Liuba Maxim is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Moldovan Service based in Chisinau who focuses on educational issues. She joined RFE/RL in July 2022.
The constitutional-amendment referendum in Moldova is crucial for its future, voters told RFE/RL outside polling stations in Chisinau on October 20. One respondent said she voted "so that we can live like in Europe."
A group of Moldovan citizens who had been living in Lebanon say they had to flee with their children, leaving nothing behind, in the wake of Israeli air attacks. The 11 returnees, mostly mothers, sons, and daughters, were flown to safety in Chisinau by aid organizations and arrived on October 3.
Maria Stoian is the only female Romany student in the history of Pushkin High School in the Moldovan city of Soroca to reach the final year. Many Romany girls drop out of school to marry. Stoian says she wants to become a lawyer and fight for Romany rights.