Moldova
Over 529,000 Moldovans reside in Russia
Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS) issued the official data on December 14 in regards to the number of foreign nationals residing in the Russian Federation. FMS reported that over 10.3 million immigrants were registered as living in Russia. Roughly...
Fog causes disruptions in flights and ground traffic in Moldova
Heavy fog grounded most of the flights departing from Moldova’s Chisinau International Airport (KIV) on Friday. Two flights arriving from Germany - Munich and Frankfurt – have been rerouted to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP). Another flight...
Council of Europe condemns anti-gay moves in Moldova, Russia
Council of Europe condemns the decision of some Moldovan cities and towns to ban the so-called homosexual propaganda. The message appears in a statement addressed on Monday by Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Rapporteur Håkon Haugli...
Power shortages, people stuck as winter hits Moldova hardly
UPDATE (9:05 PM; GMT +2) Trucks and buses are not allowed to enter Moldova through nine checkpoints until Monday. The regulation was issued by the Moldovan Customs Service due to the wintry weather. The authorities have to deal with the heavy snow...
Record number of smuggling cigarettes discovered at Moldova-Romania border
Three Moldovan customs officers have been dismissed on Friday after letting a truck with more than 630,000 smuggling packs of cigarettes cross the Moldovan-Romanian border. The smuggling was discovered at the Romanian checkpoint of Albita. According...
Moldova, EU to jointly involve in crisis management operations
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Catherine Ashton will visit Moldova next spring as a response to the official invitation addressed by Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat who was in Brussels on Thursday...
A thousand of Moldovans annually seek justice in the ECHR
About a thousand of Moldovans annually seek justice in the ECHR, shows the study "Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the Republic of Moldova, 1997-2012". According to the study, Moldova is in the top of countries...
Travel disruptions in Moldova and Romania due to wintry weather
Heavy snowfalls have hit Moldova and Romania in the last 24 hours causing travel disruptions and delays at some checkpoints and airports. Moldovan Customs Service informs that the customs points in northern Moldova face serious difficulties, since the...
Moldovan students were awarded silver and two bronze medals at the 9th edition of the International Junior Science Olympiad. The event was held from 1st to 10th December in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. The students proved their theoretical knowledge...
Heavy snowfall in Northern part of Moldova isolates people
Northern part of Moldova has been hit by heavy snow in the past two days. Many towns and villages remained isolated because the roads are blocked. The snow-drifts measure 1.8 meters in some places. Moldovan Ministry of Transportation said in a press...
