Moldova’s three main pro-Europe parties appeared on Monday to be able to form a new coalition with most of the vote from an election on Sunday counted, despite the pro-Moscow Socialist Party taking first place. With 87 percent of the vote counted, according to the election authorities, the three parties – the Liberal Democrats, the Liberals…

Moldova’s pro-Europe parties appeared certain on Monday of being able to form a new coalition to press on with a drive toward the European mainstream after elections even though the pro-Moscow Socialist Party took first place. With almost all votes counted from Sunday’s poll, election authorities said the Liberal Democrats, the Liberals and the Democratic Party…

Partial results from Moldova’s parliamentary election show that the parties that want to move closer to Europe have a narrow lead over those that want stronger ties with Russia. The ongoing election has taken on greater significance in Moldova as the landlocked Eastern European country, like neighboring Ukraine, has an active pro-Russia separatist movement in the…