EU candidate curbs autonomy of opposition-dominated region

Moldova’s Gagauzia has been denied the right to select its prosecutor general

The Moldovan government has blocked the right of the autonomous southern region of Gagauzia to select its prosecutor general. The elected leader of the area, a vocal critic of pro-Western Moldovan President Maia Sandu, was arrested last month.

Gagauzia has long been embroiled in a political standoff with the central government in Chisinau. The Gagauzian...