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Moldova

New initiative aims to halt weapons flow from US sellers to Mexican cartels
Full Episode
52:06
Moldova votes for Europe, not Moscow
6:35
Denmark says drone sightings at airports are part of wider ‘hybrid war’
Full Episode
52:26
Moldova votes in crucial election amid Russian pressure
5:48
A musical collaboration between Ukrainian, Moldovan and Russian artists
1:27
Global Politics
Why this minority group in Moldova is so resistant to the country’s shift toward the EU
5:22
Moldova’s minority Gagauzian community flexing political muscle
5:22
Ukraine
Ukrainian refugees make a home in neighboring Moldova
5:33
Ukrainians flee to Moldova, but why do they stay?
5:33
Moldova’s Orthodox Church can’t escape politics
6:17
Medical workers struggle to cope with limited aid entering Gaza
Full Episode
50:32
Moldova’s future up for grabs this weekend
4:16
Olga Sviridenko (left), who is deaf, signs with her family at a shelter in Romania. 
Refugees
Navigating war without sound: Ukraine’s deaf refugees
Natalya, a 70-year-old retired epidemiologist from Odessa, has lunch at the Asconi Winery near Chisinau, in Moldova, where she is being hosted for free.
Ukraine
Moldova struggles amid fallout from war in Ukraine
A Moldovan volunteer distributes food to refugees who are leaving to Romania after fleeing from Ukraine, at the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, March 17, 2022.
Ukraine
Many Moldovans are wary of their proximity to the conflict in Ukraine 
Roma prisoners in a concentration camp in the Transnistria region.
Culture
Moldova will build a monument to Roma victims of the Holocaust
Greenpeace activists sit chained in front of Chevron's drilling site for shale gas during a protest in the village of Pungesti, Romania.
Conflict
American and Russian energy giants battle over a small Romanian town
Mihail Formuzal, governor of the autonomous Moldovan province Gagauzia, speaks on the phone during an interview at his office in Comrat, the administrative centre of Gagauzia.
Global Politics
In tiny Moldova, Russia is repeating its Ukraine playbook
Russian troops on the move Friday, on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod, just a few miles from the border with Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
Here are three of Russia’s military options in Ukraine, complete with maps
Russian troops on the move Friday, on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod, just a few miles from the border with Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
Here are three of Russia’s military options in Ukraine, complete with maps
Pont de l'Archevêché shows the padlocks that people have attached.
Global Scan
Paris wants all of you lovers to stop putting locks on its bridges
Archaeologists work on unearthed skeletons in the Farringdon area of London in this undated handout photograph released March 15, 2013. Archaeologists said on Friday they had found a graveyard during excavations for a rail project in London which might ho
Global Scan
Found: One London cemetery where thousands were believed buried after dying of the plague
Archaeologists work on unearthed skeletons in the Farringdon area of London in this undated handout photograph released March 15, 2013. Archaeologists said on Friday they had found a graveyard during excavations for a rail project in London which might ho
Global Scan
Found: One London cemetery where thousands were believed buried after dying of the plague
Gwyneth Paltrow posted this selfie on Twitter started a global trend when she posted a selfie on Twitter, without any makeup on.
Global Scan
Wonder why stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and thousands of others are taking selfies without their makeup?
Gwyneth Paltrow posted this selfie on Twitter started a global trend when she posted a selfie on Twitter, without any makeup on.
Global Scan
Wonder why stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and thousands of others are taking selfies without their makeup?
Soldiers of Moldova's self-proclaimed separatist Transnistria region take part in a military parade in Tiraspol.
Global Politics
Transnistria is a slice of Cold War real estate — and even its name is in dispute
Soldiers of Moldova's self-proclaimed separatist Transnistria region take part in a military parade in Tiraspol.
Global Politics
Transnistria is a slice of Cold War real estate — and even its name is in dispute
Statue of Vladimir Lenin in front of the Transnistrian parliament building in the break-away region’s capital, Tiraspol.
Global Politics
Where’s Transnistria? And why do people there hope Russia will annex them next?
What to do about Russia? President Barack Obama at the opening session of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, March 24th 2014. The US is using the international summit to coordinate responses to Russia's annexation of Crimea and to consider what mi
Conflict & Justice
When it comes to Russia, the West has few options and little leverage — for now
Yugoslavia, Zaire and other defunct geo names
Global Politics
Moldova’s twitter demonstrations