Silvia Rotaru began working with RFE/RL's Moldovan Service in Chisinau in 2022. She previously worked for Sanatateinfo.md, which specializes in medical news in Moldova.
Moldovan voters appeared to be united around the wish for a better future as they elected a new president on November 3. In the capital, Chisinau, a pro-EU voter told RFE/RL: "We want to be where life is better." Another voter quoted "peace," a resonating topic amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Moldovans voted in a presidential runoff on November 3. After casting their ballots in the capital, Chisinau, both runoff rivals referred to suspicions of foreign meddling.
A regional hospital in the Moldovan district of Floresti has recruited just two young specialist doctors in the last three years. Tatiana Turea says she was promised an apartment to relocate to the district, but is still waiting nearly a year later and plans to leave.
