Moldova
Moldova chooses EU over Russia in ‘unfair fight’ involving vote buying
President Maia Sandu says “unprecedented” meddling by criminal groups had tried to buy off 300,000 votes and keep the country in Russia’s orbit.
- Tom Balmforth and Alexander Tanas
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Russian offers cash to voters to keep Moldova out of the EU
The Ukraine-neighbouring country started the process for membership earlier this year. The next step is a referendum. A Russian oligarch has other ideas.
- Alexander Tanas
I felt like the only tourist: Inside Europe’s least-visited country
Moldova is the perfect antidote to a world where tourists are increasingly shunned, taxed and pushed through sterile resorts.
- Sean Thomas
‘I want to help’: Jackson Packer briefly steps into the world of the refugee
Jamie Packer’s son is one of an increasing number of children whose philanthropist parents are bringing them into the practice of helping others.
- Jonathan Kearsley
Kremlin ‘planned political takeover of Moldova’
Leaked file reveals Vladimir Putin’s plot to infiltrate the country’s politics and media as an alternative to an invasion.
- Nataliya Vasilyeva
Moldova things to do: Europe's new fine wines come from an unexpected place
An embargo by Russian leader Vladimir Putin has had an unexpected silver lining for Moldovan winemakers.
- Kerry van der Jagt
Oh, to be back in the USSR
David Whitley finds the Soviet spirit alive and well in this Eastern European time warp.
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