Political
Dodon’s concern, between fascism and totalitarianism
The diaspora has come home again – it’s August. One can see hundreds of cars with Italian, U.K., German and Irish plates on the roads of Moldova. Relaxed families are strolling along Chișinău streets, spe…
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
Breaking News/The Constitutional Court Has Six Newly Appointed Judges
The Government, the Parliament and the Superior Council of Magistrates (CSM) appointed six judges to the Constitutional Court (CC). One of them, Serghei Țurcan served as a judge under the Democratic Party Gover…
19 August 2019
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