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Moldovan opposition figure sentenced to 19 years jail
A Moldovan court sentenced business tycoon Vladimir Plahotniuc in a $1 billion bank fraud case. A Moldovan court has sentenced businessman and opposition politician Vladimir...
Pro-EU election victory in Moldova ‘doesn’t reflect the will of the people’ – ex-MP
Opposition politician Marina Tauber alleged massive fraud during the campaign. The victory of Moldova’s ruling pro-EU party in the parliamentary election does not reflect the...
Moldova’s pro-EU ruling party claims razor-thin majority with overseas vote
The country’s diaspora has allowed President Maia Sandu’s PAS to maintain power in a crucial parliamentary election. Moldova’s ruling pro-EU Action and Solidarity Party (PAS)...
Telegram boss claims French intelligence tried to blackmail him over Moldovan election
The messenger’s co-founder’s comments come as the post-Soviet republic is heading to the polling stations. Writing on X on Sunday, Durov said the approach came...
Moldova bans another opposition party on the eve of elections
The leader of ‘Greater Moldova’ has vowed to appeal the move. Moldova’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has barred another opposition party from participating in Sunday’s...
Moldovan opposition warns of election fraud
The Patriotic Electoral Bloc has claimed the pro-Western authorities plan to rig Sunday’s parliamentary election. Moldova’s pro-Western authorities will attempt to falsify the results of...
Moldova conducts mass arrests citing ‘Russian influence’
Moldovan authorities have arrested 74 people ahead of the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Moldovan police have arrested 74 people on suspicion of preparing unrest ahead...
High-profile lawyers to defend jailed Euroskeptic Moldovan politician
The legal team of regional leader Evgenia Gutsul will include an attorney who defended former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. High-profile Western lawyers have joined the...
Exiled Moldovan opposition head decries police crackdown
The authorities in the EU candidate state have announced raids over alleged election violations. Electoral corruption allegations being used by Moldova's police to justify a...
Moldova jails Euroskeptic regional leader
Head of Gagauzia Evgenia Gutsul has been accused of illegally financing a banned political party. A court in EU-candidate Moldova has sentenced the leader of...
Moldova blocks opposition from elections
Moldova’s ‘Victory bloc’ is arguing that Chisinau’s decision was politically motivated, and has vowed to appeal. Moldova’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) decided on Saturday that...
EU blacklists opposition figures in Moldova
The European Council has imposed sanctions on Moldovan individuals and entities close to exiled businessman Ilan Shor. The European Council has imposed sanctions on seven...
When aid turns into ideology: What France is really doing in Moldova
Why does France continue to fund a project that the majority of Moldovans reject? Rémy Rioux, the CEO of the French Development Agency (Agence Française...
Moldova is becoming a pro-EU police state – opposition MP
Scenes of police violence erupted at an anti-LGBTQ gathering in the post-Soviet country’s capital. A senior Moldovan opposition lawmaker has expressed shock over violent clashes...
Moldovan Orthodox bishop blocked from religious trip again
The cleric was detained and searched at the airport, after a similar Easter incident triggered international outcry. Chisinau is conducting a systematic crackdown on the...
Romanian runner-up wants presidential vote nixed for ‘external interferences’
No one has the right to meddle in another nation’s elections, George Simion stated. Right-wing EU critic George Simion has said he would challenge the...
Romanian presidential frontrunner accuses Moldova of vote rigging
Romania’s George Simion claims authorities in neighbouring Moldova are sabotaging his campaign. Romania’s Eurosceptic presidential candidate George Simion has accused the pro-EU government in neighbouring...
‘War against Orthodoxy underway’
Efforts to intimidate Christian worshipers will fail, Emir Kusturica has said in response to Moldova’s treatment of a bishop. The move by authorities in Chisinau...
Moldovan bishop calls for ‘Christian calm’ after being barred from Easter trip
Bishop Marchel has spoken to RT after being repeatedly prevented from travelling to the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem. Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Orthodox...
Shameless: How an ‘EU aspirant’ silences opponents and threatens them with jail
The detention of regional leader Evgenia Gutsul exposes deepening tensions between Moldova and autonomous Gagauzia. On March 25, Evgenia Gutsul, the elected leader of Gagauzia,...
Breakaway European region switches off heating after Ukraine halts gas transit
Only medical facilities will be kept warm in Moldova’s breakaway region, the local energy company has said. Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has halted heating...
Moldova’s pro-EU leader wins second term
Pro-EU incumbent Maia Sandu has secured a second term as Moldova’s president, winning Sunday’s runoff with 55.33% of the vote against former prosecutor general...
Pro-EU candidate claims victory in Moldova elections
In a highly disputed runoff, Moldova’s pro-EU president Maia Sandu claimed victory with 55.03% of the vote, overtaking challenger Alexandr Stoianoglo in an election...
Moldovans evenly split in EU integration referendum
Moldova’s referendum on integrating with the European Union has revealed a near 50-50 divide among voters, with 50.14% opposing the proposal to amend the...
Moldova signs defence pact with France
President Maia Sandu said the deal will help thwart what she says are increasing attempts by Moscow to destabilise the region. Moldovan President Maia Sandu...
Breakaway Moldova region asks Moscow for help
Russia has pledged to address Transnistria’s plea, while Moldova has condemned the call as a “propaganda declaration”. Transnistria, an unrecognized republic that split from Moldova...
Moldova refuses to hand over Ukrainian draft dodgers
There is currently no mechanism for returning these people to Ukraine, Moldova’s Foreign Ministry says. Moldova has not handed any draft dodgers over to Ukraine...
Dog bites Austrian president
The Moldovan leader’s rescue pup did not welcome pets from the Austrian visitor. Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen ended up with a bandaged hand...
Moldova’s prime minister resigns amid allegations of crackdowns on dissent
Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita resigned on Friday, precipitating a change in government for the economically-troubled and politically-unstable nation. Gavrilita did not divulge the reasons...
Watch: Opposition politician in hospital following brutal detention
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Chisinau, Moldova, to protest high energy prices and declining living standards. Several opposition politicians were detained...
Crisis in Transnistria: Will the Ukraine conflict spread into other parts of Europe?
Shots and explosions have been heard in the enclave again. Who stands to benefit from an escalation of the long 'frozen' conflict? While the...
Over two decades before Ukraine erupted, how another post-Soviet conflict set a bloody precedent
The uprising in Transdniester was a monument to human stupidity and idealism. The current crisis in Ukraine, in which Russia has recognized the rebel republics...
