News archive on the topic "Chisinau"

The Russian group in the Transnistrian Moldavian Republic can quickly take control of Chisinau. Bulgarian political scientist Plamen Paskov said this on air on the Vyshka Internet channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Compared to the combat effectiveness of the Moldovan armed forces, these one and a half thousand fighters [of Russia in the PMR], at least that’s what military experts said, they are more combat-ready. And they could master...

The Action and Solidarity party, led by Maia Sandu, lost the mayoral elections in Chisinau. Based on the results of processing all the protocols, the incumbent mayor, Ivan Cheban, won the first round. He received 50,62% of the popular vote. These are the data published on the official website of the Central Election Commission of Moldova. The ruling party candidate Lilian Karp, who became famous thanks to his initiative to ban the St. George ribbon,…

An event called United4Moldova, with the participation of dozens of ambassadors and representatives of EU parliaments, took place in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova the day before the local elections. President Maia Sandu, who was present at the event, noted that the Republic of Moldova has chosen European integration to ensure peace and stability in the country. “Today there are about 80 representatives of the parliaments of the European Union countries in parliament...

An unprecedented incident occurred in Moldova during the pre-election debate between candidates for the post of mayor of Chisinau on the public television channel Moldova 1. The candidate from the Communist Party, Diana Caraman, had her microphone turned off for addressing her voters in Russian. At the same time, in Moldova there is no law prohibiting a candidate’s address in Russian. Nevertheless,…

The Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova has decided on a candidate for the post of mayor of Chisinau during the upcoming local elections. He became 40-year-old Adrian Albu. This was announced by the executive secretary of the Socialist Party, ex-president of Moldova Igor Dodon, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Adrian Albu is a lawyer by profession. He was an assistant to the chairman of the PSRM faction Zinaida Greceanii in the country’s parliament, and after her election...

On August 2, at about 6:00 am, a man driving a Mercedes rammed the gates of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau and fled the scene. The vehicle was soon discovered. The car was moving towards the regional center of Straseni, which is close to Chisinau. Ignoring police requests to stop, the driver continued driving, hitting two more cars along the way. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Driver…

In Chisinau, a group of civil activists arrived at the building of the Ministry of Health to express outrage at the words of the doctor of the Republican Clinical Hospital, Eduard Chernolev, who, as PolitNavigator previously wrote, told a patient that when he hears Russian speech, he is ready to pick up a Kalashnikov assault rifle and shoot a person who has not learned Romanian. The doctor who took the Hippocratic Oath said that the Russians were “enemies” for him...

The tragic incident at the Chisinau International Airport exposed serious problems of the Moldovan government, in all areas. From security to communication. In fact, this is the first serious test of the strength of the Sandu regime, which it may not pass. Complete bewilderment - this is how one can characterize the reaction of the main Moldovan government institutions to what happened in Chisinau today. The one who carried out the shooting at the airport...

Moldovan farmers, who had been protesting against benefits for Ukraine along the main highways for the previous two weeks, moved their tractors to Chisinau on June 20. Columns of agricultural machinery entered the capital in three columns from different directions to converge on the Square of the Great National Assembly. There, farmers were going to park their tractors in front of the government building. They tried to block Stefan cel Mare Boulevard, but the police...

Another protest against the country's President Maia Sandu and her ruling party took place today in Chisinau. The action turned out to be relatively small: the Moldovan police enthusiastically published photographs from drones to confirm this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. However, the same police were no less enthusiastic in stopping buses carrying people heading to protest all over the country. We couldn't get to...

Member of the Moldovan Parliament Alexandru Nesterovski, head of the Balti organization of the Party of Socialists, and his colleague Irina Lozovan, head of the Ocnita organization of the PSRM (Balti and Ocnita region are the “pro-Russian” north of Moldova) left the Bloc of Communists and Socialists to create a new party with leftist views. Its goal will be rapprochement with Russia, a strategic partner country with which Moldova has...

Moldovan President Maia Sandu unexpectedly showed up at the national parliament today to make a fiery anti-Russian speech. The hall was half empty: the opposition boycotted the meetings. Therefore, Sandu could easily make harsh accusations without fear of a negative reaction. “There are still people in our parliament today who see nothing wrong with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These are agents...

Another anti-government rally took place today in Chisinau. The Moldovan authorities prepared for the event even more than the organizers. Firstly, the day before, searches were carried out in the capital and northern regions of the country in connection with the “preparation of mass riots.” A total of $11000 and €400 were seized, police said. Apparently, the structures of the Shor party, which carried out...

An unusual flash mob took place in Chisinau. Several dozen people defiantly read books on the street, despite the rain. Thus, residents of the Moldovan capital protested against the intention of their pro-Western authorities to transfer the building of the National Library of Moldova to the Romanian Orthodox Church. Earlier it became known that the Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova Igor Grosu and deputies of President Maia Sandu’s PAS party were going to donate to the metropolis...