by CBBSS | Jul 19, 2021 | Regional News
About 800 troops from Moldova, the U.S., Romania, Poland and Georgia are taking part in joint military exercises in Moldova, AP reports. Moldova has recently been plagued by political and economic turmoil, and Moscow is trying to sway Chisinau away from European...
by CBBSS | Jul 13, 2021 | International News and Analysis
The EU has cut off financial support to Moldova, which could soon become a failed state, former banker Frances Coppola writes in Forbes. Moldova is currently plagued by a banking crisis, which in part has caused the collapse of its pro-EU government and the rise of...
by CBBSS | Jun 29, 2021 | Regional News
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...
by CBBSS | Jun 28, 2021 | Regional News
Moldovans are voting Sunday in local elections runoffs. The elections are considered a test of whether Moldova will continue on its path of European integration or whether it will fall back into the grip of Moscow, RFE/RL reports. The pro-EU prime minister of Moldova...
by CBBSS | Jun 25, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Carnegie’s Judy Dempsey points out hypocrisy in NATO’s current approach to dealing with Russia. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says Washington and its NATO allies would stand up to Moscow and stop Russia’s attempts to “reestablish a...
