Moldova

Several thousand people protested in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, against President Maia Sandu and the country's pro-Western government on February 19, ...

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Several thousand protesters have rallied in Moldova's capital to demand that the country's new pro-Western government fully cover citizens' winter heating ...

for the transport and remuneration” of citizens to the protests. He is implicated in a $1 billion bank theft and was recently named on a U.S. The U.S. The party’s leader, Ilan Shor, is a Moldovan oligarch currently in exile in Israel. “Through violent actions, masked under protests of the so-called opposition, the change of power in Chisinau would be forced,” she said. The country's anti-corruption prosecutors’ office alleged the protests were partly financed with Russian money.

President Maia Sandu of Moldova spoke at the Munich Security Conference of the need to include her country in Europe's security architecture.

In spite of the change of the Prime Minister, the cabinet is largely composed of the same ministers. Moldova faced similar street protests in the autumn of last year. But pro-Russian opposition inside Moldova disagrees and has organized a protest in the country’s capital calling for Sandu to resign. The counter-protesters came with flags of Romania, Moldova’s western neighbor sharing close linguistic, cultural, and historical bonds, as well as with NATO flags. “Looking at what Russia does to Ukraine today, it's clear that neutrality cannot defend us. President Maia Sandu of Moldova spoke at the Munich Security Conference of the need to include her country in Europe’s security architecture.

Demonstrators gathered in the Moldova capital of Chisinau on Sunday, February 19, to demand support from the government to defray utility costs over the ...