Buying off voters, calling in bomb threats and paying protesters to antagonize police — these are the tactics authorities say the Kremlin has taken up to thwart an upcoming election in Moldova.

Moldova, an eastern European country of some 2.5 million people sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has veered between pro-Western and pro-Russian courses since the end of the Cold War. Russia ...

LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - As campaigning for Moldova’s presidential election and referendum on European Union relations entered its final month in late September, violent splashes of red and ...

People who had never left Moldova before were returning from a few days in Russia with wads of notes. “Almost everyone had money: 2,000, 3,000, 7,000 euros”, the head of customs at Chisinau ...

Moldova’s top anti-corruption official says she has a staffing problem. Her office is well short of the full roster of prosecutors she needs to tackle graft in a nation that’s struggled for ...

Anti-government protests on the streets of Georgia's capital last spring drew thousands Two countries, Moldova and Georgia, are holding hold pivotal votes over the coming days that will decide ...

Kristina WiIfore is co-founder of #ShePersisted, a global platform for addressing digital threats to women leaders. As Moldova hurtles toward critical elections on Sunday, the stakes couldn’t be ...

To fully understand the current energy situation in Moldova, it is essential to explore the history of the country’s post–Soviet Union energy supply system. Russian gas flowed into Moldova via Ukraine ...

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Moldova's citizens vote on Sunday in a presidential election and an EU referendum that come at a pivotal moment in the tussle between Russia and the West for the future ...

Authorities in Moldova said they uncovered a Russia-backed operation involving 130,000 of its citizens that was designed to influence crucial votes on President Maia Sandu’s European aspirations ...

Joining the EU could bring economic stability to Moldova and thereby slow down the exodus of people, Podgornii believes. “EU-membership will be an advantage for our company, it will help us to ...

Moscow has been working hard to amplify such concerns, pumping out reports of how Europe will bring economic ruin and an assault on traditional values. Ahead of the referendum, Moldovan officials ...