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Capital

Chișinău

Head of State

President Maia Sandu

Head of Government

Prime Minister Dorin Recean

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska pay tribute to those killed during the Euromaidan protests in 2014 in Kyiv on Friday. Photo: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP

Ukraine war

10 arrested over Russian plot to kill top Ukrainian officials

Moscow promised to pay the assassins up to US$100,000, depending on the notoriety and influence of the potential victim, prosecutor says.

20 Feb 2026 - 6:58PM

European Union

‘Work to be done’: EU says it’s not ready to give Ukraine a membership date

15 Feb 2026 - 8:49PMvideocam

Ukraine war

Electricity lines between Ukraine, Moldova, Romania fail, with mass outages

31 Jan 2026 - 11:40PMvideocam

European Union

Moldova’s pro-EU party tops polls in elections hit by Russian meddling claims

The small EU candidate nation has long been divided over whether to move closer to Brussels or maintain Soviet-era relations with Moscow.

29 Sep 2025 - 6:08PM

A supporter of the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), draped in the Moldovan flag, smiles as he checks partial results on a phone after the polls closed for the parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova on Sunday. Photo: AP

Ukraine war

US, Russia spar over Ukraine war amid calls for ‘killing to stop’

‘If the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it’s going to be very, very bad for their country,’ Vance warns.

25 Sep 2025 - 2:32PMvideocam

United States

Trump announces new tariffs on Brazil, 6 smaller economies

‘Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from reciprocal,’ letters say, adding alleged deficits are threats to US national security.

11 Jul 2025 - 1:55AMvideocam

European Union

Moldova’s pro-West president wins run-off after Russia meddling allegations

Overseas voters played a crucial role in the Moldova vote, which was overshadowed by interfering allegations.

4 Nov 2024 - 11:25AM

Moldova’s President Maia Sandu celebrates with supporters at her campaign headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

European Union

Moldova votes in election, EU referendum in shadow of alleged Russia meddling

The former Soviet republic has accelerated its push to escape Moscow’s orbit and embarked on the long process of EU accession talks.

20 Oct 2024 - 11:02PM

US-China relations

Letters | In the land of the free, there’s another side to free speech

Readers discuss what migrants find at the end of the rainbow, and the wisdom of the South Korean opposition on the Taiwan issue.

25 Jul 2024 - 2:30PM

The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

No Messi repeat? Star names, ticket price revealed for Atletico’s Hong Kong game

Euro 2024 and Copa America stars will appear, host club Kitchee say, raising prospect of seeing likes of World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann.

27 Jun 2024 - 9:53PM

France midfielder Antoine Griezmann could line up in Hong Kong in August. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

Ukraine starts ‘historic’ EU membership talks amid war with Russia

The start of negotiations is a significant step for Kyiv, but many technical, legal and political hurdles lie ahead.

26 Jun 2024 - 1:09AM

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Olga Stefanishyna (left) listens to Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib during a press conference at the EU Council building in Luxembourg on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

European Union

EU nations to start membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova

The opening of talks sends another strong signal of solidarity with Ukraine on top of the huge financial support provided by the EU.

21 Jun 2024 - 9:41PM

Hong Kong society

Hongkongers 8km from festival complain about noise although levels within limits

S2O Hong Kong Songkran Music Festival was held at the weekend at the Central harbourfront.

13 Jun 2024 - 12:54AM

Crime

Multinational operation breaks up scheme for sabotaging Interpol red notices

The FBI and European crime agencies mounted raids on a group suspected of running a scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to officials in return for blocking Interpol red notices.

5 Jun 2024 - 1:10PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid Gaza civilian deaths: experts

Defence experts reviewed debris images from an Israeli air strike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians. They said the bombs used were likely US-made.

31 May 2024 - 2:31PM

The aftermath of an Israeli air strike that killed dozens at a tent camp near the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday. Photo: dpa

US-China relations

US urges Nato wariness over China’s support for Russia in Ukraine

Clear that Beijing has ‘picked sides’ by supplying Moscow dual-use components for conflict, says Washington’s envoy to transatlantic security alliance.

31 May 2024 - 6:52AMvideocam

My Take

My Take | Subversive US influence over unrest in Georgia

As in Hong Kong in 2019, the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy has fingerprints all over protests in Tbilisi.

9 May 2024 - 11:21PM

Ukraine war

Macron reaffirms idea to send troops to Ukraine, warns of ‘hidden Brexiteers’

During an interview with the Economist, Macron said “I’m not ruling anything out”, when asked if he stood by comments earlier this year about the potential to send Western troops to Ukraine.

2 May 2024 - 9:49PM

French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated that he did not rule out sending troops to Ukraine, saying the problem “will arise” if Russia breaches Ukraine’s front lines. Photo: AFP

Banking & finance

Letters | What ‘old money’ can learn from ‘new money’– and how Hong Kong can help

Readers compare the attitude of businesses in the Global North and Global South, the next industrial revolution, and China’s electric vehicle makers.

28 Apr 2024 - 11:30AM

Ukraine war

Zelensky says Ukraine will have to retreat if US fails to give weapons

The president said if there is no US support, ‘we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps’.

30 Mar 2024 - 12:45PMvideocam

Ukraine war

Time could be ripe for a China-led peace proposal to end Ukraine-Russia war

After two years of war, China hasn’t been able to help broker peace in Ukraine. But that could be about to change.

29 Feb 2024 - 9:25AMvideocam

Russia

Breakaway Moldovan region asks Russia for ‘protection’, raising Ukraine tensions

The call for help from Moscow fuelled comparisons with February 2022, when Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine called for protection against what they said was relentless attacks and shelling by Kyiv’s forces.

29 Feb 2024 - 3:55PM

A statue of Lenin in front of the town hall in the capital of Transnistria, Tiraspol. Photo: Shutterstock

Racism and other prejudice

As Greece legalises same-sex unions, will other Orthodox nations join them?

Eastern Orthodox leadership has been united in opposing recognition of same-sex relationships, but there are signs of change with small majority-Orthodox countries of Montenegro and Cyprus authorising same-sex unions in recent years, as did Greece in 2015.

18 Feb 2024 - 8:00AMvideocam

Ukraine war

Russia launches 45 drones as Ukraine changes more military leaders

Ukraine said it destroyed 40 Iranian-made Shahed drones over nine different regions as the war enters its third year.

12 Feb 2024 - 10:40AM

China-EU relations

EU suspends WTO dispute with China over alleged economic coercion of Lithuania

Note circulated to intergovernmental body’s members on Friday said bloc wanted to “immediately suspend its proceedings” with Beijing.

27 Jan 2024 - 6:59AMvideocam

European Union

Opinion | Trump’s Iowa victory shows world must prepare for more turmoil

The prospect of Donald Trump returning to power is just one source of uncertainty pushing Europe to prepare for a tumultuous era to 2030 and beyond. The EU must also contend with an increasingly complex geopolitical environment and waning economic competitiveness.

17 Jan 2024 - 7:30PMvideocam

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky share the stage on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 16. The war in Ukraine is one of several factors injecting uncertainty into the EU’s future, and De Croo has warned that Donald Trump returning to the White House risks leaving Europe to stand on its own. Photo: dpa

Ukraine war

EU grants Ukraine membership talks but can’t agree financial aid

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked €50 billion in EU aid for Ukraine, after leaders sidestepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kyiv on joining the bloc.

15 Dec 2023 - 4:09PM

Israel-Gaza war

UN General Assembly demands humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

More than three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly backed the move, which had been vetoed by the United States in the Security Council last week.

13 Dec 2023 - 10:33AM

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Moldova

10 arrested over Russian plot to kill top Ukrainian officials

Moscow promised to pay the assassins up to US$100,000, depending on the notoriety and influence of the potential victim, prosecutor says.

‘Work to be done’: EU says it’s not ready to give Ukraine a membership date

Electricity lines between Ukraine, Moldova, Romania fail, with mass outages

Moldova’s pro-EU party tops polls in elections hit by Russian meddling claims

The small EU candidate nation has long been divided over whether to move closer to Brussels or maintain Soviet-era relations with Moscow.

US, Russia spar over Ukraine war amid calls for ‘killing to stop’

‘If the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it’s going to be very, very bad for their country,’ Vance warns.

Trump announces new tariffs on Brazil, 6 smaller economies

‘Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from reciprocal,’ letters say, adding alleged deficits are threats to US national security.

Moldova’s pro-West president wins run-off after Russia meddling allegations

Overseas voters played a crucial role in the Moldova vote, which was overshadowed by interfering allegations.

Moldova votes in election, EU referendum in shadow of alleged Russia meddling

The former Soviet republic has accelerated its push to escape Moscow’s orbit and embarked on the long process of EU accession talks.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Letters | In the land of the free, there’s another side to free speech

Readers discuss what migrants find at the end of the rainbow, and the wisdom of the South Korean opposition on the Taiwan issue.

No Messi repeat? Star names, ticket price revealed for Atletico’s Hong Kong game

Euro 2024 and Copa America stars will appear, host club Kitchee say, raising prospect of seeing likes of World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann.

Ukraine starts ‘historic’ EU membership talks amid war with Russia

The start of negotiations is a significant step for Kyiv, but many technical, legal and political hurdles lie ahead.

EU nations to start membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova

The opening of talks sends another strong signal of solidarity with Ukraine on top of the huge financial support provided by the EU.

Hongkongers 8km from festival complain about noise although levels within limits

S2O Hong Kong Songkran Music Festival was held at the weekend at the Central harbourfront.

Multinational operation breaks up scheme for sabotaging Interpol red notices

The FBI and European crime agencies mounted raids on a group suspected of running a scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to officials in return for blocking Interpol red notices.

Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid Gaza civilian deaths: experts

Defence experts reviewed debris images from an Israeli air strike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians. They said the bombs used were likely US-made.

US urges Nato wariness over China’s support for Russia in Ukraine

Clear that Beijing has ‘picked sides’ by supplying Moscow dual-use components for conflict, says Washington’s envoy to transatlantic security alliance.

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}My Take | Subversive US influence over unrest in Georgia

As in Hong Kong in 2019, the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy has fingerprints all over protests in Tbilisi.

Macron reaffirms idea to send troops to Ukraine, warns of ‘hidden Brexiteers’

During an interview with the Economist, Macron said “I’m not ruling anything out”, when asked if he stood by comments earlier this year about the potential to send Western troops to Ukraine.

Letters | What ‘old money’ can learn from ‘new money’– and how Hong Kong can help

Readers compare the attitude of businesses in the Global North and Global South, the next industrial revolution, and China’s electric vehicle makers.

Zelensky says Ukraine will have to retreat if US fails to give weapons

The president said if there is no US support, ‘we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps’.

Time could be ripe for a China-led peace proposal to end Ukraine-Russia war

After two years of war, China hasn’t been able to help broker peace in Ukraine. But that could be about to change.

Breakaway Moldovan region asks Russia for ‘protection’, raising Ukraine tensions

The call for help from Moscow fuelled comparisons with February 2022, when Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine called for protection against what they said was relentless attacks and shelling by Kyiv’s forces.

As Greece legalises same-sex unions, will other Orthodox nations join them?

Eastern Orthodox leadership has been united in opposing recognition of same-sex relationships, but there are signs of change with small majority-Orthodox countries of Montenegro and Cyprus authorising same-sex unions in recent years, as did Greece in 2015.

Russia launches 45 drones as Ukraine changes more military leaders

Ukraine said it destroyed 40 Iranian-made Shahed drones over nine different regions as the war enters its third year.

EU suspends WTO dispute with China over alleged economic coercion of Lithuania

Note circulated to intergovernmental body’s members on Friday said bloc wanted to “immediately suspend its proceedings” with Beijing.

Opinion | Trump’s Iowa victory shows world must prepare for more turmoil

The prospect of Donald Trump returning to power is just one source of uncertainty pushing Europe to prepare for a tumultuous era to 2030 and beyond. The EU must also contend with an increasingly complex geopolitical environment and waning economic competitiveness.

EU grants Ukraine membership talks but can’t agree financial aid

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked €50 billion in EU aid for Ukraine, after leaders sidestepped his opposition to agree to open talks with Kyiv on joining the bloc.

UN General Assembly demands humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

More than three-quarters of the 193-member General Assembly backed the move, which had been vetoed by the United States in the Security Council last week.

Letters | In the land of the free, there’s another side to free speech

My Take | Subversive US influence over unrest in Georgia