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Moldova has cast doubt on an allegation by the de facto authorities of Transdniester that they had foiled a Ukraine-orchestrated "terrorist" plot to kill the separatist region's leaders, while Kyiv called it "a Kremlin provocation."
Moldovan lawmakers have approved the first reading of a bill that will introduce the syntagma "Romanian language" in all official pieces of legislation during a stormy session that led to scuffles between the parliamentary majority and the opposition pro-Russian bloc.
Partizan Belgrade said on February 23 that a small group of supporters of a football team from Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region have canceled their trip to the Serbian capital for the second leg of a Europa Conference League game.
The Kremlin has urged Moldova to exercise caution in its statements about Russian forces stationed in the breakaway Transdniester region just days after a new pro-Western government led by Prime Minister Dorin Recean was sworn in.
Several thousand people protested in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, against President Maia Sandu and the country's pro-Western government on February 19, with many in the crowd linked to the Russia-friendly Shor Party.
The United States has welcomed the swearing in of a new pro-Western government in Moldova and reaffirmed its backing for President Maia Sandu's efforts to combat corruption and pursue her country's eventual integration into the European Union.
A new pro-Western government led by Prime Minister Dorin Recean has been sworn in in Moldova after receiving the backing of 62 lawmakers from the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) in the 101-seat parliament.
The United States is "deeply concerned" about reports of a Russian plot to destabilize Moldova, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried said on February 15 in an interview with RFE/RL.
A group of Montenegrin boxers was stopped from entering Moldova on February 14 as President Maia Sandu warned that what she called diversionists in Moscow's service were plotting to overthrow her pro-Western government.
Serbia and Montenegro have asked Moldova for a clarification of statements made by Moldovan President Maia Sandu about information she said she received from Ukraine regarding Russian plans to carry out destabilizing actions with the participation of citizens of Serbia and Montenegro.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has called for "maximum vigilance" after receiving documents from the Ukrainian intelligence services that she said showed that Russia planned to destabilize Moldova by using agents provocateurs to attack government buildings under the guise of public protests.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has nominated former Interior Minister Dorin Recean as prime minister after Natalia Gavrilita stepped down just a year and a half into her government's mandate, plunging one of Europe's poorest countries into a political crisis as war rages in neighboring Ukraine.
Moldova's intelligence service has confirmed statements made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alleging that Russia has acted to destabilize the country.
Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii has confirmed that Moldova has asked its Western partners for air-defense systems, in a move that signals a departure from the country's policy of not seeking to purchase lethal weapons from the West.
Authorities in Moldova said on January 15 that specialist teams have carried out "controlled detonations" of explosives that were discovered in rocket debris that border officials found in a northern village near the border with Ukraine.
Moldova authorities said the country’s border service has found the remains of a rocket, likely coming from a Russian strike against Ukraine.
Bogdan Ovsienco, a businessman from Chisinau, Moldova, has been volunteering since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He goes to Ukraine several times a week and carries passengers and parcels in both directions.
Moldova has temporarily suspended the broadcast licenses of six television channels for airing "incorrect information" about the country and Russia's war in Ukraine.
Moldova is not aiming to become a member of NATO, Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said on November 30, pointing out that its neutrality is enshrined in the country's constitution.
Moldova's Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador to Chisinau on November 24 to "firmly condemn" the invasion of Ukraine and demand that Russia end its bombings, which were blamed for knocking out power in most of Moldova a day earlier.
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