Summary: <p>Moldova has just elected a pro-EU president, kicking out a favourite of Vladimir Putin's. This week, we wanted to talk to someone about daily life in a country that has seen a huge exodus to the rest of Europe; don't miss our moving conversation with Aliona Rotaru about what it's been like to stay behind. Also this week: naughty Dutch hackers, German glass ceilings, and Croatian winter warmers.</p> <p>Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and want to help us keep making it, you can chip in a few euros/dollars/pounds a month at <a href="http://patreon.com/europeanspodcast">patreon.com/europeanspodcast</a>.</p> <p>Check out Are We Europe's beautiful multimedia project featuring Aliona, <a href="https://moldova.edges.areweeurope.com/">'The Drums of Democracy'</a>; read R. Daniel Kelemen's piece in Politico, '<a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/time-to-call-hungary-and-polands-bluff/">Time to call Hungary and Poland's bluff'</a>; and cosy up with AFP's video on <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1329397762954170369?s=20">Croatian codpieces</a>.</p> <p>This week's Isolation Inspiration: <a href="https://carre.nl/en/show/blindness">'Blindness'</a> at Amsterdam's Royal Theater Carré, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2020/nov/18/colette-a-former-french-resistance-member-confronts-a-family-tragedy-75-years-later">Colette</a>, a documentary from the Guardian.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/EuropeansPod">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanspodcast/">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/europeanspodcast">Facebook</a> | hello@europeanspodcast.com</p>
