Sources: ITAR TASS
Greece suspends the extradition of Moldovan businessman and politician Vladimir Plahotniuc, who is wanted in Moldova over a 2014 bank fraud case. 2025-09-17
A court in Chișinău sentences the governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for violations related to the financing of the banned opposition Șor Party. 2025-08-5
President Trump also announces a new set of tariff rates on imports from Algeria, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, assigning country-specific duties ranging from 20 to 30% following the expiration of a 90-day negotiation period. 2025-07-9
Russian President Vladimir Putin revokes a 2012 foreign policy decree which underpinned Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the political status of the breakaway Transnistria region. 2023-02-22
Moldova and Russian energy firm Gazprom extend their supply contract, following accusations of Russia raising oil prices against Moldova. 2021-10-29
Moldova begins their vaccination campaign, with first-line medical staff being administered first. 2021-03-2
Maia Sandu wins the first election round of Moldova's latest presidential election by gaining around 36% of the votes. Incumbent president Igor Dodon received over 32% and will face Sandu in the second round later in November. 2020-11-2
About 200 U.S. troops arrive in Moldova from Romania for planned military exercises with the Moldovan military which will last until May 20. 2016-05-2
The Parliament of Moldova announces that the country will hold a Presidential election on October 30. A court in early March ruled in favor of having a direct national election to choose a president rather than a vote in parliament, a concession to protesters who have been demonstrating for months against the political elite. This will be the first time since 2001 that the public will choose their country's president directly. 2016-04-1
Romania offers neighboring Moldova a $65 million (60 million euros) loan to help stave off economic collapse and keep the former Soviet Republic on a pro-European course, provided the Moldovan government implements major reforms. Government funds were needed to cover more than $1 billion that "disappeared" from three Moldovan banks in November 2014. In the frigid capital Chișinău, 15,000 people from both the pro-European and pro-Russian sides of the political divide, protested on Sunday against the current government and demanded new elections. Prime Minister Pavel Filip, who took office last week, is the country's sixth PM in a year. 2016-01-26