Pro-European backers confident in Moldova poll amid Russian meddling allegations
Chisinau, MoldovaReuters Backers of Moldovan President Maia Sandu’s drive to join the European mainstream expressed confidence as counting was underway in local elections after a campaign in which she accused Moscow of meddling in the poll. The candidate from Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) appeared well placed to take on the incumbent in […]
Moldova’s President says church must work for European integration
Chisinau, MoldovaReuters Moldova’s President waded carefully on Thursday into a row pitting the ex-Soviet state’s two rival Orthodox churches against each other over Russian influence, saying churches should facilitate the country’s main aim of European integration. Moldova, wedged between Ukraine and Romania, has for more than 150 years been a pawn in struggles between Moscow […]
Officials urge Moldova to seize opportunity for EU membership
Chisinau, MoldovaReuters Moldova launched a nationwide discussion on securing European Union membership, with senior officials and academics urging their compatriots to seize every opportunity to join the bloc or run the risk of being left behind or sinking into chaos. Ex-Soviet Moldova, led by pro-European President Maia Sandu and one of the continent’s poorest countries, […]
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Russia says it repels border incursion, strikes on Kyiv kill three
Kyiv, Ukraine/Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia said on Thursday it had repelled more cross-border attacks from Ukraine while its aerial assaults on Kyiv killed another three people including a nine-year-old girl and her mother locked out of an air raid shelter. Both sides are trying to sap morale and weaken military capacity ahead of a long-promised […]
Ukraine vows never to forget or forgive on Bucha anniversary
Bucha, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine would never forgive Russian troops responsible for alleged atrocities in Bucha as the town near Kyiv marked the anniversary of its recapture after 33 days of occupation. Ukrainian forces took back control of the small towns of Bucha and Irpin to the north-west of Kyiv […]
Ukraine vows never to forget or forgive on Bucha anniversary
Bucha, Ukraine Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine would never forgive Russian troops responsible for alleged atrocities in Bucha as the town near Kyiv marked the anniversary of its recapture after 33 days of occupation. Ukrainian forces took back control of the small towns of Bucha and Irpin to the north-west of Kyiv […]
Moldovan parliament approves law on Romanian language
Chisinau, Moldova Reuters Moldova’s parliament on Thursday approved a law on referring to the national language as Romanian in all legislative texts and the constitution, despite opposition from a pro-Moscow communist party. The move is intended to resolve a heated dispute over whether the national language should be referred to as Romanian or Moldovan. Two […]
Police limit anti-government protest in Moldova
Chisinau, MoldovaReuters Police in Moldova kept several thousand demonstrators away from government buildings on Sunday after officials warned of possible organised disorder at the protest, the latest of a series denouncing pro-European President Maia Sandu. The rally followed weeks of competing warnings of impending trouble in ex-Soviet Moldova, where missiles have repeatedly landed near its […]
Fake bombs and failed coup: Moldova smoulders on border of Russia’s war
THOMAS ESCRITT, of Reuters, reports from the former Soviet republic amid growing tensions with Russia…