Keeping the 5+2 process alive must be deemed inconceivable after Russia’s re-invasion of Ukraine. Yet, some process-addicted diplomats envisage resuscitating this same forum once the war in Ukraine subsides. They only acknowledge a...
The parliaments of Romania, Moldova, and Ireland have recognized Holodomor, Stalin’s man-made famine of 1932-1933 that killed roughly four million Ukrainians, as genocide. On 22 November, the Seanad Eireann of Ireland recognized the...
Russian state gas giant Gazprom threatened to reduce gas supplies to Moldova via Ukraine, putting forward allegations that Kyiv is holding onto supplies destined for its neighbor, CNBC reported. Gazprom claimed in a statement on Telegram...
Moldova has been hit by power outages after Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure caused a key power line from Romania to be disconnected on 15 November. Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spinu wrote on his...
Fake babushka protesters: a blast from the past The night before the protest, I walked to the building of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, an imposing Soviet-style building in Chisinau. Due to the ongoing energy crisis, this part...
The European Union has approved agreements with Ukraine and Moldova to ease the cross-border transport of goods. The agreements will facilitate road freight transport, allowing haulers to transit through, and operate between, each...
The Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases of Moldova (PCCOCS) initiated criminal proceedings over the fact that Russian missiles flew through the country’s airspace on October 10 and 31, reports...
On 6 November, Ukraine and Moldova resumed the movement of passenger trains on the Kyiv-Chisinau route after a 24-year break, European Pravda reports. Train number 351/352 will be running every other day with a departure from the Kyiv...
On Oct 31, Moldova’s MFA declared an employee of the Russian embassy persona non grata, Moldova’s MFA reported. “At the time, it was confirmed that the missile attacks of a neighboring country lead to a further escalation...
The Moldovan Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that on the morning of 31 October 2022, a Russian “missile shot down by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft system fell in the northern end of the town of Naslavcea in the Republic of Moldova,...
In October 2022, a few weeks before the Ukrainian Army liberated Kherson, Russian soldiers parked several school buses next to the Regional Art Museum named after Oleksii Shovkunenko. Over four days, the invaders loaded their vehicles with...