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U.S. President’s Security Advisor will visit Chișinău, Next Week
John Bolton, presidential adviser on U.S. national security issues, will pay a visit to the Republic of Moldovaon August 29. The Government announced about the visit in a press release. “For many years the Repu…
25 August 2019
POLL / A Socialist-Head of the Constitutional Court – How Did We Get Here?
Igor Dodon has the Army, the Security and Intelligence Service (SIS), the Office of the Prosecutor General, the National Anticorruption Center (CNA), the Parliament, and other key state institutions in his hand…
25 August 2019
Court Delays Issuing Search Warrant for Former Minister of Transport
Iurie Chirinciuc, former Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure was sentenced to jail time by the Chișinău Court of Appeal, but released shortly afterwards. On August 20, Chișinău’s Ciocana district Cour…
24 August 2019
Switzerland Requests Consultations With Cigarette Manufacturer On Moldova’s New Tobacco Laws
Swiss officials have placed a request with the Moldovan authorities on behalf of the cigarette manufacturing company Philip Morris, in response to the new Government’s attempts to raise taxes on heat-not-burn t…
24 August 2019
The Minister of Interior Announces a Thorough Audit in Autumn
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Andrei Năstase, specified that to reform the police a thorough audit would be necessary. The Minister declared in an interview for Radio Moldova that with the support of the Eu…
24 August 2019
Russian Defense Minister’s Upcoming Visit Causes High-Level Disagreements in Chișinău
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu is set to visit Chișinău on August 24, at the invitation of President Igor Dodon. However Prime Minister Maia Sandu has declared the visit a private one because the Govern…
22 August 2019
Guernsey-based Company Takes Over Chișinău Airport
The Guernsey based company NR Investments Ltd has concluded a purchase agreement for 95 percent of Avia Invest, the Moldovan company that currently manages the Chișinău International Airport. The government pla…
21 August 2019
Moldova to Become Transit Zone for 1.5 Billion Cubic Metres of Natural Gas
Ukrtransgaz and Moldovagaz have agreed to modernise the border gas metering stations of Grebeniki (Ukraine) and Căușeni (Moldova) to operate in reverse mode and provide a nonstop gas supply to their customers.
21 August 2019
Prime Minister Maia Sandu to Make an Official Visit to Lithuania
Moldova’s Prime Minister Sandu will make an official visit to Lithuania, on August 22. During the visit to Vilnius, Sandu will meet with the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, the Prime Minister of Lithua…
21 August 2019
Moldova, Explained by ZdG. August 19, 2019.
HAPPENING THIS WEEK Greetings from Chişinău! Here’s what’s happening this week: Our feature story examines the latest appointments to Moldova’s Constitutional Court – an institution that was at the epicenter of…
19 August 2019
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