World Sep 26 Moldova bars two pro-Russian parties from high-stakes parliamentary election Moldova’s electoral commission on Friday barred two pro-Russian parties from participating in this weekend's tense parliamentary election, which is beleaguered by widespread claims of Russian interference.
World May 18 Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential runoff over hard-right nationalist Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist, nearly complete electoral data shows. A huge turnout Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice…
World May 04 Hard-right candidate secures victory in 1st round of Romania’s presidential election redo Nationalist George Simion secured a decisive win Sunday in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo, nearly complete electoral data showed. The election took place months after an annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into…
World Mar 09 Protests roil Romania’s capital after far-right Georgescu barred from presidential election redo Chaos broke out in Romania's capital Sunday evening as incensed supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body's decision to reject his candidacy in a presidential election redo.
World Dec 06 Top court annuls Romania’s first round of presidential voting The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision — which is final — came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence on Wednesday that alleged Russia ran a sprawling campaign comprising thousands of social media accounts to promote Calin Georgescu across platforms like TikTok…
World Nov 03 Moldova’s pro-Western president wins reelection in runoff shaken by alleged Russian meddling Moldovan President Maia Sandu has won a second term in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, in a race that was overshadowed by claims of Russian interference, voter fraud and intimidation.
World May 30 Andrew Tate loses appeal to relax judicial restrictions as he awaits human trafficking trial in Romania The Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled against Tate's appeal, which challenged a court's earlier decision to extend restrictions stipulating Tate, 37, may not leave the country.
World May 10 Romanian court extends judicial measures against internet influencer awaiting human trafficking trial A court in Romania's capital has extended geographical restrictions against online influencer Andrew Tate. He's awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
World Mar 10 White House says intelligence shows Russia is stirring unrest in Moldova The White House says that U.S. intelligence officials have determined that people with ties to the Russian intelligence community are planning to stage protests in Moldova in hopes of toppling the Moldovan government.
Politics Feb 17 Facebook ran ads in Moldova for an oligarch sanctioned by the U.S. Facebook allowed a Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads on its platform urging protests against that country's government — even though he and his political party are subject to U.S. sanctions.