Moldovan Parliament backs bid to join EU, but divisions remain
Chisinau, Moldova Reuters Moldova’s Parliament this week endorsed an appeal to press on with a drive to join the European Union, but the opposition walked out of the vote and separatists in the Transdniestria region urged authorities to drop their claim to the enclave. President Maia Sandu, who says Russia is the biggest threat to […]
Moldova dismisses reported drone strike in breakaway enclave as provocation
Chisinau, Moldova Reuters Officials in Moldova’s pro-Russian, separatist Transdniestria enclave said a drone launched from Ukraine’s Odesa region blew up a helicopter on military territory on Sunday, local media said, but pro-European Moldova immediately dismissed the report. The official Moldovan body that deals with Transdniestria, and a Ukrainian official, portrayed the incident at Tiraspol, the […]
Moldovan negotiator rules out Moscow role in solving separatist issue
Chisinau Reuters Moldova’s top negotiator in resolving the three-decade-old dispute with its pro-Russian Transdniestria separatist enclave on Sunday ruled out any role for Russia in finding a solution as long as it was engaged in its war in Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebrian made his comments on national radio as Moldova’s pro-European government pressed […]
Moldova says latest talks with separatists “difficult”
Chisinau, Moldova Reuters A senior official of Moldova’s pro-European government said on Wednesday that his latest talks with the pro-Russian separatist Transdniestria region had been “quite difficult” as tension rises in the three-decade-old standoff. The region split from Moldova before the collapse of Soviet rule and fought a brief war against the newly independent state […]
Essay: Five things to know about Moldova and Transnistria – and why Russia’s war in Ukraine is threatening their security, too
In an article first published on The Conversation, US-based scholar of Eastern European politics, TATSIANA KULAKEVICH, looks at the background to the tensions between Russia and Moldova…
Quick facts – What is the breakaway Transdniestria region of Moldova where tensions are rising?
Chisinau, Moldova Reuters Tensions are rising in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria, adjacent to Ukraine, where authorities say explosions have hit radio masts and the state security service headquarters in the space of a day. Here’s why the region is emerging as a possible new flashpoint of the war in Ukraine. An old trolleybus […]
Ukraine accuses Russia of blackmail with plan to halt gas to Poland
Warsaw, Poland/Ramstein Air Base, GermanyReuters Kyiv accused Russia of blackmailing Europe by cutting off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as the crisis in Ukraine deepened, with tensions surging in nearby Moldova and Moscow warning the West to back off. NATO member and staunch Kremlin opponent Poland is among the European countries seeking the toughest […]
Russian warship sinks in Black Sea after explosion, Russian defence ministry says
Kyiv/Lviv, Ukraine Reuters Russia’s lead warship in the Black Sea sank on Thursday, Russia’s defence ministry announced, after what Ukraine said was a missile strike and Russia described as an explosion of ammunition on board. The loss of the Moskva, the flagship in Russia’s Black Sea fleet, occurred as it was being towed to port […]