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Swine flu kills two in Moldova
Two persons died from the beginning of February after they were carrying the swine flu virus. A 27-year-old man from Ungheni district was sent to a hospital in Chisinau, the capital, after the doctors have learnt he was infected with the A(H1N1) virus...
Protest in front of the Moldovan Government building
More than 500 mayors protested in front of the Moldovan Government building on Friday at noon. The civil servants, who came from the entire country, demanded higher salaries and better distribution of the public funds. The protesters complained they...
Wanted by Interpol, detained in Moldova
A 46-year-old man put on ‘wanted’ Interpol’s list was detained at the Moldovan checkpoint Criva. Citizen of Armenia, the man was crossing the Ukrainian-Moldovan border together with a relative. In order to avoid being detained, the...
Moldova ranks well in 2013 World Press Freedom Index
Moldova ranks 55th in the 2013 World Press Freedom Index of the Reporters Without Borders. This is a slight decrease compared to the same index of 2011-2012 when Moldova ranked 53rd. The watchdog measures every year the general level of freedom of information...
Moldovan students hacked company server
Five Moldovan university students are being investigated by police after they have allegedly attacked the servers of a company. According to the police, the students have intervened remotely from their dorms based in Chisinau, the capital. The attacks...
A Bessarabian writer to be for the first time nominalised for the Nobel Prize
The Bessarabian writer Paul Goma will be nominalized for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Writers Union Council decided to name the candidature of the writer and political dissident Paul Goma for the Nobel Prize in 2013. The Writers Union's decision...
Moldovan doctors reported two cases of swine flu. According to Adevarul newspaper, a 26-year-old man from Ungheni district (Western Moldova) and a 4-year-old girl from Chisinau have been sent to hospital. The results showed that the persons are infected...
The actor Gérard Depardieu agrees to be filmed in Chisinau
The French actor Gérard Depardieu agreed to be filmed in Chisinau. He will play a winemaker. Azeri dramatist and writer Rustam Ibraghimbecov proposed a movie to the Union of Filmmakers of Moldova, in which the main part is played by Gérard...
Moldovans to travel without visa to Turkey from May
Moldovans will travel without visas to Turkey from May of this year at the latest. Today, the Government approved a bill for ratification of the mutual abolition of visas between Turkey and Moldova, signed on 1st November 2012 by the foreign ministers...
Two Romanians dead in Algeria terrorist attack
Two Romanian citizens died in the recent terrorist attack in Algeria. Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed on Sunday afternoon that the second Romanian national died at the hospital after suffering severe injuries. Authorities reported that...
