Radio Moldova International (RMI), a radio station that is oriented towards a foreign audience, marks on Saturday, June 23, two decades since its first broadcast. In 2000, RMI switched to internet broadcasts. Monday through Friday, programs that relate to the political, socio-economic, and cultural activity in Moldova are aired in five languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian and Romanian, reports Info-Prim Neo, the station said in a communique. The station’s director, Clara Bacalym, says that the 20 years of activity have coincided with the emergence and foundation of the young Moldovan state. “It is natural, after such a long way, for us to desire changes, ascension and perfection”, says the director. Head manager of Radio Moldova Alexandru Dorogan claims that the current changes, after 20 years of activity, place new objectives in front of RMI, development strategies, delivery tactics and broadcast format. “I can easily picture the station’s existence on an easily accessible and up-to-date web page”, says the head of Radio Moldova. RMI dedicated this year’s “Discover the Republic of Moldova” contest, which is organized annually for foreign listeners, to its twentieth anniversary. In this edition, the seventh one, are competing over 30 listeners from Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, Chile, India, Russia, Argentina, Morocco, Nigeria etc. Traditionally, the winner of the prize gets a trip to the Republic of Moldova, to the Wine Festival. In the numerous letters received at the headquarters, RMI listeners are saying that they would like to listen to the station through internet or satellite waves, to listen to daily events from the Transnistrian region, shows in Italian and German, listen to a course of Romanian, and lots of Moldovan music. In a letter recently addressed to RMI, Christian Gibaudo, from France, mentions that, along with the Eurovision contest, RMI is one of the few get-to-know opportunities for this small south-eastern European country. “RMI programs are important, because Moldova is still an unknown country”, says the listener. RMI was founded in 1992, due to the outbreak of the Transnistrian conflict, information on which was either scarcely known to the exterior, or purposely manipulated. The global opinion on the situation in Moldova was fed by sources from Moscow.