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Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen from Finland perform the song "Liekinheitin" during the Grand Final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Noam Bettan from Israel performs the song "Michelle" reacts to the vote totals being announced during the first semifinal of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Israel and favorite Finland advance to the Eurovision final as 5 countries are sent home

Journalist Andrzej Poczobut stands in a defendants' cage in court in Grodno, Belarus, on Jan. 16, 2023. (Leonid Shcheglov/Pool via AP, File)

Belarus frees prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut in a 10-person prisoner swap

Vladimir Plahotniuc, a Moldovan oligarch, is escorted by police, after being extradited from Greece, at the Eugen Doga International Airport in Chisinau, Moldova, on Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

A Moldovan oligarch and ex-opposition leader gets a 19-year sentence in a $1 billion bank fraud case

A trolley bus sits idle, unable to move, during a power outage in Chisinau, Moldova, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja, File)

Moldova imposes 60-day energy emergency after Russian strikes in Ukraine cut key power line

Moldova president believes ‘Russia has not achieved its objectives’ after pro-EU party wins election

Moldovans gave the country’s pro-Western governing party a clear parliamentary majority in a weekend election, defeating pro-Russian groups in a vote widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West.

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Russia eases citizenship rules for residents of Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria

People fill containers with drinking water distributed by the emergency services in Balti, Moldova, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Thousands of Moldovans cut off from water after Russian strike on Ukrainian hydropower plant

People who have no power at home following Russia's air attacks wait in line to receive free hot meals in a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Power outages hit Ukraine and Moldova as Kyiv struggles against the winter cold

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, walks with Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper at the State Department, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

UK sanctions Russian and Chinese firms suspected of being ‘malign actors’ in information warfare

This image released by Moldova's Police on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, shows a drone in Pepeni, Moldova. (Moldova Police via AP)

Moldovan police investigate a drone that a resident thought was a toy and took home

England's Jarrod Bowen tries to get away from Latvia's Andrejs Ciganiks during the 2026 World Cup group K qualifying soccer match between Latvia and England in Riga, Latvia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

England tops UEFA fair play ranking for European teams. Faroe Islands has best-behaved fans

Moldova's President Maia Sandu smiles after casting her vote during a presidential election runoff, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Maia Sandu, Moldova’s pro-Western president, cements power after the party she founded wins election

Moldova's President Maia Sandu speaks to the media after the parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldova’s pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups

Igor Grosu, president of Moldova's parliament and leader of the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity speaks to the media during a press briefing after the polls closed for the parliamentary election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldova’s pro-EU party takes decisive lead in election fraught with Russian interference claims

A woman runs in front of the government building, decorated with European Union and Moldovan flags in Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldovans to vote in critical parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims

A gendarme watches as supporters hold flags at a protest rally of the Russia-friendly Patriotic Electoral Bloc in Chisinau, Moldova, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldova bars 2 pro-Russian parties from tense parliamentary election

Igor Grosu, president of Moldova's parliament and leader of the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Chisinau, Moldova, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections taking place on Sept. 28. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

Moldova’s ruling pro-EU party leader says high-stakes election will define the country’s future

Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean grimaces during statements on Russia's attempts to interfere in the country's upcoming Sept. 28 parliamentary elections in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Moldovan prime minister accuses Russia of using country’s election to ‘take power’

Moldova's President Maia Sandu leaves after speaking to the media during a press briefing after the polls closed for the presidential election runoff, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Moldovan officials carry out raids and detain 1 over alleged Russian financing of a party

Moldova's President Maia Sandu leaves after speaking to the media during a press briefing after the polls closed for the presidential election runoff, in Chisinau, Moldova, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Moldova’s election faces AI-driven disinformation from Russia

Moldova's President Maia Sandu speaks to the media during a press briefing after the polls closed for the presidential election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Moldova detains 74 people over an alleged Russia-backed unrest plot around key election

Moldova's President Maia Sandu speaks to the media during a press briefing after the polls closed for the presidential election, in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Moldova’s president accuses Russia of conducting ‘hybrid war’ ahead of key elections

From left, Polish Prime Minister Donald TUsk, French President Emmanuel Macron, Moldova's President Maia Sandu and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz leave the country's presidency headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

European leaders go to Moldova to mark its Independence Day ahead of a key election

Vladimir Plahotniuc addresses a rally in Chisinau, Moldova, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Roveliu Buga, file)

Fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in $1 billion bank fraud detained in Greece

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, center, talks with Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, left, and Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel, right, during the EU foreign ministers meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU ministers request more detail and action from Israel on aid deal for Gaza

Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean waits for the start of the EU-Moldova Association Council at the European Council building in Brussels, on May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

EU leaders reaffirm support for Moldova’s bid to join bloc at landmark summit

Fiorentina's Moise Kean, right, fights for the ball with Bologna's Jhon Lucumi during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Fiorentina and Bologna at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Moise Kean adds to Italy’s woes as he withdraws from World Cup qualifiers with injury

Leader of neo-Nazi “murder cult” extradited to the US from Moldova

Presidential candidate George Simion waits to address members of the business community at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, days ahead of the second round of the presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate’s challenge to results

Presidential candidate George Simion speaks to media after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Hard-right candidate who lost Romania’s presidential race contests results at top court

A man records video of Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, speaking to media outside a closed voting station after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun

Russian drones crash in Moldova and Romania as airspace violations are reported overnight

The power station in Braila, Moldova, a USAID supported project, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)

EU and Moldova agree on an energy security plan to wean the country off Russian supplies

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks during a visit to the site of Moldelectrica Chisinau Substation in Braila, a USAID supported project, south of the capital of Moldova, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump cuts are sending shockwaves through the region

Giorgi Iukuridze, owner and CEO Shabo, a Ukrainian winery, left, and Sam Lerman, CEO of SPYRT Worldwide, introduce Ukrainian wine to the owner of Wine Styles Arthur Lampros, right, at Wine Styles, Dec. 20, 2024 in Dumfries, Va. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Ukrainian winemaker and US veterans team up to show the best of Ukraine, a glass at a time

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