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Turkey's Education Ministry is investigating how animated footage of the execution of a former prime minister was shown to children as part of their homeschooling during the coronavirus outbreak, Education Minister Ziya Selçuk said on March 24.

A government minister in Moldova has admitted security concerns about the country's currently frozen "golden visa" programme, but added that the bonuses need to be taken into account.

Economy Minister Anatol Usatii told a political TV show called 'Black Box' on Thursday that most of the 30 applications had come from Syria, Pakistan and India.

The Constitutional Court judges resigned on Wednesday after the new government led by Prime Minister Maia Sandu asked them to quit, accusing them of biased rulings in favour of the former governing Democrat Party led by oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc.

The General Prosecutor's Office in Moldova announced on Tuesday that it has initiated a criminal investigation into the country's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon over allegations that his Socialist Party has received up to $1 million a month from Moscow.

The pro-European political bloc ACUM and the pro-Russian Socialist Party, PSRM, held talks on Tuesday about the possibility of establishing a new parliamentary majority in Moldova after almost three months of political deadlock.

The negotiations started after US, EU and Russian officials visited Moldova on Monday.

President Igor Dodon said on Wednesday that MPs have two weeks to establish a governing majority and get parliament functioning again or he will call for early elections.

"If during this period [of two weeks], deputies do not find a consensus and create a parliamentary majority, then the president of Moldova will have to dissolve parliament," Dodon said.

Social Democrat Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea, "after the second conviction, should purely disappear from Romania's public life," President Klaus Iohannis said in Sibiu on Saturday.

Parliamentarians in Moldova are involved in a row over amendments to the country's citizenship law, initiated by the ruling pro-European Democrat Party and expected to pass next week - which some say will worsen corruption.

A Greek court has released on bail a Turkish man wanted by his home country for attempted extortion, ruling that he is living in Europe legally and can be released pending an extradition hearing.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu met with Democrat Party (DP) leader Gültekin Uysal on April 5 as part of his plans to set up an opposition alliance against the People's Alliance, established by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).