Sixty-one Ukrainian lawmakers have signed a petition urging Kyiv's mayor to ban a gay-pride parade in the Ukrainian capital scheduled for May 25.

About 100 people have taken part in a high-profie march organized by Moldova's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in the capital, Chisinau, under the slogan "Equal rights for all."

Pro- and antigovernment protesters square off in rival demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital soon after leaders of the three main opposition factions in the Ukrainian parliament agree to cooperate on backing a single candidate to oppose incumbent Viktor Yanukovych in presidential elections in 2015.

A march scheduled for May 19 in downtown Chisinau by Moldova's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community will take place in another part of the city.

Moldova’s LGBT community is launching a weeklong festival celebrating sexual minorities in the conservative country. Organizers are optimistic the country has come a long way since a gay march in 2008 was scuttled by rock-throwing counterdemonstrators.

Ukraine's lawmakers have postponed a debate over a new antidiscrimination law after demonstrators protested outside the parliament in Kyiv.

Two members of a Russian ultranationalist group allegedly involved in high-profile killings have been arrested in Serbia and Ukraine.

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka holds talks in Yerevan with Armenia’s leadership, including President Serzh Sarkisian.

Russia's foreign minister has given assurances that the Russian military’s plans to establish an air base in Belarus is not aimed at Europe.