Public angry about $1 billion banking scandal; demand President Nicolae Timofti resigns ...

Anti-communist demonstrators throw bricks at riot police outside the presidential palace in Chisinau, Moldova, Tuesday. They were protesting the declared results of Sunday's parliamentary elections.

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – Lawmakers voted to overhaul Moldova’s electoral system on Thursday, as thousands of opposition activists massed outside saying the changes favore… ...

A street in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, has been renamed after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia exactly seven months ago.

Across Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester, the central heating system for many apartment buildings has not yet been turned on and many street lights in Tiraspol no longer go on at night.

Russia has not only created public discontent in Moldova through a squeeze on energy supplies, but, working through local allies like Mr. Shor, has also pushed this discontent onto the streets ...

Lawmakers voted to overhaul Moldova's electoral system on Thursday, as thousands of opposition activists massed outside saying the changes favoured the two largest parties.