Wizz Air suspends Moldova flights over security fears The news follows an ‘elevated risk’ to the country’s airspace The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
Wizz Air to suspend Moldova flights due to security fears Budget airline links decision to airspace risks from war in neighbouring Ukraine and tensions with Russia The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023
Wizz Air to suspend Moldova flights, citing security Airline Wizz Air said on Monday it would suspend flights to the Moldovan capital Chisinau from March 14 due to concerns about the safety of its airspace, a decision Moldova's civil aviation authority described as sudden and regrettable. Reuters · Feb 27, 2023
Kremlin says it is concerned by situation in breakaway Moldovan region The Kremlin said on Monday it was worried about the state of affairs in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region, where it said Ukraine and other European countries were stirring up the situation. Reuters · Feb 27, 2023
David Pratt: Israeli democracy 'on the brink' as Ukraine war reaches grim milestone THIS weekend saw the passing of the one-year mark since the Russian invasion and its war in Ukraine. The National (Scotland) · Feb 26, 2023
Russia warns West over threatening its troops in breakaway Moldovan region Russia told the West on Friday that it would view as an attack on itself any actions that threatened Russian peacekeepers in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region, one day after Moscow accused Ukraine of planning an invasion. Reuters · Feb 24, 2023
Commentary: I lost a close friendship to Putin’s war on Ukraine When I immigrated to the U.S. from Moscow in the mid-1990s, the first thing I learned was that people in the Soviet diaspora didn’t care where you came from. The fact that I’d spent half my childhood in Ukraine and the other half in Russia carried no significance in the… Los Angeles Times · Feb 24, 2023
Moldova dismisses Russia report of Ukraine plot over Transdniestria, Moscow vows response Moldova dismissed an accusation by Russia's defence ministry on Thursday that Ukraine planned to invade the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria after staging a false flag operation, and called for calm. Reuters · Feb 23, 2023
Europe-minded Moldova feels the heat of Russia's war in Ukraine Moldova, a small and poor country with a Romanian-speaking majority between Ukraine and Romania, has been pulled between Russia and the West since gaining independence from Moscow with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Reuters · Feb 22, 2023
Moldovan president invites Biden to visit amid Russia tensions Moldova's leader said on Wednesday she had invited U.S. President Joe Biden to visit the tiny former Soviet republic, whose relationship with Russia is becoming increasingly tense. Reuters · Feb 22, 2023
Swiss prepare new 140 million franc aid package for Ukraine and Moldova The Swiss government is seeking parliamentary approval to send 140 million francs ($151 million) in further humanitarian aid to Ukraine and Moldova, the government said on Wednesday. Reuters · Feb 22, 2023
Biden to meet eastern flank NATO leaders amid Russia worries President Joe Biden is wrapping up his whirlwind, four-day visit to Poland and Ukraine The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023
Putin cancels decree underpinning Moldova's sovereignty in separatist conflict President Vladimir Putin revoked on Tuesday a 2012 decree that in part underpinned Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the future of the Transdniestria region - a Moscow-backed separatist region which borders Ukraine and where Russia keeps troops. Reuters · Feb 22, 2023
Biden affirms Moldovan sovereignty after Russian coup plot allegation U.S. President Joe Biden affirmed support for Moldova's sovereignty in a meeting with the country's president on Tuesday, the White House said, days after Chisinau said it foiled a Russian coup attempt. Reuters · Feb 21, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023 The Guardian view on coup fears in Moldova: another front in Putin’s war Editorial: The west must not ignore the hybrid attacks by Moscow beyond Ukraine’s southern border
Reuters · Feb 20, 2023 Kremlin: Russia's relations with Moldova are very tense The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia's relations with Moldova were very tense and it accused Moldovan leaders of pursuing an anti-Russian agenda, one week after Chisinau said it had foiled a Russian coup attempt.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023 How we met: ‘He was this big, strong, handsome man. I fell in love straight away’ Kseniia, 31, and Andriy, 44, met in 2011 in Kyiv when she was singing in a band. They married in 2018 and now live in Moldova with their two dogs
France 24 · Feb 20, 2023 Pro-Russia protesters take to streets in Moldova to denounce new government Several thousand protesters rallied in Moldova’s capital Sunday to demand that the country's new pro-Western government fully cover citizens' winter heating bills amid a cost-of-living crisis and skyrocketing inflation.
The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023 Moldova protesters want energy subsidies, president to quit Several thousand protesters have rallied in Moldova’s capital to demand that the country’s new pro-Western government fully cover citizens’ winter heating bills amid a cost-of-living crisis and skyrocketing inflation
The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2023 What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis How Iran smuggled drones into Russia; Moscow’s forces close in on Bakhmut; the defenders of Vuhledar
France 24 · Feb 17, 2023 The EU’s naivety about global competition is over: France’s secretary of state for Europe (Part 1) Europe is becoming more aware of itself as an economic and trading power – that’s the message from France’s secretary of state for European affairs, Laurence Boone. She talks about the new tools the EU has given itself to take on unfair competition, especially from Chinese companies, but she also…
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 Facebook ran ads in Moldova for oligarch sanctioned by US Facebook allowed a Moldovan oligarch with ties to the Kremlin to run ads on its platform urging protests against that country's government — even though he and his political party are subject to U.S. sanctions
The Conversation · Feb 16, 2023 Ukraine recap: how the conflict might unfold in its second year Almost exactly a year ago – on February 17 2022 – we published a story by David Galbreath, an expert in international security from the University of Bath. In it he pointed to the fact that – despite the Kremlin’s repeated assurances to the contrary – an invasion of Ukraine…
Reuters · Feb 16, 2023 Factbox-Who is new Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean? Moldovan parliament approved pro-Western politician Dorin Recean on Thursday as the tiny former Soviet republic's prime minister.
The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023 Moldova's PM-designate seeks confidence vote from lawmakers Moldova’s Prime Minister-designate Dorin Recean, a pro-Western former defense and security adviser to the president will propose a new government to lawmakers on Thursday for a confidence vote, as the small country signals a shift to security concerns amid Russia’s ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine