Moldova

The Hungarian airline will stop flights at Chisinau airport in March. This month, a Russian missile aimed at Ukraine flew over Moldova and near Romania.

[declined to comment](https://twitter.com/wizzair/status/1630272903903166465) when asked by customers about reports of the suspension. airliners and hotel chains such as [Marriott](https://news.marriott.com/news/2022/06/03/marriott-international-statement) have downsized or suspended activities in Russia since the invasion. [crossed over](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/10/romania-moldova-russia-missiles-ukraine-nato/?itid=lk_inline_manual_6) Moldova this month, just 22 miles from the border of neighboring Romania, a NATO member. Also this month, Moldovan President Maia Sandu [said](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/13/moldova-president-russia-coup-ukraine-war/?itid=lk_inline_manual_6) Russia had sought to topple the country’s pro-West government by fomenting violence. “This is not the best environment for any airline to be in,” he said. It also expressed regret about “the sudden decision” taken by the airline.

Budapest: Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air said that it will suspend all flights to and from Moldova next month due to security concerns linked to ...

The airline said: “Safety of the passengers and crew remain Wizz Air’s number one priority. The country’s civil aviation authority said the airline had sought approval for its summer flight schedule on February 14 and the agency “determined that flights in the national airspace can be carried out safely by following a number of procedures”, the BBC reported. Following the recent developments in Moldova and the elevated, but not imminent, risk in the country’s airspace, Wizz Air has made the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all flights to (the capital) Chisinau from 14 March.”

Moldova's intelligence agency said on February 27 that two foreign nationals have been expelled from the country and banned from returning for 10 years ...

"The old authoritarianism, with its brutal limits on freedoms writ large, and the suffocating straitjacket of patriarchy," said Volker, who took over the position in October. A court in the Russia-annexed region of Crimea has sentenced to prison four Jehovah's Witnesses accused of organizing, funding, and taking part in an extremist group. Three were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six years to six years and one month and a fourth to three years in prison. Universities and students have long been at the forefront of the struggle for greater social and political freedoms in Iran. Wizz Air said in a statement on February 27 it would add extra flights from the Romanian city of Iasi as replacements to the suspended flights to Chisinau. "We are on the right track and in the direction of normalizing relations. The Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) said in a statement that the pair were trained in data and information gathering "for the implementation of a plan to destabilize the internal situation in the country." Individuals listed in response to gross and systematic violations of human rights are also inadmissible to Canada under the country's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. To read the original story by AP, [click here](https://apnews.com/article/putin-politics-belarus-government-russia-moscow-47145c0d3da66b04e06abbb5c261c55a). Vucic expressed hope that it would be possible to reach some compromises and to work on the implementation of existing agreements. [will meet](https://www.rferl.org/a/blinken-visit-central-asia-moscow-ukraine/32290651.html) with the foreign ministers of the five Central Asian republics -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [Live Briefing](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html) gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians.

Here's what Lavrov meant. Viewed from Moscow, Moldova resembles Ukraine before Putin attacked it a year ago. Both countries used to be parts of the Soviet Union ...

Moldova's national intelligence agency says two foreign nationals who posed as tourists have been expelled from the country.

“Through violent actions, masked under protests of the so-called opposition, the change of power in Chisinau would be forced,” she said. The SIS statement Monday also came after Sandu outlined on Feb. The Intelligence and Security Service, SIS, said in a statement that the pair were trained in data and information gathering “for the implementation of a plan to destabilize the internal situation in the country,” to provoke what it described as “violent change" to Moldova's constitutional order.

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air Holdings Plc will suspend all flights to and from Moldova's capital of Chisinau from March 14, citing “elevated but not imminent” ...

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 ...

Claiming that Ukraine is thereby “threatening Russia's peacekeeping troops legally stationed in Transnistria,” the Russian Defense Ministry warned that “the ...

It leaves open (albeit without requiring it) the option of Chisinau itself establishing a legal status for Transnistria or “the localities on the left bank of the Nistru River.” This would be an “octroi” (octroyed status), as distinct from a contractual arrangement between Tiraspol and Chisinau that Russia has imposed and the other parties accepted as the goal of the 5+2 process. Under Moldova’s Constitution (1994), a “special status” for Transnistria is optional, as it may be granted (i.e., an octroi), and to be established for localities, not a “region”: “The localities on the left bank of the Nistru River may be granted special forms and conditions of autonomy, in accordance with a special status that would be adopted by organic law [by this Parliament]” ( The OSCE, however, seems beholden to the toxic Russian legacy in the 5+2 process and the finality of a contractual special status for Transnistria. Under that law, Transnistria’s eventual legal status may be established only after its demilitarization (defined as complete withdrawal of Russian forces) and its democratization (ineligibility of Russia’s proxies), in that sequence (demilitarization being a prerequisite to democratization). North Macedonia is one of many small countries with small foreign ministries and meager out-of-area expertise that rotate annually in the OSCE’s chair. Furthermore, the 2005 law treats Transnistria as a sum total of localities, each one entitled to decide whether to become a part of a special-status territory by plebiscite (the procedure by which the Gagauz autonomy was established in 1994). Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky and his representatives are asking both Moscow and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to do all they can to reactivate the 5+2 forum (Novosti pridnestroviya, February 2, 17; TASS, February 14; Izvestiya, February 21). With those hopes dashed, and Chisinau finally making a clean break with Russia, the latter seems to hint that it could end the pretense of recognizing Moldova’s territorial integrity and sovereignty in Transnistria. [TASS](https://tass.com/world/1580867), February 23). Russia continues recognizing Moldova’s territorial integrity on paper, but the February 23 and February 24 statements (see above) broadly hint at a possible de-recognition if and when Russia would find it expedient. Claiming that Ukraine is thereby “threatening Russia’s peacekeeping troops legally stationed in Transnistria,” the Russian Defense Ministry warned that “the Russian Federation’s armed forces [from outside Transnistria] would fittingly react to this provocation-in-the-making” ( As part of its recent clean break with Russia, the Moldovan leadership is calling for the unconditional and complete evacuation of Russian forces unlawfully stationed on Moldova’s territory in Transnistria.

International, MNA | Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air announced it would suspend all its flights to and from Moldova due to security concerns linked to ...

“Due to recent developments and the high, though not imminent, risk in the country’s airspace, Wizz Air has taken the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all its flights to Chisinau as of March 14,” the group said in a statement. The Romanian national airline Tarom, Air Moldova, and Turkish Airlines continue to fly to the Moldovan capital. Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air announced Monday it would suspend all its flights to and from Moldova due to security concerns linked to growing tensions with Russia.

Concerns grow that the breakaway pro-Russian republic of Transnistria could be the next regional flashpoint.

“Doctors failed to save the life of another hero, a rescuer.” The other fatality was reportedly another member of the Ukrainian emergency services. One other drone is said to have been shot down in the northern city of Chernihiv. Although the capital faced the worst of the drone strikes, local officials said that there were no casualties there and that no critical infrastructure had been damaged. The Russian security services claim that the two suspects were recruited by Kyiv to provide the locations of undisclosed Russian military facilities in Crimea, in exchange for money. According to the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, the two unnamed soldiers “took an active part in the storming of Ukrainian cities on the eastern front,” before being captured last year. As of last year, the same soldier was fighting with a regular Russian Army unit in the Bakhmut area. Four Polish Leopard 2s recently became the first examples of the tank to arrive in Ukraine, as you can read about The idea that China is gonna be negotiating the outcome of a war that’s a totally unjust war for Ukraine is just not rational.” In particular, Beijing has slammed the United States for introducing sanctions on Chinese companies as it seeks to target the Wagner Group, a Russian private mercenary company. “Of course, the details need to be painstakingly analyzed taking into account the interests of all the different sides,” Peskov said. The Kremlin now accuses Ukraine and its European allies of stirring up the situation in Transnistria. With the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine now having passed its one-year anniversary, there are growing fears about tensions in Moldova — another former Soviet state, and neighbor of Ukraine — which finds itself trapped in a war of words between Moscow and Kyiv.

The Hungarian budget airline, Wizz Air, informed the Moldova Civil Aviation Authority that it was suspending flights to the country from March 14.

“Safety of the passengers and crew remain Wizz Air’s number one priority,” Wizz Air said in a statement. “Following the recent developments in Moldova and the elevated, but not imminent, risk in the country’s airspace, Wizz Air has made the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all flights to Chisinau from the 14th of March.” All flights to the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, will be suspended from March 14, 2023, but the airline said it would add extra flights from the Romanian city of Iasi instead.

One of the main donor projects in fruit growing, Livada Moldovei, announced in February this year a reduction in the interest rate of loans in Moldovan lei ...

Nevertheless, some representatives of Moldovan fruit growers’ associations see modest optimism in the fact that many technologically advanced horticultural and viticultural enterprises, at least not yet decided to stop the investment projects for the modernization of their plantations, which began a year or two ago. The planting of the main share of young orchards and vineyards is stimulated by the National Fund for the Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas. The second reason for delaying the renewal of orchards and vineyards is considered by many fruit growers to be the reduction in guaranteed sales channels for products, primarily access to traditional (Russian and Belarusian) markets.

European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is is to suspend flights to Moldova because of concerns over airspace safety.

“As a result of recent developments in Moldova and the high, but not imminent, risk in the country’s airspace, Wizz Air has taken the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all flights to Chisinau starting on March 14,” the Hungarian-based airline said in a statement on Monday. Get news about destinations opening, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. European low-cost carrier Wizz Air is is to suspend flights to Moldova because of concerns over airspace safety.

Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said on February 22 that his country was prepared for a "full spectrum of threats."

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a U.S. "Following the recent developments in Moldova and the elevated, but not imminent, risk in the country's airspace, Wizz Air has made the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all flights to Chisinau from the 14th of March," it said. Wizz Air said in a statement that "safety of the passengers and crew remain Wizz Air's number one priority." Earlier this month, a Russian missile was fired over Moldovan airspace. The decision, it said, is connected with the "recent events" in Moldova and "although not one hundred percent, but a high risk in the country's airspace." "Due to recent developments and the high, though not imminent, risk in the country's airspace, Wizz Air has taken the difficult but responsible decision to suspend all its flights to Chisinau as of March 14," the budget airline said in a statement.

Moldova has expelled two foreigners suspected of taking part in subversive activities, the Moldovan intelligence services said Monday amid rising fears that ...

[accused](https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-president-maia-sandu-russia-attack/) Russia of plotting to overthrow the government. [accused](https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-energy-crisis-inflation-russia-ukraine-war/) Russia — which bases soldiers in the breakaway region of Transnistria in the east — of stirring unrest in the country, including protests in the capital Chișinău, as punishment for its pro-European path. Russian authorities [denied](https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1853931/) the allegation.

Moldova looks like “the next Ukraine.” So said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov the other day. Obviously, that should worry us.

Europe and the West must prepare now. That’s why it seems certain that Putin will indeed treat Moldova as the next Ukraine. She studied at Harvard University’s Kennedy School and did a stint at the World Bank in Washington, DC. Sandu in a sense embodies the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of her country, as well as its Western outlook today. Both countries used to be parts of the Soviet Union, and before that of the Russian and other empires. For the Kremlin, that’s enough to brand Sandu the spawn of the Western devil. In fact, Sandu — again, like most of her compatriots west of the Dniester — genuinely appreciates “Western” (that is, non-Russian) ideals of democracy and rule of law. Even the Russians in Transnistria don’t exactly appear eager to be drawn into a mess resembling that in Donbas, say. Ukraine and the West have therefore been expecting some sort of assault on Moldova. Putin and Lavrov also note that Moldova, like Ukraine since 2014, has an eastern region — called Transnistria because it’s “across” the Dniester River when viewed from Chisinau — that’s home to ethnically Russian separatists running a pro-Kremlin breakaway republic. Last year, the EU in fact fast-tracked both Chisinau and Kyiv into the official status of candidates. And both have in recent decades oriented themselves westward, with aspirations to join the European Union one day.

Romania's Defense Ministry has warned that dozens of social-media posts claiming Bucharest has been massing troops and military equipment at its border with ...

The Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) said in a statement that the pair were trained in data and information gathering "for the implementation of a plan to destabilize the internal situation in the country." Three were sentenced to prison terms ranging from six years to six years and one month and a fourth to three years in prison. A court in the Russia-annexed region of Crimea has sentenced to prison four Jehovah's Witnesses accused of organizing, funding, and taking part in an extremist group. Universities and students have long been at the forefront of the struggle for greater social and political freedoms in Iran. Wizz Air said in a statement on February 27 it would add extra flights from the Romanian city of Iasi as replacements to the suspended flights to Chisinau. "We are on the right track and in the direction of normalizing relations. To read the original story by AP, [click here](https://apnews.com/article/putin-politics-belarus-government-russia-moscow-47145c0d3da66b04e06abbb5c261c55a). Vucic expressed hope that it would be possible to reach some compromises and to work on the implementation of existing agreements. [Live Briefing](https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-crisis-crosshairs-live-briefing/31668477.html) gives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. China said the visit is an "opportunity to promote the further development of all-around cooperation between the two countries," but there have been growing concerns that China is considering providing military assistance to Russia, something U.S. The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 2 million rubles ($27,000) by a Russian court on February 28 after the authorities accused it of failing to delete "misinformation" about the Russian military from Wikipedia, the courts service said. Stoltenberg told reporters during a visit to Finland's capital, Helsinki, on February 28 that "the issue now is that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign independent nation, and therefore we need to support Ukraine."

Thousands of anti-government protesters again took to the streets of Moldova's capital to demand that the country'snew pro-Western governmentfully subsidize ...

Shor Party leader, the exiled Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, accused police of trying to “thwart the peaceful rally.” The country’s anti-corruption prosecutors’ office alleged the protests were partly financed with Russian money. Demonstrators waved Moldovan flags and honked horns, with many calling for the country’s president to step down.

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova's intelligence agency said Monday that two foreign nationals who posed as tourists have been expelled from the country and ...

“Through violent actions, masked under protests of the so-called opposition, the change of power in Chisinau would be forced,” she said. The SIS added that the foreign nationals were actively monitoring and documenting social and political processes in Moldova, including protests it said were “organized in the capital by certain political forces.” The Intelligence and Security Service, SIS, said in a statement that the pair were trained in data and information gathering “for the implementation of a plan to destabilize the internal situation in the country,” to provoke what it described as “violent change” to Moldova’s constitutional order.

Thousands of anti-government protesters again took to the streets of Moldova's capital to demand that the country'snew pro-Western governmentfully subsidize ...

Shor Party leader, the exiled Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, accused police of trying to “thwart the peaceful rally." The country’s anti-corruption prosecutors’ office alleged the protests were partly financed with Russian money. Demonstrators waved Moldovan flags and honked horns, with many calling for the country's president to step down.

Russian President Vladimir Putin recently canceled a 2012 foreign policy decree that committed Moscow to peacefully resolving the border crisis of ...

European airline services, Wizz Air, is set to suspend flights to Moldova from 14 March citing "risk in the country's airspace." Hungarian-based airline in ...

According to Wizz Air’s website, after 14 March, flights meant for Chisinau International Airport will land at Iasi in Romania. After the stipulated date, flights meant for Chisinau International Airport will land at Iasi in Romania. Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria is the latest inflection point in Ukraine war.

Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe, but wealth is far more evenly distributed than in most. Conrad Landin takes a look at the country and its ...

The corruption of state officials has been a constant barrier to good governance, and Transnitria remains in ‘frozen conflict’. Moldova’s media is heavily influenced by oligarchs and political leaders, and is divided into pro-Russian and pro-Western camps. Insufficient welfare support has left many retirees dependent on the informal economy, while recent price rises have increased the cost of living. Moldova saw huge inflation in the 1990s following market liberalization. A ceasefire that year has left the region a ‘frozen conflict’ zone ever since, effectively independent but with Moldovan and Russian military supervision at the border. Politics, media and public opinion remains divided between pro-Russian and pro-Western camps, with the latter now in government. Some women are not covered by the pensions system. Moldova’s rich culture, warm climate and low-priced economy are likely to prompt an influx of tourists if its new fast-track to EU membership is not obstructed. Moldova, after all, in 2001 became the first former member of the Soviet Union to democratically elect a Communist government – albeit a socially-conservative one which initially sought cordial relations with the West. She died aged 90 in 1995, shortly after the newly-independent Republic of Moldova had ratified its constitution. Cobizev entered her fourth decade as the Soviets recaptured the territory. The following year, Romanian and German forces re-captured Moldova, deporting and massacring hundreds of thousands of Jews and Roma.

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A new anti-government protest in Moldova's capital Tuesday stirred fears of more unrest after thousands of demonstrators took to ...

Shor Party leader, the exiled Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, accused police of trying to “thwart the peaceful rally.” The country’s anti-corruption prosecutors’ office alleged the protests were partly financed with Russian money. Demonstrators waved Moldovan flags and honked horns, with many calling for the country’s president to step down.

A pro-Russian party fomented anti-government protests in Moldova's capital of Chișinău on Tuesday as Russia continues to meddle in the country's politics ...

I'm from russia!" "I don't understand your language! A pro-Russian party fomented anti-government protests in Moldova’s capital of Chișinău on Tuesday as Russia continues to meddle in the country’s politics amid a West-oriented drive of the Moldovan government.