Moldova sank deeper into political crisis on Wednesday when its government accused Romania of organising an “attempted coup” and ordered its ambassador out of the country. Mobs ransacked Moldova’s parliament and its presidential office on Tuesday after the Communist party won a general election. President Vladimir Voronin, a Communist, said …

Sweden’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that Bosnia would not be able to apply for European Union membership as long as it was supervised by an international peace envoy. Carl Bildt said the country was not ready to apply during his country’s EU presidency in the second half of this …

Moldovan authorities and opposition leaders agreed on Tuesday to a recount of votes cast in Sunday’s parliamentary election, Russian news agencies reported, after demonstrators seized the president’s offices. Some 10,000 demonstrators massed for a second day in the capital of Europe’s poorest country to denounce the victory by the Communist …