On Friday, January 10, Viorel Morari, Moldova’s Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, was detained. Initially held for 72 hours, Morari’s arrest was extended on January 13 for a further 30 days. A number of international outlets reported Mr. Morari’s...
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After another year of political change in emerging Europe, 12 countries from the region are scheduled to hold parliamentary or presidential elections in 2020, with...
Moldova has officially confirmed its intention to join the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), a Russian-led international financial institution, Elena Gorelova, the...
The swift removal of Maia Sandu’s coalition has alarming implications for Moldovans—as foreign investors evaluate whether they want to do business with President Dodon...
Moldova’s socialist president, Igor Dodon, has formally nominated a close advisor, Ion Chicu (pictured above), to form the country’s next government. Mr...
The Moldovan government, led by prime minister Maia Sandu (pictured above, centre), lost a vote of no-confidence in the country’s parliament on November 12, just...
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...
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Russian-led economic alliance of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, has signed a free trade agreement with Singapore...
Moldova’s new government has pushed through a major electoral reform, changing the country’s deeply unpopular mixed electoral system. The changes will see...
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...
More than three months after an inconclusive parliamentary election, Moldova has formed a new government in quite extraordinary circumstances. At an emergency session of...
