The United States of America offers a funding of $2,384,800 as part of an ongoing US assistance for rule of law development in the Republic of Moldova. The fund is meant to support justice sector and law enforcement reforms to fight against corruption, trafficking in persons and the organized crime. The project will fund the law enforcement development...

Republic of Moldova and Romania will organize joint applications for commandment and Chief of staff and consultancy in the realm of planning and policies of defense, Actmedia.eu informs. The joint military operations will take place in 2013. The project was agreed by the Ministers of Defense of the countries. According to the officials, the actions...

The International Development Association will give an $11 million loan to the Republic of Moldova as supplementary financing to the Quality Education in Rural Areas of Moldova Project, Infotag news agency reports. The bill was approved by the Government of May 18, 2012. Veaceslav Negruta, the Minister of Finances said the agreement on additional...

Corruption and the personal interests of the Moldova officials are the basic features that hinder the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict, considers Transnistrian conflict analyst Oazu Nantoi, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to him, a significant part of the illegal activities of some Moldovan officials are carried out through Transnistria. “Moldovan...

A group of teenagers gathered in Central Square of Chisinau yesterday to mark the International Day of Commemoration of those who died of AIDS. The participants delivered a message in support to those infected, Jurnal TV informs. The event marked the end of a 10 days national campaign which went throughout the country in the most important cities....

Fifteen military shells old since the Second World War have been discovered by the Moldovan policemen in the woods of Plop-Stiubei village after a child playing in the forest came home with one shell found there. The parents of the child immediately called the police. After an investigation, the officers found other 15 shells, Pro TV reports. According...

After a stalemate of almost six years, Moldova and Transnistria, its breakaway region have resumed the “5+2” talks in 2011 in Vilnius. Three rounds have been successfully finished, the last one taking place in Vienna during April 17-18, 2012. According to a report of the Romanian Center for European Policy, the European integration process can...

Two former bankers from Transnistria, Oleg Brizitki and Stephan Shinkariuk are suspected of jobbery with severe aftermaths for the region’s economy. They are on the wanted list of the Center for Fight against Economic Crimes and Corruption. The men are suspected to have helped Oleg Smirnov, the son of the former leader of Transnistria Igor Smirnov,...

One of the roots of the Transnistrian conflict is the political interest of Russia, the Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti said within an interview with Euronews. Being asked about the way he thinks the conflict will be settled, Mr. Timofti said that the “5+2” talks are the key solution. “We do get the help of the European Union, the US and of...

When we are talking about discrimination in Moldova, we are not referring only to the recent developments regarding the discrimination of gay people. There are many other types of severe discrimination some people deal with. A recent investigation made by www.discriminare.md, an anti-discrimination related website, shows how people infected with...

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Nikolay Gueorguiev said the Moldovan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on ending the fifth review under the Extended Credit Facility/Extended Fund Facility. He made the statement after his work visit to Moldova which ended yesterday. “The agreement is subject to approval by the IMF Management...

Moldovan industrial enterprises produced 3.4% less goods in the first quarter of 2012 as compared with the equivalent period of the last year, Infotag news agency reports. The data does not cover the Transnistrian region. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, a decrease in production was registered. The tobacco goods recorded the highest...

Moldova and Russia are the countries with the most negative score gained in terms of meeting the basic requirements of human rights standards, referring to the acceptance and full legal equality for LGBTI people, a recent report shows. The countries were rated with -4.5 points. They are followed by other four countries with a score of -4 points. These...

The European Union enlargement process will stop as of 2013. According to the Azeri news website ABC, which quotes the chairman of the Polish Senate Bogdan Borusewicz, the European dream of Ukraine, Turkey, Georgia and Serbia won’t become true. The official said that after Croatia’s entry in the European Union in 2013 will close the doors to new...

A group of Moldovans residing in Ireland demonstrated today in front of the Russian Embassy in Dublin chanting “Russian army go home, leave Moldova alone.” The Bessarabian community from Ireland who are the organizers of the demonstration, said they wanted to show to the international public that Russia is the one which continues to keep its troops...