Turkey aids financing of Bucharest’s first mosque

Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs is helping finance the construction of a mosque in Bucharest that will be one the largest in Eastern Europe and will house a library and Koranic teaching school, Balkan Insight reports. Under Erdogan, Turkey is trying to...

Pro-EU incumbent wins Moldova mayoral runoff

The pro-West incumbent has been reelected mayor of Chisinau, Moldova’s capital, RFE/RL reports. Dorin Chirtoaca, deputy head of the Liberal Party, received 53.46 percent of the vote. The pro-Russia Socialist Party candidate received 46.56 percent. The Socialist...

Greeks can withdraw €60 a day

Greek banks will not open all week, and Greek residents can only withdraw 60 euros a day, EU Observer reports. The measures will remain in place until Greeks vote Sunday in a referendum on a a bailout extension proposal that is no longer on the table. The Greek stock...