Europe’s wealth disparity was stark in 2024, with several countries facing severe economic challenges. While many European ...

Beneath Moldova's soaring parliament building, a parade of its most precarious file slowly past - bussed in by the thousand from across the country, each with their private tale of poverty and ...

The European Union’s top officials will travel to Moldova’s capital for a bilateral summit to strengthen ties, months before ...

These voters are part of what is known as a “Moldovan diaspora” that fled poverty at home in the 1990s. They are generally more pro-Western and enjoy visa-free privileges in the EU, a status that may ...

01/20/2023 January 20, 2023. Many sex workers in Moldova turn to prostitution for money, enduring violence and humiliation in order to feed their families. But as prostitution is illegal in ...

Those protests actually reveal the extent of poverty in Moldova: many people might earn as little as 200 US dollars monthly, and yet can make US dollars 20 per day if they participate in the protest.

Moldova: Driven to sex work by desperation and poverty. ... The Republic of Moldova, a former Soviet republic, is one of the poorest countries in Europe and has a population of less than three million ...

Tiny Moldova may not be on front pages, but worrying signs suggest it’s being put at risk by Russia’s war on neighboring Ukraine, writes analyst, conslutant and journalist Cristian Gherasim ...

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Moldova has been Russia’s second most important target, with hybrid war stopping just short of direct military intervention. After three tense ...

And Moldova has never been among the richest nations in Europe. In fact, we are a poor country. And poverty is best allied to misinformation and political manipulation.

Moldova, a small post-Soviet nation nestled between Ukraine and Romania, ... “100 euros per vote is a big sum of money, and this poverty is what Russia uses,” Sinchevici explained.