Alert in Romania. Several RO-Alert messages following the detection of drones near the border
Authorities in Romania issued two RO-Alert messages during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday for residents in the northern part of Tulcea County, after groups of drones were detected near national airspace.According...
Transportation costs on the left bank of the Dniester will increase by 17%
Public transport fares in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova are increasing by 17%, following a decision adopted on April 14 by the administration in Tiraspol.The measure applies to passenger...
Alexandru Balan, former deputy director of the Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova, is being tried in the Republic of Moldova in a separate criminal case, while also under...
Victor Negrescu has called for the opening of cluster-based negotiations for the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union, citing a favorable political context following recent elections in Hungary.The...
Lucian Rogac, the lawyer of Vladimir Plahotniuc, has requested the recusal of judges Ana Cucerescu and Olga Bejenari from the panel examining the criminal case of the former leader of the Democratic...
China in the Moldovan equation: between underestimation and overestimation
Commentary by Iulian Groza, IPRE Executive Director This week, our colleagues from the REUNIR consortium, a Horizon Europe project in which IPRE is a partner, published a new Occasional Paper authored by Niklas Balbon and Julia Friedrich from the Global...
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Illegal imports of luxury cars to Russia, circumventing sanctions. Moldova appears in OLAF investigation
The Republic of Moldova, along with four other post-Soviet states, appears in a scheme that involved the illegal import of luxury cars into the Russian Federation by bypassing international sanctions. The European...
The reintegration process on the agenda of Moldovan-Spanish discussions. What did the officials agree on?
On February 2, Vice Prime Minister for Reintegration Valeriu Chiveri met with Francisco Aguilera Aranda, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain to Moldova, based in Bucharest,...
Explanations from the American official in Chisinau: Why was the issuance of visas for immigrants suspended?
The U.S. authorities suspended immigrant visas due to internal political processes in the United States. Christopher Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, told IPN that the measure is temporary and does not...
Smith: Cooperation in the energy sector between Moldova and the US is a priority for Washington
The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Smith said in an interview with IPN that energy security remains a key issue for the Republic of Moldova. He said that the involvement...
“On the Front Line of Democracy”: Norway’s Green Party Leader Nominates Maia Sandu for Nobel Peace Prize
The leader of Norways Green Party, Arild Hermstad, announced that he has nominated President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu for the Nobel Peace Prize.In a public post, the Norwegian politician...
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Christopher Smith, for IPN: Reducing dependence on Russian resources remains a priority for Moldova
The United States remains a long term strategic investor and partner of the Republic of Moldova, with clear priorities in energy security, economic cooperation, and the strengthening of state institutions. U.S. Deputy...
Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu met with US official Christopher Smith in Chisinau
Regional security, government priorities, and the deepening of Moldovan American cooperation were the main topics discussed at the meeting between Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Christopher...
Igor Dodon stated in Strasbourg in French that Moldovans do not want to join the EU because they are poor
Igor Dodon delivered the speech he had insisted on giving at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The Socialist MP read his text in French and claimed that the...