Moldova

Six-year-old boy drowns in faeces after slipping into latrine pit at his home in Moldova

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Six-year-old boy drowns in faeces after slipping into latrine pit at his home in Moldova while wearing his older sister’s flip-flops Beniamin Osipciuc disappeared last Tuesday in the small town of Hincesti Local reports said he fell while he was at home with his sister, 14, and brother, 9 His family could not find him … Read more

Bowled over by Moldova: Exploring the former Soviet state

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Originally it was Poland, then Estonia, and now we — that’s my sister and me — are smitten by Moldova. You could put it down to our Yorkshire upbringing: give us dark, curious buildings and heavy stews and we’re happy. Moldova, a small former Soviet state in south-east Europe, was a surprise. All I knew … Read more