Balti is the second largest city in Moldova, located in the north of the former Soviet republic. The city hasn’t changed much since Moldova declared independence 30 years ago, and until recently it still looked like a drab Soviet-era provincial city, with concrete buildings, various statues and other reminders of the past, interspersed with pretty … Continuă lectura Moldova’s 2nd largest city gets a facelift with new ‘pedestrian zone’