin Park, it is the oldest park in Moldova and spans about 7 hectares. It has gained the nickname "The Park of the Lovers" in Chişinău due to its popularity as a meeting spot for couples. The park contains 50 species of trees, some of which are quite old, the mulberries and acacias being between 130 and 180 years.
The Train of Pain - Memorial to Victims of Stalinist Repression is a monument in Chişinău, Moldova. A temporary stone was unveiled in 1990 in Central Station Square commemorating the 1940-1951 mass deportations in Soviet Moldavia. A permanent memorial was completed at the site in 2013. The sculptural element was assembled in Belarus.
Ion Moraru is a Moldovan activist and author. He was a founder of the anti-Soviet group Sabia Dreptăţii and a political prisoner in the Soviet Union.
Maria Rusescu is a Romanian painter.
Gheorghe Briceag was a Moldovan human rights activist notable for his opposition to Soviet rule. In the 1940s, Briceag was given a ten-year sentence in the gulag for distributing anti-communist flyers; he was forced to work in coal mines for the length of his sentence. His prisoner number was "P169". After his release, he was sentenced to seven more years of exile. He later became a symbol of resistance to Soviet occupation of Moldova.
Stadionul Viitorul is a multi-purpose stadium in Ovidiu, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Viitorul Constanța. The stadium holds 4,554 people.
Andrian Bogdan is a Moldovan football coach and former footballer.
Four White Shirts is a 1967 film directed by Rolands Kalniņš. The film was prevented from being screened by Soviet censors for 20 years following its release. In 2018, Four White Shirts was featured in the 2018 Cannes Classics program.
