Frank Elbers
@franckelbers.bsky.social
Bucharest-based Southeast Europe correspondent @bnr.nl @groene.nl @nporadio1.bsky.social @vrtnws.be. Hoofdredacteur @donaustroom.bsky.social. Previously Beirut @ Arab Institute for Women. Home: https://frankelbers.info.
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
🗳️🇲🇰 #NorthMacedonia: A landslide victory by the ruling nationalist VMRO-DPMNE in yesterday's local #elections. This does not bode well for the #EUaccession process and breaking the deadlock around required constitutional change.
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
🗳️🇲🇰 #NorthMacedonia: A landslide victory by the ruling nationalist VMRO-DPMNE in yesterday's local #elections. This does not bode well for the #EUaccession process and breaking the deadlock around required constitutional change.
🗳️🇲🇰 #NorthMacedonia There are no exit polls. The State Election Commission (DIK) is obliged to report the preliminary final results no later than 24 hours after the closing of the polling stations. #elections
October 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🗳️🇲🇰 #NorthMacedonia There are no exit polls. The State Election Commission (DIK) is obliged to report the preliminary final results no later than 24 hours after the closing of the polling stations. #elections
🗳️🇲🇰 The polls in #NorthMacedonia have closed at 19:00 local time and ballot counting starts. Turnout at 17:00 was 39.87%. #elections
October 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🗳️🇲🇰 The polls in #NorthMacedonia have closed at 19:00 local time and ballot counting starts. Turnout at 17:00 was 39.87%. #elections
🇦🇱 #Albania, 🇲🇩 #Moldova, 🇲🇪 #Montenegro and 🇲🇰#NorthMacedonia are now full members of the Single Euro Payments Area (#SEPA), allowing citizens and businesses to process euro transfers at the same rates and speeds as those in European Union member states.
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🇦🇱 #Albania, 🇲🇩 #Moldova, 🇲🇪 #Montenegro and 🇲🇰#NorthMacedonia are now full members of the Single Euro Payments Area (#SEPA), allowing citizens and businesses to process euro transfers at the same rates and speeds as those in European Union member states.
🇲🇩🗳️ With almost 100% of the ballots counted it is clear: A landslide victory for the ruling Party for Action and Solidarity (PAS) of president Maia Sandu. PAS wins between 54 and 56 seats in parliament (out of total of 101). #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🇲🇩🗳️ With almost 100% of the ballots counted it is clear: A landslide victory for the ruling Party for Action and Solidarity (PAS) of president Maia Sandu. PAS wins between 54 and 56 seats in parliament (out of total of 101). #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ An initial assessment of election day. Despite massive pre-election interventions from Moscow, bomb alerts at polling stations, and the last-minute cancelation of “#Moldova Mare” party (part of Patriotic Bloc) — the election seems to have been generally free & fair. #alegeriparlamentare2025 1/6
September 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ An initial assessment of election day. Despite massive pre-election interventions from Moscow, bomb alerts at polling stations, and the last-minute cancelation of “#Moldova Mare” party (part of Patriotic Bloc) — the election seems to have been generally free & fair. #alegeriparlamentare2025 1/6
🇲🇩🗳️ Polls close in Moldova at 21:00 EET. As a reminder there will be no (official) exit polls. Vote count with start as soon as polls have been closed. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ Polls close in Moldova at 21:00 EET. As a reminder there will be no (official) exit polls. Vote count with start as soon as polls have been closed. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ Some couples decided to go to the polls on their wedding day. Among them this bride and groom from the city of Drochia, northern #Moldova. #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ Some couples decided to go to the polls on their wedding day. Among them this bride and groom from the city of Drochia, northern #Moldova. #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 18:00 was 45.73%, higher than in previous three parliamentary elections. Polls close at 21:00 EET
#moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
#moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 18:00 was 45.73%, higher than in previous three parliamentary elections. Polls close at 21:00 EET
#moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
#moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 18:00 was 45.73%, higher than in three previous parliamentary elections. Polls close at 21:00 EET. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 18:00 was 45.73%, higher than in three previous parliamentary elections. Polls close at 21:00 EET. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that bomb threats targeted polling stations in Brussels (Belgium), Rome and Genoa (Italy), Bucharest (Romania), Ashville (USA) and Alicante (Spain). "The bomb threats began exactly as the authorities warned would happen." #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that bomb threats targeted polling stations in Brussels (Belgium), Rome and Genoa (Italy), Bucharest (Romania), Ashville (USA) and Alicante (Spain). "The bomb threats began exactly as the authorities warned would happen." #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that bomb threats targeted polling stations in Brussels (Belgium), Rome and Genoa (Italy), Bucharest (Romania), Ashville (USA) and Alicante (Spain). "The bomb threats began exactly as the authorities warned would happen." #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that bomb threats targeted polling stations in Brussels (Belgium), Rome and Genoa (Italy), Bucharest (Romania), Ashville (USA) and Alicante (Spain). "The bomb threats began exactly as the authorities warned would happen." #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 15:00 was 35.1%, compared to 35.6% in presidential election/referendum in October 2024. Meanwhile, there have been (unconfirmed) bomb alerts at polling stations in Italy and Spain, where allegedly voting was halted. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 15:00 was 35.1%, compared to 35.6% in presidential election/referendum in October 2024. Meanwhile, there have been (unconfirmed) bomb alerts at polling stations in Italy and Spain, where allegedly voting was halted. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ Over 16 million cyberattacks from several countries targeted the electoral infrastructure of #Moldova in the last two days, the government's Information Technology and Cybersecurity Service (STISC) announced. All attacks were detected & neutralised. #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🇲🇩🗳️ Over 16 million cyberattacks from several countries targeted the electoral infrastructure of #Moldova in the last two days, the government's Information Technology and Cybersecurity Service (STISC) announced. All attacks were detected & neutralised. #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ The electoral process is proceeding without major incidents, announced the President of the Central Election Commission, Angelica Caraman, in a press briefing at 12:00. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🇲🇩🗳️ The electoral process is proceeding without major incidents, announced the President of the Central Election Commission, Angelica Caraman, in a press briefing at 12:00. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 12 pm was 20.75%, almost two percent higher than in the October 2024 presidential elections/referendum at the same hour. Voters are clearly aware of what is at stake today! #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🇲🇩🗳️ Voter turnout at 12 pm was 20.75%, almost two percent higher than in the October 2024 presidential elections/referendum at the same hour. Voters are clearly aware of what is at stake today! #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ Over the past 10 years, the number of Moldovan voters in the #diaspora has increased almost fivefold. By 10:00, over 20 thousand votes abroad had cast their ballot, including this IT student in Beijing. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🇲🇩🗳️ Over the past 10 years, the number of Moldovan voters in the #diaspora has increased almost fivefold. By 10:00, over 20 thousand votes abroad had cast their ballot, including this IT student in Beijing. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ President Maia Sandu just cast her ballot. "I voted for a Parliament with which we can keep the peace, for a legislature that respects the Republic of Moldova and its citizens, a Parliament with which we can continue to build a European Moldova." #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🇲🇩🗳️ President Maia Sandu just cast her ballot. "I voted for a Parliament with which we can keep the peace, for a legislature that respects the Republic of Moldova and its citizens, a Parliament with which we can continue to build a European Moldova." #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
🇲🇩🗳️ And we are off! Today Moldovans will decide if the ruling PAS (Party for Action and Solidarity) can continue to guide the country towards the EU or whether the opposition "Solidarity Bloc" will break their majority in Parliament. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🇲🇩🗳️ And we are off! Today Moldovans will decide if the ruling PAS (Party for Action and Solidarity) can continue to guide the country towards the EU or whether the opposition "Solidarity Bloc" will break their majority in Parliament. #moldova #alegeriparlamentare2025
#Moldova: In the latest Public Opinion Barometer, the ruling PAS party is in the lead, but 1/3 of voters remain undecided. According to the poll, three political forces would enter parliament: PAS (28.6%), the “Patriotic Bloc” (13.9%), and “Our Party” (5.1%). #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#Moldova: In the latest Public Opinion Barometer, the ruling PAS party is in the lead, but 1/3 of voters remain undecided. According to the poll, three political forces would enter parliament: PAS (28.6%), the “Patriotic Bloc” (13.9%), and “Our Party” (5.1%). #alegeriparlamentare2025
According to latest iData poll, the "Patriotic Bloc" leads with 24.9% (41 seats), slightly ahead of the ruling PAS party with 24.7% (40 seats). Caveat: poll does not include #Moldova 's large #diaspora, almost a quarter of polled voters is undecided. #alegeriparlamentare2025
September 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
According to latest iData poll, the "Patriotic Bloc" leads with 24.9% (41 seats), slightly ahead of the ruling PAS party with 24.7% (40 seats). Caveat: poll does not include #Moldova 's large #diaspora, almost a quarter of polled voters is undecided. #alegeriparlamentare2025
#Moldova 's pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc would secure a narrow lead over the ruling pro-EU Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) if parliamentary elections were held now, according to iData poll. Poll did not include diaspora, which represents nearly one-sixth of the electorate. #alegeriparlamentare
September 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#Moldova 's pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc would secure a narrow lead over the ruling pro-EU Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) if parliamentary elections were held now, according to iData poll. Poll did not include diaspora, which represents nearly one-sixth of the electorate. #alegeriparlamentare
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September 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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