A frozen Eastern European conflict defrosts: Could this barely known region be the next Russia-NATO flashpoint?

Moldova is pursuing a policy of pressure and economic blockade on Transnistria, but Moscow has plenty of skin in the game Trasnistria is a small unrecognized republic, in Eastern Europe, which is internationally recognised as being part of Moldova. On February 28, local authorities convened the Congress of People’s Deputies from all levels of the Transnistrian…

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Ex Soviet state signs defence pact with France

President Maia Sandu said the deal will help thwart what she says are increasing attempts by Moscow to destabilize the region Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed a defense cooperation agreement with France during her visit to Paris on Thursday.

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Peaceful times are over – EU state’s PM

Europe’s peaceful era has ended, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said, painting a grim picture of the future arising from tensions with Russia. “The times of peace are over. The post-war era is over,” Tusk said at a meeting of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Bucharest, Romania on Thursday. “We are living through new times…

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