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2 months ago | 
europinion.uk | Victoria Anastasia Aranowicz |Will Kingston-Cox
Victoria Anastasia Aranowicz and Will Kingston-Cox attended the launch of the Young European Movement’s (YEM) “Break the Silence to End the Violence” in both an organisational partnership capacity for Europinion, and to report on the campaign launch itself.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
On 20 January 2025, Vadim Krasnoselsky, president of the Russian-backed separatist Transnistria, announced his intention to purchase natural gas from Moldovagaz, the national gas company of Moldova. The decision comes in response to a severe ongoing energy crisis precipitated by Russia’s Gazprom ceasing gas supplies on 1 January 2025, citing a spurious and disputed $709 million debt owed by Moldova. Krasnoselsky recently visited Moscow seeking “humanitarian” aid in the form of gas supplies.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
The cessation of Russian natural gas supplies to Transnistria has precipitated a severe energy crisis, leading to the suspension of nearly all industrial operations and leaving hundreds of thousands of residents without heating amid freezing winter temperatures. This situation has been exacerbated by Transnistria's refusal to accept alternative gas supplies facilitated by Moldova, despite warnings of an impending humanitarian crisis.
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Dec 27, 2024 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
Amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine and rising tensions across Europe, Transnistria, a Russian-allied separatist region of Moldova, has emerged as a potential flashpoint in Russia’s geopolitical manoeuvring. Recent allegations from Moscow accusing Moldova of planning a military incursion into Transnistria have triggered fears of impending conflict.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
The separatist region of Transnistria within Moldova finds itself in the centre of a looming crisis with potentially existential implications. The imminent cessation of Russian gas supplies not only risks escalating tensions between Moscow and Moldova, but also threatens to upend the precarious status quo of relative peace.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
Moldova’s referendum on enshrining its determination to join the European Union within its constitution was always set to be a tightly contested affair. No-one could have predicted quite how close the final result would be. In a knife-edge margin of under a percent, the “Yes” vote emerged victorious early Monday (21 October) morning, 50.4% to 49.6%, by a mere few thousand votes.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
The imminent Moldovan presidential election and referendum on membership of the European Union, set for this Sunday (20 October), could be one of the most consequential political events in the country’s post-independence history. These dual votes will decide Moldova’s geopolitical and cultural trajectory at a time where the nation stands torn between the pull of European integration and Russian influence. It is indisputable that Moldova is at a crossroads.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
Keir Starmer, once touted as the antidote to Conservative Party’s reign of chaos, is now mired in controversy. Rightfully so, I hasten to add. Despite promising a return to sensible and responsible politics, Starmer has single-handedly enmeshed himself in a myriad of scandals that are certainly painting a much different picture.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
Welcome to Starmer’s United Kingdom - welcome to the Nanny State. In a land where social media posts can see you receive years in jail, anything is possible. Well, except smoking. The omniscient, omnipotent, virtuous Labour government has unveiled yet another new popular policy that is supposedly going to “fix the foundations” of our country. That’s right, according to Labour it is smokers who are a blight on our society and importantly the ever-deified NHS.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
europinion.uk | Will Kingston-Cox
I fear I am running the risk of becoming a broken record. I can assure you I am not a doom-merchant. When I began commentating on British politics at the nadir of Boris Johnson’s premiership, when he was usurped in a Tory coup, it was hard to think things could get much worse.
