Moldova Travel Guide - Communications

Country code: 373. Local payphones are cheap and plentiful. They work by phonecards available at kiosks.

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone operators. Coverage is generally good all over the country.

There are Internet cafes in main towns.

All mail to and from Moldova may be subject to long delays. There are express mail services in Chisinau.

Post office hours: Daily 0900-2000.

The Moldovan constitution guarantees freedom of the press, but laws prohibit defamation and insulting the state. Political parties publish their own newspapers, which often criticise the government. Moldovan editions of Russian titles are among the most-popular Russian-language publications.

• Russian language papers include Kommersant Moldoviy, Komsomolskaya Pravda, and Nezavisimaya Moldova.
• Timpul and Flux are Moldovan.

• State-run Teleradio-Moldova operates Moldova One.
• Pro TV Chisinau is a commercial channel.

• Teleradio-Moldova runs Radio Moldova.
• Radio Nova is a commercial station.