moldova
Two countries in Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Moldova, aim to join the European Union by the end of the decade. The EU negotiations with both, one of which is at war, have just started. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, Kyiv applied for EU membership. Neighbouring Moldova — which has its own reasons to fear an escalation from Moscow due to the issues regarding the Kremlin-controlled separatist region of Transnistria — followed with its application shortly afterwards. Both countries were granted candidate member status in a political decision intended to support the pair in per...
Euronews (English)
Formal talks on Ukraine and Moldova’s accession to the European Union kick off on Tuesday, in a development hailed historic and set to bolster hopes both countries will one day become EU members despite the war raging in Ukraine. The opening of talks will take place in two consecutive Intergovernmental Conferences on Tuesday afternoon in Luxembourg, with the two hopeful countries, the European Commission and the rotating presidency of the Council, currently held by Belgium, all represented. The Ukrainian delegation will be headed by the country’s deputy prime minister for European integration,...
Euronews (English)
The socialists and democrats (S&D) came in second in the European elections, but did not gain seats - where do they go from here? As the group votes in its chair and vice-chairs today (25 June) and tomorrow, we ask where the group is heading. Radio Schuman talked to Brando Benifei, a re-elected MEP from the Italian Partito Democratico that is now the largest delegations within the socialist family. We dived into what it means for Ukraine and Moldova to enter into negotiation talks to join the EU, with the first intergovernmental conferences today in Luxembourg. Lastly, we also looked closer at...
Euronews (English)
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies suspect two residents of Kazakhstan in an assassination attempt on Kazakh opposition activist and journalist Aidos Sadykov in Kyiv, the Prosecutor General's Office announced on June 20. The suspects were put on an international wanted list. Sadykov was shot on June 18 when an attacker approached his car parked in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. The activist suffered a brain injury and was hospitalized. He is reportedly in serious condition. The two suspects, Altai Zhakanbayev and Meiram Karatayev, born in 1988 and 1991, respectively, arrived in Ukraine'...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies suspect two residents of Kazakhstan in an assassination attempt on Kazakh opposition activist and journalist Aidos Sadykov in Kyiv, the Prosecutor General's Office announced on June 20. The suspects were put on an international wanted list. Sadykov was shot on June 18 when an attacker approached his car parked in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. The activist suffered a brain injury and was hospitalized. He is reportedly in serious condition. The two suspects, Altai Zhakanbayev and Meiram Karatayev, born in 1988 and 1991, respectively, arrived in Ukraine'...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Ukrainian law enforcement agencies suspect two residents of Kazakhstan in an assassination attempt on Kazakh opposition activist and journalist Aidos Sadykov in Kyiv, the Prosecutor General's Office announced on June 20. The suspects were put on an international wanted list. Sadykov was shot on June 18 when an attacker approached his car parked in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv. The activist suffered a brain injury and was hospitalized. He is reportedly in serious condition. The two suspects, Altai Zhakanbayev and Meiram Karatayev, born in 1988 and 1991, respectively, arrived in Ukraine'...
Kyiv Independent
A Hungarian should no longer steer the European Commission’s department in charge of the EU’s future enlargement, the chair of the European Parliament’s EU-Moldova delegation, Siegfried Mureșan, has said. His warning comes amid an imminent reshuffle in the EU executive, where for the past five years Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi has been the Commissioner in charge of the enlargement and neighbourhood portfolio after he was appointed to the job by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Orbán’s government has since repeatedly attempted to slow down or completely derail Ukraine’s and Moldova’s bids to join the...
Euronews (English)
Launching of Maia Sandu's election campaign, 2020. Photo_(cropped).jpg) by [Gikü](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Gik%C3%BC) via [Wikipedia](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_Sandu#)\. [Public domain](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)\. As the presidential elections in Moldova draw closer, discussions about a unifying opposition candidate are increasing on the Moldovan political scene. Parties are forming blocs, holding meetings, and making proposals, trying to come to an agreement “against Sandu,” the current president of Moldova. NewsMaker published an artic...
Global Voices
Photo byKai Wenzel on Unsplash In Chișinău, Moldova’s capital, and other cities of Moldova, people have spotted several large swarms of bees. Moldovan independent news outlet NewsMaker published an article about where these swarms came from, and Global Voices translated, edited for clarity, and re-published with permission from NewsMaker. In the spring of 2024 in Chișinău, citizens reported several instances of bee swarms appearing in urban areas. Swarms of bees were seen at the central market, on a car parked downtown near the Atrium and Grand Hall shopping centers, and near the Oasis Mall. T...
Global Voices
Three Moldovan citizens were arrested in Paris over graffiti warning against sending French soldiers to fight in Ukraine, French media BFMTV reported on June 8. They are suspected of spraying a stencil of a red coffin at the foot of a building in central Paris with the words “Soldat français en Ukraine” ("French soldier in Ukraine") on June 7. Moldovan Foreign Affairs Minister Mihai Popshoi condemned the suspects on Twitter and said the incident was "part of hybrid tactics to harm our international image." Moldova will work with the French authorities to hold the perpetrators to account, he ad...
Kyiv Independent
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