Allegations about how relatives of President Maia Sandu got well-paid state jobs are raising questions about meritocracy and political accountability at a sensitive time – as Moldova opens EU accession talks.
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Accession talks opened in a celebratory atmosphere in Brussels this month, but the most demanding stage of the process – implementing high-quality reforms – has to begin.
Moldovan leaders have called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s proposal to grant Russian citizenship to Transdniestria residents a threat and are considering action to prevent it, Reuters reports. The Transdniestria region broke away from Moldova in 1990, when the country was still a Soviet republic, and despite a brief conflict two years later, it now largely […]
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Il publie "Une journée dans la vie de Maria Ivanova", son nouveau roman chez Flammarion...
L’article Lionel Duroy: destination Moldavie est apparu en premier sur Causeur.
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Moldova is close to finishing the process of vetting all its judges and prosecutors after more than three decades of a kleptocratic, politically obedient judiciary – but the system is far from rebuilt yet.
One of Moldova’s main reasons for joining the European Union has always been security, and now Chisinau has indicated that it can also help the bloc with security issues, writes Politico. Moldova’s deputy prime minister for European affairs Cristina Gerasimov told Politico that Moldova’s EU membership is often described as a security guarantee for the […]
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Moldova is tightening screws on breakaway Transnistria – now struggling with an energy crisis – but success in ousting Russian ‘peacekeepers’ from the region will depend in part on the outcome of the Ukraine war.
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