Chiscareni, Moldova; 12 August 2005 (RFE/RL) -- If an encyclopedia of rural settlements was published today, it would describe Chiscareni as a village that enjoys the services of a local radio ...

Zaharia Cusnir (middle) made thousands of photographs from the 1950s to the '70s in and around Rosietici, a village in central Moldova, which was then part of the U.S.S.R.

My Life as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Moldova” is the topic of two presentations at local libraries this Friday, June 13.

Victor Galușca, a Moldovan filmmaker and photographer, happened upon what he called a “treasure:” some 4,000 negatives documenting village life in the former Soviet republic from the 1950s ...

Among its urgent tasks will be to improve standards of living - or face a continuing population exodus. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg has been to a typical village - Bashkaliya - to find out why people ...

Calfa, a small rural Moldovan village, has felt the drain as parents have had to leave their families behind so they can find work abroad and send money home. The numbers are startling – more than ...

Moldova is not a wealthy country, but with its neighbours in trouble, its people have thrown open their doors and welcomed refugees into their homes. Once-quiet villages are being brought to life ...

Mr. Cusnir, he added, never romanticized Soviet village life or Soviet power: He avoided political themes and focused instead on the singularity of individuals.

In the isolated village of Molovata Nouă, Moldova, locals told Insider they fear that Russian troops in Transnistria could force them from their land.

Moldova's Interior Ministry said Monday that debris from a Russian missile downed by Ukraine's Armed Forces following a barrage of strikes landed in the northern Moldovan village of Naslavcea.