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Several buildings of state and public institutions have been vandalized over the past two days in Moldova's capital, Chisinau, with police voicing suspicion that Russia is behind the incidents.
President Maia Sandu has dismissed the chief of Moldova's military as the country prepares to hold a crucial presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union.
Moldova's Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) has banned seven mostly Russian news sites, including that of state news agency RIA Novosti, which it said posed "national security risks" for Chisinau.
Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi has expressed confidence that Moldovan authorities and society can ensure smooth and democratic elections despite fears of Russian meddling when voters go to the polls in three months to pick a president and weigh in on EU aspirations.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Prime Minister Dorin Recean in a meeting in Chisinsau on August 21 that Berlin will remain the biggest European supporter of Ukraine.
Moldova has suspended the activity of three companies -- Airrock Solutions, Aerostage Services, and Maxjet Service -- that had brokered airplane-parts sales to Russia.
Ukrainian high jumper Iryna Gerashchenko has had to travel for more than 30 hours to bring her bronze medal home from the Paris Olympic Games. Speaking to RFE/RL, Gerashchenko said taking part in international competitions continues to be a major challenge due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A court in Moldova's capital, Chisinau, has ordered preventive custody for one of the two suspects detained on July 31 in a case of treason and conspiracy that has also led to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat.
Moldova's Foreign Ministry has declared an employee of the Russian Embassy to Chisinau persona non grata and gave him 48 hours to leave the country.
Moldovan Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) agents and anti-corruption prosecutors on July 31 raided the premises of the country's parliament in Chisinau, RFE/RL has learned.
Armenian blogger Mika Badalian, who is close to fugitive pro-Russian Moldovan businessman Ilan Shor, was barred from entering Moldova last week, RFE/RL has learned.
Former Moldovan journalist Natalia Morari on July 8 said she would run as an independent in Moldova's presidential election in October.
Irina Vlah, a pro-Moscow ex-governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauz region, on July 17 announced her candidacy in Moldova's upcoming presidential election against pro-European incumbent Maia Sandu.
Some 23,500 Ukrainian men have entered Moldova illegally since the start of Russia's unprovoked invasion in February 2022, according to data seen by RFE/RL's Moldovan Service.
The leader of Moldova’s Socialist Party, Igor Dodon, announced on July 8 that he will not run in the presidential election later this year and threw his support behind former Prosecutor-General Alexandru Stoianoglo.
Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine have signed a joint cooperation agreement to combat Russian disinformation.
Chisinau has confirmed that Russian journalist Timofei Ilyushin has been released by the separatist authorities of Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region.
Ukraine officially opened accession talks with the European Union on June 25 in Luxembourg, a move that marks a watershed moment for the country's aspirations to eventually join the bloc.
The European Union will start accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova next week, the EU's Belgian presidency announced on June 21, a move that will mark a watershed moment for the two countries' aspirations to eventually join the bloc.
A plane en route from Moscow to Chisinau made an emergency landing in Bucharest on June 14, Moldovan authorities and a pro-Russian member of parliament said.
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