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The man whose victory brings change to Transdniestria after two decades. The weight of expectations is heavy enough for any new political leader to shoulder, but the burden...

Moldova's foreign minister has a European outlook. Multilingual, courteous and unassumingly cosmopolitan in his outlook, Iurie Leanca symbolises a new generation in Moldovan...

There may be new people in power but there is still plenty of work to be done in Moldova. Your analysis of the post-election situation in Moldova (27 August-2 September)...

Though he should soon leave the presidency, Vladimir Voronin remains an overshadowing presence in Moldova. When he led the Communist Party into power in 2001 and...

The crisis in Moldova continues. To help the country, the EU must pay more attention – and sustain its attention. Moldova's die has been cast. A re-count of votes of the 5...

Composition of parliament unchanged; recount took place after violent clashes. The composition of Moldova's parliament remains unchanged after a recount of votes from the...

The EU's tiny neighbour is in a trap that is not of its own making. It needs help from the EU. The European Union acquired an odd new neighbour as a side-effect of Romania...

Negotiations could start after next year's election; Moldova hopes for clear EU membership prospects. The EU plans to open talks with Moldova on an association agreement...

Morocco gains 'advanced status', while Moldova wins a promise of expanded, closer ties. The EU today said it is willing to expand relations with Moldova, holding out the...

It is not quite the land that time forgot, though the division of Moldova into the breakaway self-proclaimed republic of Transdniestria and the rest of the country is...

Embarrassingly sleazy, expensive and indefensible – but ours and we are bloody well going to hang on to it. That was West Berlin during the Cold War, seen through NATO...

Moldova is a landlocked stretch of land of the former Soviet empire, still ruled by Vladimir Voronin, a Communist ex-apparatchik, who is prone to remarks. One which made the...

Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief, is due in Moscow in the coming weeks to discuss his proposal that EU peacekeepers should be deployed in Abkhazia and South...

Russia and the EU could take part in joint peacekeeping missions under plans to be discussed by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Russian President Vladimir Putin....

Romanians may have greeted EU membership this month with cheering and celebration, but for neighbouring Moldova, Romania's accession to the EU brought further isolation. On...

It is now nearly two years since the first action plans were approved under the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and it is perhaps not too early to assess the results so...

On 17 September a non-country will be holding a non-vote. The non-country is Transdniestria, a strip of land sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine. The non-vote is a poll...

Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall the countries of Europe - with the notable exception of Belarus - have decided, in one way or another, to link their fate with that of...

Diplomats this week strongly rejected allegations that EU-enforced customs rules were causing a humanitarian disaster in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria....

The British Helsinki Human Rights Group (BHHRG) disagrees with my deepest convictions about Eastern Europe. That's why I like it. The group's website (bhhrg.org) is a...