Afghan press wrote about members of the Kabul govt on a visit to Moldova. After public outrage, Chisinau authorities explained the representatives came to meet economic agents making phytosanitary produce who want to expand their exports from Uzbekistan into Afghanistan

Egyptian writer @nesrein.bsky.social asked me questions about my books and about Moldovan history for the arts and culture magazine Majalla You can read the English version of the interview here: en.majalla.com/node/332264/...

Ursula Le Guin in Moldovan Parliament: ruling party PAS MP Marcel Spatari recommended The Left Hand of Darkness to his colleagues in the opposition in response to their “sexist” and “discriminatory” remarks

A new website shows where the Soviets deported Moldovans from in the 40s, to Siberia and Kazakhstan moldova.europalibera.org/a/un-program...

First points on new Moldovan PM Tofan’s Cabinet meeting: cutting off “thick-skinned” state salaries that have generated public outrage in recent weeks, limiting govt travel, optimising state institutions that have similar mandates, getting rid of abusive fiscal controls

I find it fascinating that Moldova’s ruling party PAS has gone from centre-left PM Natalia Gavrilita to the right wing PM Vasile Tofan within several years. Both brilliant minds but on such different sides of the political spectrum. Let’s see how Tofan will act out

Moldova’s reshuffled cabinet was voted in Parliament yesterday after a 10 hours long meeting and it is sworn in this morning The programme of the cabinet led by PM Vasile Tofan is focused on economic growth and advancing EU integration

Moldova’s old/new government to be voted in Parliament on Tuesday. In addition to the PM, 4 other ministers are different

Moldova’s candidate for PM Vasile Tofan announced his first priorities: restoring trust following recent political scandals, inspiring optimism in local entrepreneurs, delivering on EU integration. His message to civil servants is not to be afraid of him (& forget the Milei pic)

Maia Sandu on the priorities of the new candidate for PM, Vasile Tofan: delivering reforms for EU integration, institution resilience (presumably against hybrid attacks), economic growth

Breaking news: Moldova’s ruling party PAS has put forward their candidate for PM, entrepreneur Vasile Tofan. 1/

Wedding in Drochia, Moldova, in 1958. Source: Silvia Berladean & Rama albastra

Moldova nepotism scandal: Maia Sandu said she has no connection to her cousins’ employment and that she “cannot imagine what a communicator” at the air traffic controller can do for 6,000 euros per month. She said the bonuses need to be returned to either the state or to charity

Microhistory founder Carlo Ginzburg has been one of my heroes since university. It was such an honour and a joy to interview him in Sibiu last summer. RIP! My dialogue with him in Romanian: www.scena9.ro/article/inte...

Moldova’s runaway fraudster Ilan Șor with Romania’s far right Șoșoacă, at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum

“Made in Russia”. Romanian far-right politician Diana Șoșoacă and Moldova’s Marina Tauber, sentenced to seven years in prison for illicit party financing and forging financial reports

Moldova is starting negotiations on cluster 1 🥳

A Russian drone caused a fire in a block of flats in Galati, Romania, and injured two people this morning. This is the gravest interference in the Romanian space since 2022. President Nicușor Dan summoned the Supreme Defense Council and warns a proportionate response to Russia

Surprise: people on the left bank of the river Nistru consider US, NATO, Romania, EU a smaller threat for Transnistria region in 2026 compared to 2024, and Russia - a greater threat. The poll was done online by Zona de securitate, an outlet specialising in the region + WatchDog

That moment of the year!

Foreign ministers of the countries in the European Council decided today in Chisinau to found a tribunal investigating Russian war crimes www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/202...

The launch party referenced the famed parcels Moldovan migrants receive from home via minibuses, with cheese pies and home made wine in water plastic bottles

Moldova is having its debut at the Venice Biennale with The One Thousand and Second Night installation by Pavel Braila, consisting of Moldovan handmade rugs carried by drones, a plea for peace and art

Romania’s Bolojan coalition government has just fallen in a no confidence vote by governing PSD & far-right AUR, supposedly caused by austerity measures. Centre right USR claims the plan was coined in Bucharest & Moscow, Hungarian minority party UDMR deems the move irresponsible

Moldova climbs 4 positions to the 31st place in the World Press Freedom Index in 2026 rsf.org/en/2026-rsf-...

Breaking news: Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, who ruled the country from the shadows in 2016-19, has received a 19-year prison sentence for bank fraud, money laundering, creating and leading a criminal organisation www.zdg.md/stiri/ultima...

The Economist’s Democracy Index downgraded Moldova from “flawed democracy” to “hybrid regime” for issues with political culture, participation, governance. The label was last used for RM during Plahotniuc. Romania is meanwhile upgraded from “hybrid regime” to “flawed democracy”

New and old Kremlin players in Moldova: Victor Perțu worked for Shor for years. He was detained for organising mass destabilisations in 2022. Now he is running for Orhei local elections, on behalf of Democracy Home (Democratia acasa), a rapidly rising populist party

On 7-8 April 2009 Valeriu Boboc was killed by the police after protesting against rigged elections. His son, Dragoș, is now 17. Moldova has not fully elucidated who stayed behind the protester violence, the passivity of the police during the day and the following repressions

Angela Merkel & Donald Trump as seen by Moldovan artist Ștefan Eșanu