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Moldova's central bank (BNM) on January 30 officially applied to join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), the simplified payment integration initiative that enables countries in Western Europe to effect cashless bank transfers and direct debits in euros.
A Moldovan journalist was detained on January 24 in Tiraspol while she was covering a march organized by the separatist authorities to protest trade duties introduced by Chisinau as part of its moves to align itself with EU legislation as it prepares for accession talks with the 27-member bloc.
Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu announced his resignation during a press briefing in Chisinau on on January 24, saying that he has achieved the goal set for him by pro-Western President Maia Sandu to bring Moldova, one of Europe's poorest countries, closer to integration into the EU.
Moldova's breakaway Transdniester has announced a massive rally for January 24 to protest Chisinau's refusal to scrap newly introduced import and export duties for the Moscow-backed region.
Moldova has paused a recruitment effort to funnel construction workers to Israel, alleging that Israelis have put Moldovans in "high-risk conflict zones," withheld passports, and committed other abuses while plugging gaps in their workforce brought on by the current war in the Gaza Strip.
Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region on January 17 announced trade duties for Moldovan farmers after Chisinau earlier this month introduced import and export duties for the Moscow-backed separatist region.
Moldovan Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian said on January 17 after meeting with Vadim Krasnoselsky, the leader of Transdniester, that the newly introduced import and export duties for the separatist region will remain in place.
Lawmakers from Moldovan President Maia Sandu's ruling Party of Action and Solidarity have powered through a change to election laws to allow for a national referendum alongside a presidential election next autumn, a move that appears aimed at boosting turnout and mobilizing pro-EU backers.
Maia Sandu, Moldova’s pro-Western president, announced she will seek reelection next year and also called on parliament to organize a referendum on her small southeastern European nation’s potential accession to the EU.
Moldovan lawmakers on December 22 confirmed Romanian politician Anca Dragu as the country's new central bank governor after dismissing Octavian Armasu from the position the previous day.
Moldova will alter the three-letter international abbreviation for Chisinau's airport, Infrastructure Minister Andrei Spinu announced -- the pro-Western government's latest move to curb the influence of Moscow and the Russian language in the former Soviet republic.
Moldova has received an airspace-monitoring system bought from a French company as part of a larger effort to modernize the country's armed forces amid the war in Ukraine.
Alexandr Kalinin, a pro-Kremlin Moldovan political figure, has cheered Russia's invasion of Ukraine and claims to have fought with Moscow's forces. For that, Chisinau stripped him of his citizenship. But he has said he will gather a force of thousands to depose President Maia Sandu's government.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu said parliament’s adoption of a national defense strategy tying her small southeastern European nation to the West “is a big step toward strengthening the security and stability of our country."
A Chisinau court has awarded former conscript Marin Pavlescu compensation for harassment over his sexual orientation during obligatory military service two years ago.
Police in Moldova say they have identified one of the perpetrators of a series of spray-painted Stars of David that appeared last month on buildings in Paris as being a Moldovan citizen who was acting on orders from fugitive businessman Ilan Shor in order to "denigrate the Republic of Moldova."
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow "will not leave unanswered" Chisinau's decision to align with a package of European Union sanctions against Russia.
Moldova's government asked lawmakers on November 22 to prolong the state of emergency in the country by another 30 days from December 1.
Alexandr Petkov, the candidate of Our Party, a political grouping established by controversial businessman Renato Usatii, has won the runoff election for mayor in Balti, Moldova's second-largest city.
Orthodox priests in at least 13 parishes in Moldova expect to be accepted into the local branch of a Romanian church this week, furthering a trend of dozens of defections from the local arm of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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