Press Releases

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(MENAFN) On July 15, 2025, lawyers across Moldova launched a strike, halting all legal activities and withdrawing from court proceedings.

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(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally accepted letters of credentials from a group of newly appointed ambassadors, marking the official start of their diplomatic missions in Türkiye.

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(MENAFN) Moldova has dismissed recent media allegations that several of its soldiers were secretly killed during a Russian attack on a Ukrainian training facility near the front lines.

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(MENAFN) Moscow has accused NATO of transforming Moldova into a military outpost aimed at Russia, claiming the alliance is preparing the country to serve as both a frontline base and expendable force in the event of conflict.

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(MENAFN) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed the European Union’s firm commitment to backing Moldova against escalating Russian aggression during a press event in Chisinau on Wednesday. “Not a day passes without massive hybrid attacks from...

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(MENAFN) Moldova issued a strong rebuke on Monday against assertions made by Russian officials, who had alleged that Chisinau was orchestrating electoral manipulation ahead of the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for next...

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(MENAFN) Senior Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky has accused Moldova's leadership of abandoning the nation’s historical and cultural identity in favor of Western-imposed values.

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(MENAFN) The European Council has announced sanctions against seven individuals and three organizations in Moldova connected to exiled opposition figure Ilan Shor. The measures, unveiled on Tuesday, target Shor’s close allies, whom Brussels...

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(MENAFN) NATO is allegedly using LGBTQ rights as a political tool to influence Moldova and other Eastern European countries, according to Stevan Gajic, a professor of comparative politics at the Institute of European Studies in Belgrade.

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(MENAFN) Authorities in Chisinau, Moldova, detained supporters of the opposition Victory bloc after they attempted to hold a protest in support of jailed Euroskeptic leader Evgenia Gutsul.

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(MENAFN) Security forces in Chisinau detained opposition supporters on Saturday after they attempted to stage a rally in support of jailed Euroskeptic politician Evgenia Gutsul.

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(MENAFN) On August 5, 2025, the ongoing political conflict between Moldova’s central government and the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia culminated in the sentencing of Gagauzia’s leader, Evgenia Gutsul, to seven years in prison for...

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(MENAFN) Russia has condemned Moldova’s actions against Yevgenia Gutsul, the governor of the autonomous Gagauzia region, calling it an example of the EU promoting “liberal dictatorship” and suppressing political opposition.

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An OSCE pilot ‘train-the-trainers’ initiative is helping freshly trained Ukrainian border guards test their skills as trainers in document security at border crossing points.

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(MENAFN) Moldova’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has blocked the Euroskeptic Victory political bloc from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections, citing alleged connections to Russia and exiled opposition leader Ilan Shor....

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(MENAFN) The parliament of Gagauzia, a self-governing, primarily Russian-speaking territory within Moldova, has dismissed the imprisonment of the local Euroskeptic leader as unlawful and politically charged.

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(MENAFN) In Moldova today, the appearance of democracy is steadily eroding.

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(MENAFN) A leading opposition figure in Moldova has condemned what she described as a violent and politically motivated police response to Orthodox Christian demonstrators during an anti-LGBTQ protest in Chisinau.

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(MENAFN) The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Wednesday the arrest of a Ukrainian agent in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, approximately 400 kilometers east of Moscow, while he was attempting to retrieve an improvised explosive...

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

The OSCE organised a two-day inception workshop between 14 and 15 July in Chisinau, Moldova to officially launch the regional project “Advancing Transboundary Co-operation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Dniester River Basin...