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NO PARTY secured a majority in Moldova’s parliamentary elections, near-final results showed yesterday, leaving the country’s government stuck in limbo between pro-Western and pro-Russia parties.
The national electoral committee reported that the pro-Russia Socialist Party, allied to Moldovan President Igor Dodon, took the most votes at 31 per cent, while the pro-Western Acum (26 per cent) and Democratic parties (24 per cent) came in second and third.
The result sets the stage for prolonged coalition talks, though the Acum group has pledged not to enter a coalition with the Socialists or the Democrats.
The disputed election of a far-right president, who is also a US citizen, signals further consolidation of Washington’s regional power and represents a threat to the country’s democracy and sovereignty, writes WT WHITNEY JNR
MIKE MARTIN surveys the regional opposition to US attempts to force the region into a military confrontation with China
From Reform UK to Trump, Orban and beyond, the far right is organised across borders and growing. Waiting for it to collapse is a fatal error – building an international, locally rooted left alternative is now an urgent necessity., argues ROGER McKENZIE
In part II of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY explores how witch-hunting drives took hold in the Civil Service as the cold war emerged in the wake of WWII