Children
Moscow bans US adoptions of Russian children after American mother returns adoptive son to Russia
April 19, 2010Russia demands US agreement to protect adopted children The Kremlin says it will not permit further adoptions of Russian children by U.S. parents until Washington signs a pledge guaranteeing the security of the adoptees in the United States. Russia...
Russia to suspend adoptions of its children by U.S. citizens (video)
April 10, 2010Russia considers U.S. adoption freeze Russia says it is planning to suspend adoptions of its children by U.S. citizens after an American woman sent her adopted son back to Moscow on a plane with a note disowning him. Artyom Savelyev, 7, arrived alone...
Flight attendants - first line of defense against human trafficking
April 06, 2010By Elizabeth Lee Flight attendants at a large U.S. airline are training other flight attendants to recognize signs of human trafficking on international and domestic flights. The flight attendant leading the program says it's possible to catch traffickers...
Placing Orphans With Families Meets Resistance in Moldova
June 02, 2009By Elena Moldoveanu CHISINAU -- Thirty-seven children live in the run-down state orphanage in the village of Cupcui, some 80 kilometers south of Moldova's capital, Chisinau. Surprisingly, only one of them is actually an orphan. Many children in Moldovan...
Moldova's Cupcui Orphanage: orphans whose parents are alive
June 01, 2009Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty features photos from a state orphanage in Moldova. Thirty-seven children live in the run-down state orphanage in the Moldovan village of Cupcui. But only one of them is actually an orphan. Many children in Moldovan...
Commission set up to monitor adoptions
January 22, 2009A special commission for adoptions was created under the Government to examine the accuracy of the adoption cases and their compliance with the international adoption procedure. The decision to set up the commission was approved by the Government on...
Moldovan children launch first report on observance of their rights
August 12, 2008The situation of children’s rights in Moldova has improved, but not well enough. This is one of the conclusions contained in the first report launched by Moldovan children on August 12. According to the report “Life in the Child&rsquo...
- July 09, 2008
Approximately 20 million lei has been allocated from the state budget this year for sending children from socially-vulnerable families to summer camps. This money was used to purchase 20,107 tickets to summer camps. Viorica Dumbraveanu, the head of...
Children with hearing deficiencies on visit to Ministry of Defense
May 28, 2008Fifty children hard of hearing from Cahul town are paying a visit to Chisinau at the initiative of the Ministry of Defense. The children study at the Cahul-based school for children with hearing deficiencies that has been under the patronage of the Ministry...
About one hundred Moldovan children adopted abroad, in 2007
May 02, 2008About one hundred Moldovan children were adopted abroad, in 2007, Adoption Section Head Eugenia Goncear from the Ministry of Social Protection has said to BASA-press. Only 15 children of those adopted abroad were somatically healthy, in 2007. &ldquo...