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Moldova Jails Popular Pro-Russian Governor, Outraging The Kremlin
Zero Hedge
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Just over two weeks ago Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) issued a statement accusing the West, under US leadership, of turning Moldova into a military outpost aimed at confronting Russia, akin to what has happened over several years...
Moldova sentences Gagauzia governor to 7 years in prison for funding banned pro-Russian party
BGNES
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August 5, 2025
Eugenia Gutul, governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, was sentenced to seven years in prison on 5 August for illegally funding the banned pro-Russian party Shor, Moldovan news outlet NewsMaker reported, cited by the Kyiv Independent....
Moldova Sets Record in Sunflower Exports Amid Decline in Domestic Processing and Harvest
MoldovaLive
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August 5, 2025
In the 2024–2025 agricultural season, the Republic of Moldova exported a record volume of 558,784 tons of sunflower, marking a 4% increase compared to the previous season and exceeding the level recorded in the 2021–2022 season. The data comes...
MOLDOVA TO ALLOCATE ABOUT 3 MILLION LEIS TO SETTLEMENTS AFFECTED BY NATURAL DISASTERS
Infotag
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August 6, 2025
The authorities will allocate about 3 million lei to help settlements affected by natural disasters. As reported by the INFOTAG agency, Prime Minister Dorin Recean wrote about this on social networks following the meeting of the Emergency...
Moldova sentences pro-Russian politician to 7 years in prison over illegal party financing
Politico Europe
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August 5, 2025
“Russia and its proxies are now actively focusing their efforts on the Moldovan diaspora,” National Security Adviser Stanislav Secrieru told POLITICO. “The indictment of Guțul is one of the few examples of success within a broader trend to clean...
Moldova imprisons Euroskeptic regional president
MENAFN
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August 6, 2025
(MENAFN) A Moldovan court has sentenced Evgenia Gutsul, the head of the autonomous Gagauzia region, to seven years in prison on charges of illegally financing the banned, Euroskeptic SOR party. The case, which Gutsul says is politically driven,...
Moldova’s Impossible Dream: Why the Transnistria Conflict Will Doom EU Accession
EUToday
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August 5, 2025
52It has become something of a mantra in Brussels to speak of European expansion as inevitable. As Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova inch ever closer to Brussels’ orbit, EU officials talk dreamily of a new Eastern frontier: one secured by democratic...
Moldova jails pro-Russian regional leader for election fraud weeks before crucial vote
CNN
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August 5, 2025
A court in Moldova has sentenced a Kremlin-friendly regional politician to seven years in prison for funneling money from Russia to finance a political party. Evgenia Gutul, the leader of Gagauzia, a historically pro-Russian ethnic region in...
Moldova Sentences Regional Leader for Channelling Funds from Russia
Balkan Insight
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August 5, 2025
Gagauzia autonomous region head Evghenia Gutul at her trial in Chisinau, 3 July 2025. Photo: EPA/DUMITRU DORU. A court in Chisinau, Moldova on Tuesday handed down a seven-year prison sentence to Evghenia Gutul, the pro-Russian governor of...
Very small number of investors own vast bulk of shares in Gareth Sheridan’s US firm
The Irish Times
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The wealth of Dublin businessman Gareth Sheridan (35), who is seeking a nomination to run in the forthcoming presidential election, is centred on Florida-based Nutriband, the shares of which are traded on the Nasdaq stock exchange. At a press...
MOLDOVA AND UAE AGREED TO INTRODUCE VISA-FREE REGIME
Infotag
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August 5, 2025
Moldovan citizens will be able to travel to the United Arab Emirates without a visa. As reported to INFOTAG by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Popșoi and Deputy Prime...
Moldova's Attack on Gagauz Leader: A Political Move That Undermines Democracy
Sputnik News
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August 5, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250805/moldovas-attack-on-gagauz-leader-a-political-move-that-undermines-democracy-1122555920.html Moldova's Attack on Gagauz Leader: A Political Move That Undermines Democracy Moldova's Attack on Gagauz Leader: A...
IPN | Cultural Agenda | August 15
IPN
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August 15, 2025
0 The Berry and Honey Bee Festival begins, organized on the eve of Beekeeper’s Day (August 15-17)/Pushkin Street Alley/ at 08:00 /. The Association for the Support of Small and Medium Business “Perspective”, in partnership with the City Hall of...
Ukraine should move forward in EU accession talks together with Moldova – Zelensky
Ukrinform
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August 8, 2025
Continuing the European integration of Ukraine and other countries makes Europe united. Ukraine should advance toward the European Union together with Moldova. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this in his evening video address,...
Moldova Opposition Leader Jailed for Seven Years Before Elections
Pravda.ru
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August 5, 2025
Yevgenia Gutsul, the Bashkan (governor) of Gagauzia, has been sentenced by a Moldovan court to seven years in a general-regime penal colony. She was accused of receiving over 42 million lei (approximately $2.4 million) in "illegal financing from...
After Trump’s Greenland Gambit, Denmark Bets on Europe
International Policy Digest
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August 15, 2025
In early July, Denmark took the EU’s “top job,” assuming the rotating presidency of the 27-member bloc for the next six months. It inherited a docket as heavy as at any point in recent memory: war in Ukraine and the Middle East, a climate crisis...
Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 Enters Into Force in Bahrain
JD Supra - California
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August 15, 2025
The Kingdom of Bahrain is the latest jurisdiction to ratify the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 ("Hague 2005"), with the treaty coming into force in the Kingdom on 1 July 2025. The UK is already a party to Hague 2005, as are...
Moldovan Oligarch Offers Cash Bribes to Incite Protests Before Polls
Balkan Insight
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August 15, 2025
Responding to the police request, Ceban accused them scornfully of not knowing the law. “The City Hall and Mayor do not authorize political events. The police are aware of this. It would be like the City Hall asking the police to perform at the...
Ilan Șor’s companies, affiliated with Russia, sanctioned by the USA
IPN
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August 14, 2025
0 The United States of America have imposed sanctions against eight entities and four individuals, affiliated with the Russian Federation and Kyrgyzstan. Among these are three companies owned by oligarch Ilan Shor, which aim to disguise real money...
Voices from around the world: global dispatch on press freedom under pressure
JURIST
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August 15, 2025
Edited by Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees everyone the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information through any media...