This article refers to some of the most important moments that characterize the changes which took place in the last three decades in Central and Southeast Europe, based especially on my memories from the times I worked as counsellor to the first and last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev (1987-1991), counsellor of the first president of the independent Republic of Moldova, Mircea Snegur (1992-1994), member of the government of the Republic of Moldova, Minister of Privatization and State Property Administration (1994-1997), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and later Ambassador of Moldova to the United States of America (1998-2002), and finally professor at Virginia State University, USA, starting from 2004 and up to the present. The article focuses on some significant issues that plagued and still continue to plague our society