I felt like the only tourist: Inside Europe’s least-visited country

Moldova is the perfect antidote to a world where tourists are increasingly shunned, taxed and pushed through sterile resorts.

• by Sean Thomas

Moldova things to do: Europe's new fine wines come from an unexpected place

An embargo by Russian leader Vladimir Putin has had an unexpected silver lining for Moldovan winemakers.

• by Kerry van der Jagt

Oh, to be back in the USSR

David Whitley finds the Soviet spirit alive and well in this Eastern European time warp.