Blackouts are reported across the nation as rockets rain down on several cities with at least four people reported killed in Kyiv. A barrage of Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure has knocked out power across large areas of the war-torn country as well as parts of neighboring Moldova. In Kyiv, …
Read More »EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine
The European Commission proposed a gradual ban on Russian oil imports Wednesday to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, as Russian forces pounded sites to the east of the country and hit targets in the far west near the EU border.
Read More »More explosions in Moldova’s Trans-Dniester, near Ukraine
Police in the region of Trans-Dniester say two explosions on Tuesday morning in a radio facility close to the Ukrainian border knocked two powerful antennas out of service. Trans-Dniester, a strip of land in Moldova with about 470,000 people, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a 1992 …
Read More »Blasts tear through state security HQ in Moldova’s breakaway region – TV
A series of blasts tore through the ministry of state security in the capital of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria, the TSV television station reported. The station showed the windows and doors of the building blown out. Fire crews were shown at the scene. Officials from the breakaway region’s interior …
Read More »Gazprom threatens to halt gas supply to Moldova within 48 hours
Russian energy giant Gazprom will withdraw gas transit to Moldova in the next 48 hours after Chisinau failed to settle its outstanding debt for supplies already delivered, a spokesman for the company announced on Monday. At the end of last month, the Saint Petersburg-based company and Moldavgaz agreed a new …
Read More »Russia using gas to bully Moldova says EU
The European Union’s top diplomat said on Thursday that Moscow was using natural gas to bully Moldova, as the prime minister of the ex-Soviet republic said the country could not afford the prices Russia was now offering. Moldova’s gas contract with Russia’s Gazprom expired at the end of September. Moldova’s …
Read More »Russia says it has agreed to lift trade restrictions with Moldova
Russia and Moldova have agreed to lift trade restrictions and are ready for mutually beneficial ties, senior Kremlin official Dmitry Kozak said on Wednesday, Interfax news agency reported. Russia in 2013 banned imports of Moldovan wines and spirits, one of the ex-Soviet republic’s main export earners, in a move that …
Read More »Ukraine law enforcement agencies clash as wanted judge resurfaces
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies traded barbs on Saturday after a judge who disappeared in mysterious circumstances while facing a corruption investigation resurfaced and contacted the authorities from a village.
Read More »Moldovan court suspends president in a political standoff.
A Moldovan court temporarily relieved President Igor Dodon of his duties on Sunday to allow a stand-in to call a snap election, deepening a standoff between rival political parties over the formation of a new government after months of deadlock. Dodon’s replacement, former prime minister Pavel Filip, immediately announced a …
Read More »Ukraine is one of the poorest nations in Europe: World Bank
Ukraine is rated as one of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia when it comes to GDP per capita, according to the country’s key creditor, the World Bank. The agency placed the nation on the same level as Moldova, Armenia, and Georgia, saying that it would take Ukraine …
Read More »International cyber-crime gang busted.
An international crime gang which used malware to steal $100m (£77m) from more than 40,000 victims has been dismantled. A complex police operation conducted investigations in the US, Bulgaria, Germany, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. The gang infected computers with GozNym malware, which captured online banking details to access bank accounts. …
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