Moldova

A vicious circle of poverty, migration, and limited state resources condemns many Moldovan children to life on the fringes of society.

Authorities are detecting some subtle shifts in a very old problem.

Plus, a Moldovan-Slovak-Czech troika and the oldest living Chechen recalls her eventful life.

Plus, Bosnians threatened with loss of visa-free travel and Poles take to the streets of Vilnius.

Plus, church and state head for a showdown in Moldova and an American will become a Bolshoi star.

The cast-iron revolutionary is snatched from the crusher by a collector who figures it could be worth something some day.

Teachers enjoyed stature, but facts and creativity were absent in the communist classroom.

Though paid well and valued for the role they played, most journalists before 1991 knew which bold lines not to cross.

Artists were unshackled by the enormous changes of 20 years ago, but that didn’t necessarily mean they thrived.

Russia has been Transdniester’s major backer since it broke away from Moldova, but there are indications that the Kremlin is losing patience with its long-time ruler.