Image by Julian Nitzsche The Romanian parliament this week passed a resolution expressing support for the re-unification of Moldova with Romania, recreating ‘Greater Romania’ which existed in the former Romanian kingdom. The impetus for the vote came on the 100th anniversary of Moldova joining the Romanian kingdom after WWI. Is…
Screenshot Youtube An explosion in a commercial shop in the Moldovan capital of Chisinau today killed two people. “Chisinau police inform that a few minutes ago, there was an explosion in a grocery store on Alexei Matejevic Street in Chisinau, as a result of which two people were killed. Police…
Munich Security Conference: Moldovan PM Calls For Removal Of Russian Troops From Transdniester.
It is a little known fact that Moldova produced much of the Soviet Union’s wine. Therefore it is striking that one of the major wineries based in Moldova, Moldovan Purcari Wineries, just went public and listed its shares on the Romanian Stock Exchange, raising the equivalent of $50 million. “The…
Image by A.Savin Moldovan President Igor Dodon, who is close to Moscow and opposes movement towards the European Union, today warned that the push to reunification with Romania would lead to civil war in the tiny former Soviet Republic. Moldova has been front and center in the struggle between Moscow…
Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Iurie Leanca said this week that eventually the former Soviet territory will leave the Commonwealth of Independent States and join the European Union. He suggested an application will be submitted to join the bloc by 2019. “Leanca’s statement came after five opposition Liberal Party lawmakers put…
Transdniester Rules Out Removing Russian ‘Peacekeepers’.
Moldovan Court Allows Enactment Of Law Against Russian ‘Media Propaganda’.
Image by Saeima The Moldovan government in Chisinau recently recalled its ambassador from Russia in response to harassment and intimidation by Russian authorities of Moldovan politicians and officials, the Moldovan foreign ministry said on Monday, reported Reuters. Tensions have been high over the last several years following the theft of…
Image by Accent TV Russia has issued an international arrest warrant for Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc for murder charges. “The investigative authorities of Russia filed a petition to the Moscow Basmanny Court to arrest the leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova, oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, reported Russian news outlet Rosbalt….