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Maia Sandu, Moldova’s first female president, elected in 2020, is making history on the far east end of Europe. So why is it that so few know of her and her many accomplishments at raising Europe’s poorest country out of the USSR’s rubble while keeping the country’s oligarchs and pro-Russian forces at bay? Maia Sandu […]

It was all but inevitable that the FSRs and those countries of Eastern Europe that had once been under Soviet domination would suffer from chronic, even endemic, corruption.

Moldovan lawmakers have approved budget amendments that will allow the national energy company to pay energy dues to Russia's state-controlled Gazprom

Moldovan lawmakers have approved budget amendments that will allow the national energy company to pay energy dues to Russia's state-controlled Gazprom and avert a new energy crisis in the Eastern European country.

Russia's state-controlled Gazprom told Moldova on November 22 that it will cut off gas to the country in 48 hours if it does not pay tens of millions

Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom told Moldova on November 22 that it will cut off gas to the country in 48 hours if it does not pay tens of millions of dollars for recent deliveries.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has declared an end to her country's energy crisis after the government and Russia's state-controlled Gazprom agree

BUCHAREST (AP) — Moldovan voters go to the polls this weekend in a snap parliamentary election that could decide whether the former Soviet republic fully embraces pro-Western reforms or prolongs a political impasse under strong Russian influence.

Moldova is in a perilous place, pleasing neither the Moscow nor the Brussels bean counters. China in this context may appear to be an honest broker and friendly investor, but could a Montenegro-style debt trap await?

Russian gas company has suggested Moldova can access gas supplies at a cheaper rate if its free trade deal with the EU is implemented with modifications. An energy shortage has struck Europe as the supply of gas on the tap is significantly reduced, driving itself to a crisis.