Moldova

Moldova's government collapsed Friday as pro-Western Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita resigned, adding to a series of crises that have gripped the small ...

“Despite unprecedented challenges, the country was governed responsibly, with great care and dedicated work,” Sandu said. “We were immediately faced with energy blackmail, and those who did this hoped that we would give in.” Gavrilita told a news conference that the “time has come for me to announce my resignation” and said no one expected her government, elected in the summer of 2021, “would have to manage so many crises caused by Russian aggression in Ukraine.”

Moldova was granted EU candidate status last June, but has faced intense pressure from Moscow. Briefing of Prime Minister of Moldova Natalia ...

In an [interview](https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/eu-confidential/new-eu-confidential-podcast-episode-eu-ukraine-summit-fighter-jets-moldovan-president-maia-sandu/) with POLITICO last month, Sandu accused Russia of using the energy crisis and spiraling costs to “bring instability to Moldova,” referring to disinformation efforts by Russia to stoke anti-government feeling. about our capacity to defend ourselves, whether we can do it ourselves, or whether we should be part of a larger alliance,” she said. [Friday](https://twitter.com/Daniel_Voda/status/1623995778703261699?s=20&t=endJjsRwGJwwO1nXqqo76A) it would summon the Russian ambassador over the “unacceptable violation of [Moldova’s] airspace by a Russian missile” which flew over the country as part of an extensive [Russian attack](https://www.politico.eu/article/kyiv-ukraine-offensive-russia-launch-missile-raids-troops-near-kupyansk/) on Ukraine. [surprise press briefing](https://pfseb726.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNataliaGavrilitaPM%2Fvideos%2F6305694576130313/1/010201863b373c7b-258474c9-c960-4f7d-babd-5daca73da2d1-000000/U5oXsCc0l_v1PPF6VjBoUjH1Eho=308) Friday, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița announced she was resigning together with her pro-Western government. “Moldova is entering a new phase, one in which security is our priority,” she added. [confirmed](https://www.g4media.ro/serviciul-secret-din-moldova-confirma-ca-ucraina-i-a-transmis-informatii-despre-un-plan-al-rusiei-pentru-destabilizarea-tarii.html) they had also identified “subversive activities” aimed at “undermining the state of the Republic of Moldova, destabilizing and violating public order.” [told ](https://www.politico.eu/article/maia-sandu-moldova-nato-alliance-joining-ukraine-war-russia-invasion/)POLITICO last month that a “serious discussion” was now taking place in the country, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the possibility of joining a defense alliance. [Thursday’s European summit](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/zelensk-ukraine-intercepted-russian-plans-to-destroy-moldova-b1059241.html) in Brussels that Ukraine had intercepted Russian plans to “destroy” Moldova. “And if we come, at some point, to the conclusion as a nation that we need to change neutrality, this should happen through a democratic process.” [accused](https://www.politico.eu/article/moldova-energy-crisis-inflation-russia-ukraine-war/) Russia, which bases soldiers in the breakaway region of Transnistria in the east, of stirring unrest in the country, including protests in the capital, Chișinău. [said](https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/externe/criza-politica-in-republica-moldova-premierul-natalia-gavrilita-a-demisionat-2247373) she would launch discussions with the political parties in parliament to appoint a new prime minister. Moldova was granted candidate status to the European Union [last June](https://pfseb726.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.politico.eu%2Farticle%2Feu-leaders-grant-ukraine-and-moldova-candidate-status%2F/1/010201863b373c7b-258474c9-c960-4f7d-babd-5daca73da2d1-000000/xiKzJA8WMxJtonn8qslKLvJl0U8=308), together with Ukraine, but the government has faced intense pressure from Moscow, which has sought to undermine its authority.

Moldova's prime minister Natalia Gavrilita has resigned citing a lack of support for her government as it struggles with the fallout from Russia's war ...

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Pro-western Natalia Gavrilita quits as Russian ambassador summoned over apparent violation of airspace.

“In spite of unprecedented challenges, the country was governed responsibly, with a lot of attention and dedicated work.” Russia, however, has troops in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria and opposes any move to join the 27-nation bloc. “Thank you so much for your enormous sacrifice and efforts to lead the country in a time of so many crises,” Sandu said.

Moldova's Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita waits for the start of the EU-Moldova Association Council at the European Council building in Brussels on Tuesday, ...

We Talked to Their Mom “Despite unprecedented challenges, the country was governed responsibly, with great care and dedicated work,” Sandu said. [Found a Way to Slow Human Aging](https://time.com/6254236/slow-human-aging/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [Madonna's Face and the Myth of Aging Gracefully](https://time.com/6253977/madonna-face-grammys-2023/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [These Two Brothers Will Face Off in the Super Bowl](https://time.com/6253873/donna-kelce-super-bowl-interview/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202). [Streaming Wars Have Entered Their Chaos Era](https://time.com/6253697/streaming-wars-disney-chaos-era?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202) [It Could Be Harder to Find a Job and Get a Pay Raise](https://time.com/6253699/federal-reserve-inflation-interest-rates-workers/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202)if the Fed Gets Its Way “We were immediately faced with energy blackmail, and those who did this hoped that we would give in.” [Thousands of Buildings Collapsed in Turkey](https://time.com/6254024/turkey-syria-earthquake-building-2023/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230202).

Two Russian missiles crossed into Romanian and Moldovan airspace before entering Ukraine on Friday, the top Ukrainian general said.

KYIV, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Two Russian missiles crossed into Romanian and Moldovan airspace before entering Ukraine on Friday, the top Ukrainian general said. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, said two Kaliber missiles launched from the Black Sea had entered Moldovan airspace, then flew into Romanian airspace, before entering Ukraine. Ukraine says two Russian missiles crossed into Romania and Moldova

Latest incursion has heightened fears that the war could spill over Ukraine's borders as first anniversary approaches.

Russia's latest aerial attack on Ukraine saw missiles cross Moldovan airspace, Ukrainian and Moldovan officials have said. Kyiv's top general said two ...

Explosions were also heard in Kyiv, although the city's mayor said nobody was hurt. Olexander Kamyshin wrote: "Trains will start delaying, but none will be cancelled. We are determined." In the aftermath, an aide of Mr Zelensky reiterated a call for the West to donate fighter jets, and criticised "political hesitation" over the provision of new arms to his country. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, he added there were "victims" of the assault, without specifying a number. Mr Zelensky said the missiles represented a "challenge" to Nato, of which Romania is a member country.

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile fired at Ukraine crossed over Moldova on Friday morning and came within 22 miles of the border of Romania, a NATO member, ...

and Germany are sending tanks to Ukraine.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/25/germany-leopard-tanks-abrams-ukraine/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_2) [Russia-Ukraine war](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukraine-russia/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_7). [Russia claimed to have seized control of Soledar](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/11/soledar-bakhmut-russia-war-ukraine/?itid=lb_war-in-ukraine-what-you-need-to-know_1), a heavily contested salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine where fighting has raged recently, but a Ukrainian military official maintained that the battle was not yet over. “We strongly reject the recent unfriendly actions and statements in relation to the Republic of Moldova, a fact considered absolutely unacceptable by our people,” ministry spokesman Daniel Voda said. In response Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu ordered “the urgent summoning” of Russia’s ambassador in Chisinau, Oleg Vasnetsov, “to indicate the unacceptable violation of our airspace … two MiG-21 Lancer fighter jets “were redirected to the Northern area of Romania to supplement the reaction options.”

Moldovan President Maia Sandu nominated former interior minister Dorin Recean to replace Natalia Gavrilița.

[summoned Russia's ambassador](https://twitter.com/Daniel_Voda/status/1623995778703261699)to condemn "the latest unfriendly actions and statements against Moldova" after a Russian missile crossed into its airspace as it headed toward targets in Ukraine. He has 15 days to form a government and present it to parliament for a vote, per AP. [reported](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldovan-prime-minister-announces-government-resignation-2023-02-10/). [AP](https://apnews.com/article/politics-maia-sandu-moldova-69a879ddc1a6e9b04523acf6c5913f4d). [reduce natural gas deliveries](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/02/russia-gazprom-nord-stream-1-natural-gas-europe)and choke off other supplies to the former Soviet republic. It was the latest Russian violation of Moldova's air space, the [New York Times noted](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/world/europe/moldova-prime-minister-resigns.html).

Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced Friday she and her government were resigning after 18 months, as Russia's invasion of neighboring ...

She said under Gavrilita, "the country was governed responsibly, with a lot of attention and dedicated work. Friday's events come one day after Zelenskyy told European Union leaders in Brussels his country had intercepted a detailed Russian plan to destroy Moldova politically, by breaking down the democratic order and establishing control, as it has attempted to do in Ukraine. And in a video message Friday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile targeting his nation passed through Moldovan airspace.

CHISINAU, Moldova — (AP) — Moldova's president tapped her defense and security adviser, pro-Western economist Dorin Recean, to succeed Prime Minister ...

Compounding that has been missiles from the war that have traversed its skies and missile debris that has been “We were immediately faced with energy blackmail, and those who did this hoped that we would give in.” The difficulties of 2022 postponed some of our plans, but they did not stop us,” President Sandu said, adding that in 2023 she wants to focus on revamping key areas such as Moldova’s economy and justice sector. PAS has a majority in Parliament. These include an acute energy crisis after Moscow dramatically reduced supplies to Moldova and skyrocketing inflation in the wake of the war in Ukraine. Recean said he would “proceed immediately” with setting up a new government and that his main focus will be to introduce “order and discipline” in Moldova’s institutions, breathe new life into the economy and ensure peace and stability.

CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova's president tapped her defense and security adviser, pro-Western economist Dorin Recean, to succeed Prime Minister Natalia ...

Compounding that has been missiles from the war that have traversed its skies and missile debris that has been discovered on its territory. "We were immediately faced with energy blackmail, and those who did this hoped that we would give in." The difficulties of 2022 postponed some of our plans, but they did not stop us," President Sandu said, adding that in 2023 she wants to focus on revamping key areas such as Moldova's economy and justice sector.