Fake handbags, fake watches and – increasingly – fake electronics are a common sight at flea markets across the world. The goods, often of dubious quality, are usually made in the Far East and sold for prices far below the real market...
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Moldova’s capital Chișinău took a step forwards last week when the city’s council approved a new development strategy based on green, sustainable principles...
Across Western Europe, night trains – apparently killed off just a few years ago by low-cost airlines – are making a comeback, as a more environmentally-friendly...
Following on from Lithuania being crowned as emerging Europe’s best-performing country when it comes to making progress in the fight against climate change, the...
There may be much tension at present between Belarus and Russia, as a row over energy supplies escalates and with negotiations between the two governments regarding...
On November 4 socialist Ion Ceban won the mayoral election for Moldova’s capital, Chișinău, with 52.39 per cent of votes cast – narrowly defeating his opponent...
Ion Ceban (pictured above), the candidate of the Moldovan Socialist party (PSRM), has narrowly defeated Andrei Nastase of the pro-European ACUM bloc to become the new...
Five cities in emerging Europe: Prague, Prishtina, Kyiv, Tallinn and Vilnius; have been ranked among the most transparent capitals in Europe by international corruption...
From August 31 to September 22, the Romanian capital Bucharest will play host to one of Europe’s best classical music festivals, the now bi-annual George Enescu...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) looks set to unfreeze around 46.5 million US dollars in financing for the Republic of Moldova following talks with the government...
A government backed by Moldova’s Democratic Party, led by oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, has said that it will leave office, allowing a new executive led by Maia Sandu...
On March 9, Moldova’s Constitutional Court validated the country’s parliamentary elections, against the expectations of many. Although OSCE-ODIHR...
