faultlineviews@gmail.comMaia Sandu won Moldova’s presidential runoff on 15 November 2020, defeating incumbent Igor Dodon after campaigning on reform, cleaner government and closer European ties.
faultlineviews@gmail.comArmenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed a ceasefire statement on 9 November 2020, ending six weeks of war and authorizing a Russian peacekeeping deployment.
faultlineviews@gmail.comPfizer and Germany’s BioNTech announced on 9 November 2020 that an interim analysis found their experimental COVID-19 vaccine more than 90 percent effective.
faultlineviews@gmail.comGeorgia voted in a competitive parliamentary election on 31 October 2020 under a revised electoral system, though disputes over confidence and complaints continued afterward.
faultlineviews@gmail.comThree people were killed in a knife attack at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice on 29 October 2020, prompting a terrorism investigation in France.
faultlineviews@gmail.comThailand imposed emergency measures in Bangkok after large youth-led demonstrations demanded political and constitutional reform.
faultlineviews@gmail.comKyrgyzstan annulled its parliamentary election results on 6 October 2020 after protesters seized government buildings amid allegations of vote buying.
faultlineviews@gmail.comMajor fighting erupted around Nagorno-Karabakh on 27 September 2020, rapidly expanding into the region’s deadliest conflict since the 1990s.
faultlineviews@gmail.comFires beginning overnight on 8–9 September 2020 destroyed much of the overcrowded Moria reception centre on Lesbos, leaving thousands without shelter.
faultlineviews@gmail.comBelarus’s 9 August 2020 presidential election, which the opposition rejected as falsified, triggered mass protests and a sweeping security crackdown.
