Moldova

• April 29, 2025

  EU Says Hungary's Block Could Mean Moldova's Accession Moves Forward Without Ukraine

  The European Union is considering moving along in the accession process with Moldova while leaving Ukraine behind as Hungary to block Kyiv's membership drive.

• April 17, 2025

  Moldova Sets Elections For September 28 In Battle Between EU and Russian Camps

  Moldova's lawmakers voted to set the next parliamentary elections for September 28 in a test for the country's fragile democracy caught between pro-European and pro-Russian forces.

• April 15, 2025

  EU Looks To Tighten Visa Rules: 61 Countries Face Visa-Free Travel Overhaul

  The EU is set to tighten its visa suspension rules, expanding the reasons it can revoke visa-free travel for 61 countries. New triggers include human rights violations, hybrid threats, and investor citizenship schemes, marking a shift in how Brussels uses visa policy.

• April 15, 2025

  Brussels' Sanctions Backup Plan; Visa-Free Travel Rules Face Overhaul

  I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I am drilling down on two issues: the EU getting legally creative on Russia sanctions, and widening the scope of its visa liberalization suspension mechanism.

• April 08, 2025

  EU Ramps Up Military Aid For Moldova

  The 60 million euros combined is the largest yearly amount heading to the small Eastern European republic since Brussels started this type of support in 2021.

• March 18, 2025

  EU Politicians Make Push For Radio Free Europe Funding After Trump Cuts

  European Union politicians said they are continuing their push into possible support for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after the US government moved to cut the Prague-based broadcaster's funding amid concerns its closure would be a blow to pro-democracy media.

• January 21, 2025

  Wider Europe Briefing: Could Moldova Get Transdniester Back?

  This week's newsletter assesses the chances that Transdniester could abandon Russia and rejoin Moldova.

• January 06, 2025

  Moldovan Government, Energy Firm To Send Supplies To Some Transdniester Settlements

  The Moldovan government on January 6 said it will provide natural gas to 14 localities in the Moscow-backed Transdniester breakaway region as residents there suffer through brutal winter after Russian supplies were cut off on New Year’s Day.

• January 05, 2025

  Moldova's Breakaway Transdniester Region Braces For Power Cuts, Freezing Cold

  Moldova’s pro-Moscow breakaway Transdniester region was bracing for additional rolling power cuts and business closures after the supply of Russian natural gas was stopped on January 1 due to the expiration of a supply contract with Ukraine.

• January 04, 2025

  Russian Gas Shutoff Pumps Up Pressure On Moldova's Pro-Western Government

  The end of Russian natural-gas transit across Ukraine is a blow to Moscow, but it could provide the Kremlin with sharpened tool for economic and political influence over a key target country: Moldova.

• January 03, 2025

  Moldovans Facing Gas Shortages Are Chopping Wood To Get Through Winter

  Some Moldovans are scrambling to find ways to heat their homes days after gas supplies from Russia were abruptly stopped. As of January 1, Ukraine refused to transit Russian gas, leaving the breakaway Transdniester region and some nearby Moldovan villages cut off.

• January 03, 2025

  Moldovan Electricity Provider Says Demand Will Be Met On Third Day After Halt In Russian Gas Supplies

  Moldovan state-owned energy trader JSC Energocom says it will cover 100 percent of electricity consumption on January 3, two days after supplies of Russian natural gas abruptly stopped due to the expiration of a supply contract with Ukraine.

Load more