Full Coverage: Moldova

22.11.2006 Discover the women who have escaped the scourge of gender-based violence, and how economic self-sufficiency helped them do it.

09.06.2006 48-year old Victor Codreanu once lost sleep thinking about how he would manage after retirement. But now his concerns have nearly vanished. "Even though retirement is still is a long way away, I do not worry because I know exactly what my pension will be, if I keep my current job and salary level," says Victor, who works in a factory in Ialoveni town.

08.06.2004 Un recente rapporto UNICEF denuncia lo sfruttamento del lavoro minorile in Romania: una vera e propria piaga che coinvolge 1 milione di ragazzini e ragazzine di 12-13 anni obbligati a lavorare per 3 euro al giorno. Secondo lo studio di UNICEF, l’8% dei bambini costretti a lavorare afferma di essere picchiati se non obbediscono alle richieste dei genitori - riporta Osservatorio sui Balcani.

30.06.2003 Eleven countries from Southern Europe are currently participating in a project on ICTs for the development of education and the construction of a knowledge society. The project, which got underway earlier this year, includes activities like seminars and expert meetings on topics such as ICT application in distance education, IT training and multimedia courses.

27.09.2002 The Moldova government has failed to stem widespread violence against girls, according to a report presented to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child yesterday.

12.04.2002 Police are investigating a bomb explosion outside the editorial offices of the communist party newspaper, "Kommunist", in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau.

27.02.2001 Successive governments in countries like Moldova and Ecuador have pushed through World Bank policies despite massive public opposition, reports Gumisai Mutume. So why do poor nations always give in?

22.07.1999 Turkish special forces have captured a Kurdish leader in the former Soviet republic of Moldova, delivering a fresh blow to the Kurdistan Workers party in the wake of the conviction of Abdullah Öcalan.