The highly divisive prospect of using so-called Eurobonds to finance efforts to ramp up the EU's defense capacities will be floated as the bloc's 27 leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday.
It's seen as a first attempt to test EU member states' (...)
Moldova has slammed Moscow's decision to open polling stations in the breakaway Transnistria region ahead of presidential elections in Russia on 15 -17 March, summoning the Russian ambassador on Tuesday.
Transnistria is not recognized (...)
Officials in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection on Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the country's pro-Western government.
On Wednesday, members of the Transnistrian congress used a rare meeting in the (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two decrees on February 26 that officially re-establish the Moscow and Leningrad Military Districts, codifying major efforts to restructure and reform the Russian military.
According to the Institute for the (...)
The case for the enlargement of the European Union was on the agenda for a Euronews discussion panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Several countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are on the waiting list to join the bloc. Yet, they (...)
Nearly two years since Russian forces launched a "full-blown war and occupation" of Ukraine, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths on Monday issued an urgent appeal together with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) for $4.2 billion.
Today, some 14.6 million (...)
Two Russian missiles have struck a hotel in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, injuring 11 people, the Kharkiv governor says.
Photos from Ukraine's State Emergency Service showed the hotel heavily damaged and firefighters at the scene.
Governor (...)
Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine hours after agreement was reached on starting membership talks.
"Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban posted on social (...)
European leaders have decided to open EU membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova and to grant candidate status to Georgia.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the decision, made at a summit in Brussels, as "a victory" for his country and (...)
Nearly 20,000 men have fled Ukraine since the beginning of the war to avoid being drafted, the BBC has discovered.
Some have swum dangerous rivers to leave the country. Others have simply walked out under cover of darkness.
Another 21,113 men (...)
French police believe a graffiti campaign featuring Star of David stencils may have been the work of Russian intelligence.
In the last 10 days around 250 blue Stars of David — similar to the one on the Israeli flag — have appeared on buildings in (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu on the anniversary of her country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the president (...)
Romania and Bulgaria are hoping to soon start building two new hydropower plants on the Danube River despite growing concerns over their impact on the environment and nuclear safety.
The first of the new plants would be located between Turnu (...)
A merchant ship has left the Ukrainian port of Odesa, despite concerns Russia could target vessels in the Black Sea.
The Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte had been trapped in the port since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in (...)
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to speed up their integration into the European Union's electricity system in order to desynchronize from the Russian power grid.
The three Baltic countries, which are EU and NATO members, still remain a (...)
Two people have been killed after a man opened fire at Chisinau International Airport, the Moldovan Interior Ministry has said.
The gunman was wounded and has been detained, said police. Officials said the shooting had taken place after a foreign (...)
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal warned on Thursday that the army's counteroffensive won't be quick, though he was "optimistic" it would succeed.
"We will carry out smart offensive operations, and for this reason it will take time," Chmygal (...)
Ukraine will be a major topic of discussion when President Joe Biden meets Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at the White House Monday afternoon.
Specifically, the two world leaders most likely will discuss Ukraine's access to F-16 fighter (...)
When President Vladimir Putin announced a military mobilization last September, thousands of Russians rushed to the border.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians are estimated to have left their country since the start of the full-scale invasion of (...)
Azerbaijan's president and Armenia's prime minister met European leaders in Moldova in a renewed effort to resolve tensions between the two countries.
Armenia and Azerbaijan appear to have taken another step towards normalizing ties following a (...)
The leaders of France and Germany have urged their counterparts in Kosovo and Serbia to agree on holding new municipal elections in northern Kosovo, hoping that another ballot would quell a flare-up of ethnic tensions that have led to violent (...)
A huge pro-EU rally has taken place in Moldova's capital Chisinau, organized by the country's President Maia Sandu.
An estimated 75,000 people turned out to support Ms Sandu's well-publicized bid for Moldova to gain EU membership.
Her pro-Western (...)
The European Union Foreign Affairs Council, during its formal meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, will adopt the 7th round of sanctions on Iran for human rights violations, a senior EU official said Friday.
The official, speaking to journalists on (...)
Thousands took to the streets in Chisinau on Sunday demanding that the Moldovan government fully covers the costs of winter energy bills, and urging lawmakers "not involve the country in war."
Opponents of the pro-Western President Maia Sandu have (...)
A short drive from Ukraine's southern border, hundreds of Russian troops guard a vast Soviet-era ammunition depot in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria.
This depot, these soldiers and this pro-Russian separatist region are under increasing (...)