Moldova chooses EU over Russia in ‘unfair fight’ involving vote buying

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.

  • byTom Balmforth andAlexander Tanas

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Russian offers cash to voters to keep Moldova out of the EU

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.

  • byAlexander Tanas
I felt like the only tourist:Inside Europe’s least-visited country

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.

  • bySean Thomas
‘I want to help’:Jackson Packer briefly steps into the world of the refugee

‘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.

  • byJonathan Kearsley
Kremlin ‘planned political takeover of Moldova’

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.

  • byNataliya Vasilyeva
Moldova things to do:Europe's new fine wines come from an unexpected place

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.

  • byKerry van der Jagt
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Oh,to be back in the USSR

Oh,to be back in the USSR

David Whitley finds the Soviet spirit alive and well in this Eastern European time warp.