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EUPM Moldova
EU Partnership Mission in the Republic of Moldova
Authorization date: 04/23
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EUBAM Moldova and Ukraine
European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine
Authorization date: 11/05
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OSCE Mission to Moldova
(OSCE Long-Term Missions)
Authorization date: 02/93
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Joint Peacekeeping Force
(Other)
Begin: 07/92
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News

25.09.2025
Oligarch Plahotniuc extradited back to Moldova days before pivotal elections

Plahotniuc is the lead suspect in a long-running investigation into the disappearance of some $1 billion from banks in the small, impoverished former Soviet republic in 2014. The sum was estimated to amount to around 12 percent of th25e country's total gross domestic product. 

Source: RFE/RL
22.09.2025
Moldovan election cast as ‘new battle’ for geopolitical direction

Moldova’s pro-European ruling party is polling neck-and-neck with a pro-Russian bloc going into next weekend’s parliamentary election, cast once more as an existential fight for the soul of the nation. 

Source: Balkan Insight
27.08.2025
European leaders boost Moldova in face of 'relentless' Russia

Leaders from France, Germany and Poland have travelled to Moldova to show support for the country's accession to the EU and warn of Russia's "relentless" efforts to undermine that ambition.

Source: BBC
27.08.2025
Moldova arrests three over Russian-led training camps in Bosnia

Three more people have been arrested in Moldova on suspicion of involvement in plotting to cause unrest in the country after allegedly being trained at Russian-run camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Source: Balkan Insight
15.08.2025
ODIHR opens election observation mission in Moldova

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an observation mission for the 28 September parliamentary elections in Moldova, following an invitation from the national authorities. The mission is led by Jillian Stirk and consists of a core team of 15 experts based in Chişinău.

Source: OSCE
07.08.2025
Tensions in Moldova after sentencing of pro-Russian leader

Several dozen people gathered in the center of the Moldovan city of Comrat to support the sentenced pro-Russian leader of Gagauzia, Evghenia Gutul. … The politician is accused of illegally financing the pro-Russian Sor Party between 2019 and 2022. The Sor Party was banned by the Constitutional Court in 2023 over accusations of destabilizing the country.

Source: DW
05.08.2025
Moldova sentences regional leader for channelling funds from Russia

A court in Chisinau, Moldova on Tuesday handed down a seven-year prison sentence to Evghenia Gutul, the pro-Russian governor of Gagauzia, for her role in a large-scale scheme to smuggle funds from Russia into Moldova.

Source: Balkan Insight
04.08.2025
Occupational therapy: Frozen conflicts, Russian aggression and EU enlargement

[…] This policy brief examines the EU’s role in resolving conflicts in breakaway and occupied territories within eastern candidate countries. … The paper argues the EU should draw up a strategy that directly accounts for the breakaway and occupied regions of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria as part of eastern candidate countries’ membership journey.

Source: ECFR
30.07.2025
Moldova’s president warns of ‘unprecedented’ Russian election meddling

Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Wednesday accused Russia of planning an “unprecedented” campaign to interfere in the country’s September parliamentary election, warning of a large-scale effort involving illegal financing, cyberattacks and disinformation.

Source: Politico
22.07.2025
Moldova's opposition forms pro-Russian bloc ahead of key parliamentary vote

Four left-wing and center-left parties in Moldova will unite in a pro-Russian electoral bloc for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Moldovan media outlet NewsMaker reported on July 22. … The new bloc includes the Socialist Party, the Communist Party, the Heart of Moldova, and the Future of Moldova parties. 

Source: The Kyiv Independent