Try a plate of pork shank and stewed cabbage (59 new lei, about $20 at 2.98 new lei to the dollar) and house-crafted beer (6.20 lei).
As we were leaving, I handed Maria 100,000 lei, about $4.
The exchange rate in April was about 26,000 lei to the dollar; now it is about 30,000.
A 1996 law on refugee status stipulates a daily grant of 10,000 lei, the equivalent of 50 pence, for every refugee.
The accusations against Ponta include forging expense claims worth at least 181,000 lei (£29,000) from the law firm of political ally Dan Sova.
The accusations against Ponta, who took office in 2012, include forging expense claims worth at least 181,000 lei (£29,000) from the law firm of his political ally Dan Sova.
While the country indeed introduced a 2,000-lei 2,000-leiote in 1999, it switched complastic to plastic last year, addinoteenominations of 199900, 50,000, 100,000 and 500,000 leit
That math is more or less confirmed by Lesco, the mayor, who says the minimum monthly pension in Moldova is 800 lei ($57), compared with 1,800 lei on the Transnistrian side.
Part of a drive to privatise the strained post-Communist health-care system, the fee aims to bring in 378m lei ($116m), money that hospitals can then spend on better equipment or salaries.
The city remains more affordable than others in Western or Central Europe: housing costs 80% less than London (about 2,832 lei, $873 or £521, for a 85sqm space), and monthly public transportation costs 90% less than London (56 lei for a monthly ticket, vs $1.85 or £10).
He was sentenced to a three-month jail term, a 500 lei fine and 10,000 lei in court costs.
