Czech PM to visit Moldova

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek will visit Moldova next week to discuss a post-election crisis in the former Soviet republic. The Czech EU presidency said the prime minister had discussed the situation in Moldova with President Vladimir Voronin by telephone on Wednesday and would visit Chisinau on April 22. Moldovan officials have started recounting more than 1.5 million ballots cast in the country's disputed election in which a Communist victory sparked violent protests. The Constitutional Court ordered the recount at the request of President Voronin, after demonstrators ransacked public buildings last week.