Moldova

Israeli-born Moldovan oligarch and politician

21 Apr 2024 4 1

Igor Grosu

Inserted 6 days ago

“The plebiscite is a chance for Moldovans to show loudly and clearly that we are Europeans. ... We are not entering Europe, we are returning to it.”

Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

18 Apr 2024 5 4

Maia Sandu

Inserted 6 days ago

“Joining the EU is the best thing we can give this and future generations.”

18 Apr 2024 2 4

Igor Dodon

Inserted 6 days ago

“We are categorically opposed to this referendum. We are not saying 'no' to talks with the EU and we are not opposed to the EU. We oppose Sandu using it as an instrument for her own interests and those of her party. We are therefore asking voters during the campaign not to take part in the referendum.”

Socialist Party chief and Moldovan president until his 2020 election loss to Sandu

18 Apr 2024 4 3

Maia Sandu

Inserted 1 month ago

“It is important to hold a referendum now because it is a historic occasion, awaited for three decades. The European Union member states are more open than ever, we have the necessary political will for this step, and our citizens want to be part of the EU.”

Seenews

President of Moldova

19 Mar 2024 2 2

Eugenia Gutul

Inserted 1 month ago

“I told (Putin) about the illegal actions of Moldova's authorities who are taking revenge on us for our civic positions and for standing by our national interests. Chisinau is taking away our rights step by step, limiting the budget, violating our legal rights provoking instability and destabilisation in Gagauzia and throughout the country. Putin promised to extend support to Gagauzia and the Gagauz people in upholding our legal rights, our authority and positions in the international arena.”

Pro-Russian leader of Moldova's restive Gagauzia region

06 Mar 2024 5 2

Maia Sandu

Inserted 10 months ago

“The presence of these leaders in our country is a clear message that Moldova is not alone and neither is our neighbour Ukraine, which for a year and three months has been standing against the barbaric invasion of Russia.”

President of Moldova

31 May 2023 3 2

Iulian Groza

Inserted 1 year ago

“It is a strong message of support and positioning of the US concerning Russia's threats in the region, but especially those that have been increasing recently regarding Moldova. It matters a lot in the current context.”

Executive Director, Institute for European Policies and Reforms

22 Feb 2023 3 3

Lilian Carp

Inserted 1 year ago

“Russia has never respected the treaties it concludes regarding Moldova. Let's remember the decision of 1999 at the OSCE summit in Istanbul, by which Russia undertook to withdraw its troops from the territory of Moldova by 2002. In 2021, they promised again, without respecting this, what they also promised in 1999.”

Head of Parliament’s Defence and Security Committee

22 Feb 2023 2 3

Natalia Gavrilita

Inserted 1 year ago

“Our analysis shows that there are no imminent risks of the expansion of the war in Moldova.”

Moldova's Prime Minister

05 May 2022 2 2

Maia Sandu

Inserted 1 year ago

“We need to make financial and logistical efforts to build a professional army, modern and well-equipped. We are going through a very difficult period for our country, but investments in the army are very necessary, they are needed for infrastructure, for the security and defence of the state.”

President of Moldova

27 Apr 2022 1 3

Natalia Gavrilita

Inserted 2 years ago

“As of this morning, we had more than 230,000 people who have crossed the border from Ukraine, and 120,000 stayed in Moldova - 96,000 of them are Ukrainian citizens. For a small country like Moldova, proportionately, this is a very large number. Everybody has come together to host, to provide shelter, to provide food, to provide assistance to those who are fleeing war. But we will need assistance to deal with this influx, and we need this quickly.”

Aljazeera

Moldova's Prime Minister

06 Mar 2022 2 2

Maia Sandu

Inserted 2 years ago

“It took 30 years for Moldova to reach maturity, but today the country is ready to take responsibility for its own future. We want to live in peace, prosperity, be part of the free world. While some decisions take time, others must be made quickly and decisively, and taking advantage of the opportunities that come with a changing world.”

President of Moldova

03 Mar 2022 1 2

Valeriu Pasha

Inserted 2 years ago

“The gas crisis has shown that the new government in Chisinau is fragile. Moreover, this government has failed the transparency test.”

Expert at the WatchDog think-tank

02 Nov 2021 2 3

Maia Sandu

Inserted 2 years ago

“As regards the debts, it was decided that there would be an audit and after that, a conversation about the restructuring of MoldovaGaz's debts to Gazprom will continue.”

President of Moldova

01 Nov 2021 3 1

Andrei Spinu

Inserted 2 years ago

“We managed to get a favorable gas price for our country as in December it will decline to below $400 per 1,000 cubic meters, in November the price is $450, though the market price averages $900-$940 now.”

Moldova’s Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister

01 Nov 2021 2 2

Maia Sandu

Inserted 2 years ago

“I believe that the gas crisis ended when a contract was signed between Moldovagaz and Gazprom.”

President of Moldova

01 Nov 2021 4 2

Andrei Spinu

Inserted 2 years ago

“I will continue the talks with Gazprom chief Alexei Miller on October 27 in St Petersburg. The government wants the best price for Moldovans. The government, the parliament and the presidency are working as a team so that our country has natural gas and we can emerge from this crisis with dignity.”

Moldova’s Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister

25 Oct 2021 5 3

Natalia Gavrilita

Inserted 2 years ago

“We face a critical situation. The introduction of a state of emergency will allow the purchase of the necessary volume of natural gas from alternative sources.”

Moldova's Prime Minister

22 Oct 2021 2 2

Ion Sturza

Inserted 2 years ago

“Since this separatist phenomenon has existed, Transdniester has not paid for a cubic meter of gas it has consumed. All the money collected [for gas deliveries to customers in the separatist region] goes to their budget and is used by the separatist government for social payments in order to maintain the regime.”

Moldovan politician and former prime minister

20 Oct 2021 4 3

Alexandru Slusari

Inserted 2 years ago

“I know that the power station switched over to coal and no longer uses gas. It informs the enterprises that disruption can appear in the supply of power as from Mondays, October 11. The station can inform about a halt in the supply of power even tomorrow. It's clear that all the energy resources of the Russian Federation are used as an instrument of economic blackmail that turns into political blackmail. It is not accidental that this letter appeared today, when we have two delegations of the Republic of Moldova in the Russian Federation.”

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Founder and deputy chairman of Moldova's Dignity and Truth Platform Party

08 Oct 2021 7 3

Marcel Spatari

Inserted 2 years ago

“For the pension increases in the remaining months of this year, the Government will allocate 512 million lei [24.5 million euros] for the remaining three months of 2021, and for next year, 2.1 billion lei [about 100 million euros] from the budget will be allocated.”

Moldova’s Minister of Labour and Social Protection

06 Sep 2021 1 3

Natalia Gavrilita

Inserted 2 years ago

“According to the project we have prepared, all those with fully-paid contributions to the pension fund will receive a pension of at least 2,000 lei [nearly 100 euros] from October 1. This increase, which is the largest in the country's history, will also positively affect those with incomplete contribution periods. And they will benefit from a significant rise in the pension, on average 398 lei [19 euros].”

Moldova's Prime Minister

06 Sep 2021 2 5

Maia Sandu

Inserted 2 years ago

“We want a pragmatic relationship with the Russian Federation. First of all we want peace, we are in a complicated region, we have a frozen conflict on our territory. For me, the most important goal is not to allow a destabilization of the situation, and I will negotiate with whomever necessary to reach this goal. Our goal is to preserve our country's territorial integrity, to preserve peace on our land and in the region; our goal is to resolve the conflict with Transdniester and have Russian troops leave the territory of Moldova.”

President of Moldova

23 Aug 2021 3 3

Maia Sandu

Inserted 2 years ago

“We discussed several important topics … including exports of Moldovan agricultural products to the Russian market and the new contract for the supply of natural gas for our country. We also addressed the issue of settling the Transnistrian conflict.”

President of Moldova

11 Aug 2021 4 3

Natalia Gavrilita

Inserted 2 years ago

“It is a great responsibility to fulfill expectations of Moldovan people to improve institutions, ensure rule of law, and build economic prosperity.”

Moldova's Prime Minister-Designate

31 Jul 2021 1 2

Maia Sandu

Inserted 2 years ago

“I have full confidence that the designated prime minister [Natalia Gavrilita] will put together an integrated and professional team. People expect a change for the better and for that we need firm actions and competent decisions that will have the interest of our citizens at heart.”

President of Moldova

30 Jul 2021 1 2

Vladimir Socor

Inserted 2 years ago

“This nightmare [coalition government] has haunted all the governments of Moldova since 2009 and made any reforms impossible because politicians were constantly dealing with division and the redistribution of power instead of with reforms and the formulation of strategies. And this has largely discredited democracy in the Republic of Moldova. Now we have gotten rid of the nightmare of coalitions and will have a continuous government for at least four years. This continuity of governance will allow for long-term strategic planning and the implementation of reforms.”

Analyst with the Jamestown Foundation in Washington

13 Jul 2021 0 3

Natalia Morari

Inserted 2 years ago

“This result stems from the very clear demand from society to implement - and most importantly, complete - a radical transformation. And this is where the big challenge begins. The PAS [Party of Action and Solidarity] must understand that it now faces the hardest four years of its political life, and that it will have to answer for all the sins of all the governments that have come before it.”

Moldovan investigative journalist

12 Jul 2021 2 2

Dumitru Braghis

Inserted 2 years ago

“As part of economic diplomacy, the embassy is ready to create a 'business platform', through which promising ideas and projects will be presented, which will arouse the business community's interest in the two countries. Moldova has a favourable geographical position at the intersection of trade routes, access to maritime transport through the port of Giurgiulesti, and the proximity of large markets in the European Union, the Russian Federation and CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States] countries.”

Moldovan ambassador to China

02 Jun 2021 3 2

Maia Sandu

Inserted 3 years ago

“For us, the goal is for Russian troops to withdraw from Moldova. There has been no danger of military action in the region for a long time.”

President of Moldova

30 Nov 2020 2 2

Pavlo Klimkin

Inserted 3 years ago

“Her victory is great news. But is it only a chance for Moldova. It does not mean that tomorrow or the next day everything automatically turns out for the best. Maia Sandu has many opponents, many of whom will try to damage her by instigating political crises in her country. And we know it has been swinging from one political crisis to another for some time now.”

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister

24 Nov 2020 1 2

Vladimir Socor

Inserted 3 years ago

“The one who was defeated in the presidential election...was not necessarily Dodon. The Soviet Union was defeated in Moldova. The remnants of the Soviet Union were defeated in the Republic of Moldova.”

Analyst with the Jamestown Foundation in Washington

24 Nov 2020 2 2

Monica Macovei

Inserted 3 years ago

“At present, there is no other chance to save Moldova. This president [Maia Sandu] has a chance. She wants to do it and - this is important - she has the necessary knowledge and will be given international support, help from the European Union and the United States and the entire democratic community. Plus, she has the support of the population of Moldova.”

Expert with Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies

24 Nov 2020 3 2

Elena Panina

Inserted 3 years ago

“Sandu [Maia Sandu Moldova's President] wants Russian peacekeepers to leave Transnistria, but from the beginning excludes the scenario of federalization - with the help of which a balance of interests and a long-lasting peace could be reached. What is being proposed to the people of Transnistria instead? De facto, a return to the situation of 1992, when a bloody conflict broke out, which took the lives of thousands of people. The Transnistrian issue could have been solved 17 years ago when Russia proposed the Kozak memorandum [plan promoted by Moscow to reunite Moldova and Transnistria in a weak federation].”

Member of the Russian Duma’s Foreign Affairs committee

20 Nov 2020 4 3

Maia Sandu

Inserted 3 years ago

“I am sure we will find a format for resolving the [Transnistrian] conflict, and this should include the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Moldova. I have always said that, and we will say it in the future.”