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2 Min Read BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania shipped its first donation of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to neighbouring Moldova on Saturday to allow Moldova to start vaccinating frontline medical workers next week. FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled "vaccine" in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo Moldova and neighbouring Ukraine, two of Europe’s poorest countries, have lagged behind the rest of the co...

share Print Romania has delivered the first batch of AstraZenecas COVID-19 shots to Moldova, enabling one of Europes poorest countries to begin its vaccination campaign. Moldova has struggled in the global scramble to gain access to vaccines and welcomed donations for its 3.5 million people. In December, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis pledged Moldova 200,000 vaccine doses from its quota allotted by the European Union during a visit to Chisinau meant to support the countrys new pro-Western pr...

(This FEB. 26 story corrects throughout to make clear that Sandu's office did not deny the Sputnik V vaccine had been approved)

By Reuters Staff (Repeats for wider distribution with no changes to text) BUCHAREST, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Romania shipped its first donation of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to neighbouring Moldova on Saturday to safeguard frontline doctors, Prime Minister Florin Citu said. In December, Romania’s centrist President Klaus Iohannis said Bucharest would donate 200,000 doses of vaccine to Moldova, in a gesture of solidarity following the election of the pro-Western President Maia Sandu. A former...

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/RUSSIA-VACCINE-MOLDOVA (CORRECTED, UPDATE 2, PIX):CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Moldova approves Russias Sputnik V vaccine as political row simmers

By Syndicated Content By Alexander Tanas and Alexander Marrow CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s medical agency on Friday said it had approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, despite President Maia Sandu saying it could not be registered until the World Health Organisation had done so. Sandu denied statements by her predecessor Igor Dodon and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which markets the vaccine abroad, that Moldova had become the 38th country, includin...

Moldovan Drug Regulator Gives Conditional Use Approval to Sputnik V, Pfizer, AstraZeneca Fri 26th February 2021 | 09:01 PM The Moldovan drug regulator on Friday granted a one-year conditional authorization to three COVID-19 vaccines Sputnik V, Pfizer, AstraZeneca CHISINAU (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th February, 2021) The Moldovan drug regulator on Friday granted a one-year conditional authorization to three COVID-19 vaccines Sputnik V, Pfizer, AstraZeneca. The Medicines and Medical Devices...

Erdoğans Turkey: a new great power? 7 min read     Under the rule of Reçep Taïp Erdoğan Turkey has become one of the most active geopolitical actors in the recent years. Its interests stretch throughout the whole Eurasia, and its agenda is of great interest for the states and nations in the Turkish sphere of interests. Lets focus on the main ambitions and interests of Turkey on the geopolitical chessboard.  Syria and the Middle East Since the start of the Arab Spring uprisings in...

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldovas constitutional court said on Tuesday it was unconstitutional for President Maia Sandu to nominate Natalia Gavrilita as prime minister for a second time after parliament had already voted to reject the nomination. The ruling could hobble Sandus efforts to hold a snap general election and prolong a standoff between the pro-European Union president and a parliament that is dominated by lawmakers aligned with her pro-Moscow predecessor Igor Dodon...

All news Top stories in the Russian press on Thursday, February 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin© Alexei Druzhinin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS   Izvestia: Putin spotlights war on terror, outlines key threats to Russia Last year, 72 terrorism-related crimes were foiled in Russia, 25% more than in 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting of the Federal Security Service’s board on Wednesday. Experts stress that extremist activity remains one of majo...