The new Moldovan government was sworn in at night, following a day of furious protests against the newly appointed pro-EU prime minister. Angry demonstrators clashed with police and stormed the parliamentary office shortly after the lawmakers’ vote. The ceremony was initially postponed due to the protest. However, it became known post factum that the new cabined was sworn overnight in by the President... 

Moldova has ordered the country’s borders to go on a state of alert due to worsening security and escalating violence in neighboring Ukraine. Moldova’s President Nicolae Timofti, Prime Minister Iurie Leanca and Parliament speaker Igor Coreman have announced in a joint statement that security forces had been ordered “to take all necessary actions to ensure public order inside the country.” The...