U.S.-based liberty-and-democracy watchdog Freedom House says threats to political rights and civil liberties are increasing as authoritarian governments gain strength and populist and nationalist forces rise in the West.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon has said he does not believe his country will ever be part of the European Union and that in order to be fully unified, it is necessary "to find common ground with Russia."
Moldovan President Igor Dodon has told Russia that a landmark agreement bolstering ties between Moldova and the European Union was concluded "hastily" and suggested he wants to abandon it.
Russian media are reporting that Moldova President Igor Dodon has arrived in Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin for talks starting January 17, with the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniester to be on the agenda.
The European Union's executive body says Moldova will receive up to 100 million euros ($106 million) in EU aid in order to meet the former Soviet republic's most pressing financing needs.
The lowest temperatures in decades and a blanket of heavy snow in parts of the Balkans, Greece, and Eastern Europe are causing dozens of deaths, power outages, and travel delays.
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Moldovan President Igor Dodon has met with the de facto head of the breakaway Transdniester region, Vadim Krasnoselsky, in the separatist-controlled city of Bendery.
Moldova's new pro-Russia president stripped the ex-president of Romania of his recently-acquired Moldovan citizenship on January 3, saying he obtained it illegally.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon has said he will meet with the de facto head of the breakaway Transdniester region on January 4.
President Barack Obama has approved legislation that would consolidate oversight of U.S. nonmilitary broadcasting in the hands of a single chief executive, an overhaul that supporters laud as a much-needed reform but critics warn could endanger journalistic independence.
Igor Dodon was sworn in as Moldova's new president on December 23, calling for unity in the divided country and pledging to maintain Moldova's neutrality.
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