Protesters in tiny ex Soviet Moldova on Thursday pondered their next move after the authorities snubbed a deadline to call early elections in the latest twist in the countrys protracted political crisis

CLEAN : Moldova protesters weigh next move as election ultimatum passes

CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS of Chisinau

CLEAN : Moldova is at a turning point reform or collapse: analyst

CLEAN : STOCK SHOTS: Moldova protesters weigh next move as election

CLEAN : Amid Ukraine crisis Moldovans ponder Russi

CLEAN : Stockshots of Moldovan capital Chisinau

CLEAN : Moldova calls for show of EU support

CLEAN : $1 billion disappears and Moldova looks for answers

VOICED : Tradicion ecuestre amenazada en Moldavia

CLEAN : Talks expected in May over Moldova breakaway region: OSCE

CLEAN: Moldova protests driven by the Internet and text-messaging

CLEAN: Hundreds protest in Moldova

William Hague MP Interview in Moldova re Ukraine Crisis

William Hague MP Interview in Moldova re Ukraine Crisis

Some 1,000 people protest in central Chisinau after pro Russian candidate Igor Dodon emerged as the winner of Moldovas hotly disputed presidential runoff branded an East West tug of war

Moldovans on Sunday are voting in a second round of presidential polls with pro-Moscow and pro-European candidates vying to lead the impoverished ex-Soviet country

Moldovan Presidential candidate Igor Dodon who heads the Socialist Party has vehemently advocated against turning toward Europe

With an economic crisis in neighbouring Russia and growing uncertainty in Europe the hordes of migrant workers from ex-Soviet Moldova face a profound dilemma return home to grim prospects or ride out the crisis abroad

Europe's poorest country Moldova politically torn between former Soviet master Russia and the West has seen its economy ravaged by rampant corruption and a string of money laundering and theft scandals

STOCKSHOTS of Moldovan capital Chisinau

Ukrainian officials on Friday upped the ante in their nation's growing confrontation with Russia, announcing a travel ban for Russian men between the age of 16 and 60, excluding the cases when the aim of visit is humanitarian.

More than three million Moldovans are eligible to vote in parliamentary elections Sunday when the former Soviet republic wedged between Romania and Ukraine will choose representatives for the next four-year term of the 101-seat...

Moldova's president and opposition leader both voted Sunday in a parliamentary election that could deepen the split between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces in the former Soviet republic.