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Big Hilly Bluegrass, touring the globe as paid musicians for the U.S. State Department, will put on a show in Bender

Big Hilly Bluegrass, touring the globe as paid musicians for the U.S. State Department, will put on a show in Bender

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U.S. Embassy holds free bluegrass concert in BenderA bluegrass country & western music band is set to perform in Bender this Wednesday. The free concert is organized by the US State Department as a goodwill "public diplomacy" effort. Bender is under the control of Pridnestrovie and the concert takes place with official permission. [more]

<h1>Big Hilly Bluegrass, touring the globe as paid musicians for the U.S. State Department, will put on a show in Bender</h1> Pridnestrovie or Transnistria is the name for the left bank of the Moldavian Dniester River / Dniestr River, or Dnestr (Nistru). <a href="http://www.visitpmr.com/">Big Hilly Bluegrass, touring the globe as paid musicians for the U.S. State Department, will put on a show in Bender</a> which is independent although Moldavia considers it part of Moldova and a Moldovan breakaway region or separatist republic of Moldova. <p> <h2>Tiraspol Times Transnistria news and Transdniester newspaper from PMR Pridnestrovie and Moldova:</h2> It is called Transdniester, Transdniestr or Trans-Dniestria and its breakaway regime in separatist Transnistria became independent from Moldova in 1990 and is today separate de facto state. Large cities and towns include Tiraspol Dubossary Rybnitsa Bender or Bendery with Tighina as well as Grigoriopol, Kamenka / Camenca and Slobozya. The main political leaders are Yevgeny Shevchuk and president Igor Smirnov. <p> <a href=" http://pridnestrovie.net/">Pridnestrovie Transnistria</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/index.html">Transdnistria between Moldova (Moldova Republic or Moldovan republic) and Ukraine</a> <a href="http://www.tiraspoltimes.com/index.php">Tiraspol Transdniestr (or Trans-Dnistria)</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/aboutus.html">About Pridnestrovie breakaway republic</a> <a href="links.html">Links to Transnistria's government</a> <a href="http://www.pridnestrovie.net/image">Photos and images from Transdniestria</a>