And this week’s first semi-final saw Croatia, Moldova, Switzerland, Finland, Czechia, Israel, Portugal, Sweden, Serbia and Norway all get through to the final.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eurovision-2023-finland-croatia_uk_645b758ee4b09eef830351c1

At the same time, the EU mission also emphasised that the Moldovan government should make every effort to ensure that the entire population of Moldova would benefit from the EU integration process.

Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/transnistria-moldova-european-union-russia-breakaway-reintegration/

Brussels granted Moldova the status of candidate to the EU at the same time as Ukraine last year, and Putin's orchestrating the overthrow of Moldova's leadership would inflict a slap in the face to those in Europe who oppose him.

Source: https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/maia-sandu-vladimir-putin

But when speaking during a visit to Moldova earlier, Mr Sunak said he was "confident" in the government's position.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65782535?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia program studies the same countries minus the Baltic States and Moldova, and Leiden University’s Russia and Eurasia studies covers Russia and its former colonies.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/11/russia-studies-war-ukraine-decolonize-imperialism-western-academics-soviet-empire-eurasia-eastern-europe-university/

CHISINAU: Police in Moldova kept several thousand demonstrators away from government buildings on Sunday (Mar 12) after officials warned of possible organised disorder at the protest, the latest of a series denouncing pro-European President Maia Sandu.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/police-limit-anti-government-protest-moldova-3341986?cid=cna_flip_070214

CHISINAU (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a trip to Moldova on Thursday that Ukraine was ready to be in the NATO military alliance, and that Kyiv was waiting for the bloc to be ready to admit his country.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/visiting-moldova-zelenskiy-says-ukraine-ready-for-nato-membership/article_b8d32c97-ff6e-570e-89cb-20ab40121f77.html

Currently, Bianco is also the Ambassador of Malta to Romania and to the Republic of Moldova.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/book-review-inquisitive-reading-history-architecture.1014228

Enjoy a buffet featuring traditional Easter food from countries including England, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova at MAD-Aid’s Alice in Easterland event on April 16.

Source: https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/23433235.easter-isle-wight---egg-hunts/?ref=rss

Facing mounting pressure from the Europeans, the presidents of Serbia and Kosovo met in Moldova to discuss ways of lowering tensions on Thursday.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-world/us-ally-reportedly-calls-biden-foreign-policy-in-kosovo-naive-amid-rising-tensions-with-serbia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-ally-reportedly-calls-biden-foreign-policy-in-kosovo-naive-amid-rising-tensions-wi

Georgia applied for EU membership together with Ukraine and Moldova days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/10/georgias-parliament-drops-foreign-agents-bill

He accused the West of trying to turn former Soviet states including Moldova and Georgia into Russia’s enemies, and of undermining its relations with Central Asia.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9454160/russia-ukraine-rockets-lavrov/

In 2021, the Newcastle winger pulled out of a squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Denmark citing a calf injury before he was later pictured training with his club.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/23385373.steve-clarke-no-question-marks-angus-gunns-attitude/?ref=rss

In Moldova, police on Sunday said they foiled a plot by groups of Russia-backed saboteurs specially trained to cause mass unrest at protests against the country’s new pro-Western government.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/moldova-ap-russia-chisinau-georgia-b2302208.html

In November 1997, the United States used CTR funds to purchase twenty-one nuclear-capable MiG-29 aircraft from the Republic of Moldova – which had been part of the former Soviet Union.

Source: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/mig-29-russian-fighter-jet-air-force-feared-and-purchased-208040

It is the fourth such incident recorded in Moldova in recent months.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/world/moldovan-parliament-approves-new-pro-western-pms-government/article_50014eb7-a2f0-5255-acf5-2ca36a7dd23f.html

It's raining points in Sweden, who get another 12 from Moldova.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/eurovision-final-live-updates-reaction-26907916

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia was acting "responsibly" with regard to peackeeping forces it has stationed in the breakaway region and warned Moldova against inflaming the situation further.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/currency/US-DOLLAR-RUSSIAN-ROUBL-2370597/news/Kremlin-Russia-s-relations-with-Moldova-are-very-tense-43034159/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230220

Like Ukraine, Moldova is trying to ward off a bigger, better-equipped foe — but without benefit of the same massive level of Western aid that has been poured into its war-torn eastern neighbor.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-04-12/moldova-fears-russia-subversion-ukraine-war-next-door

Moldova condemned the intrusion into its air territory, but Romania denied that the same had happened in its air space.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11738413/Russia-launches-fresh-bombardment-Ukraine-begs-European-allies-supply-fighter-jets.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490