Moldova

A NATO expert group responsible for implementing the Western military alliance's defence and security capacity-building initiative is visiting Moldova to provide expertise to develop and implement the country's national security strategy and military action plan.

About 30 of the 101 deputies in Moldova's parliament, from the ruling pro-Western parties, on Wednesday issued a statement accusing Russia of launching "attacks on Moldova's information security and abusive interference in the political life of the country."

Populations of ten Eastern European countries, Serbia among them, are "projected to shrink dramatically over the next few decades."

"What's worse, most countries are refusing to consider one solution to slow down the incoming demographic disaster," Beta reported on Wednesday, citing the website.

"Whats worse, most countries are refusing to consider one solution to slow down the incoming demographic disaster," Beta reported on Wednesday, citing the website.

Moscow has dismissed the recent proposal of the Speaker of the Moldova parliament, Andrian Candu, for Russia to pay compensation for illegally stationing its army in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region as "provocative".

Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Tuesday that such statements would not help resolve the Transnistrian conflict.

President Igor Dodon announced on Monday evening that Moldova will host in September the annual meeting of the World Congress of Families, a US-based umbrella organisation of international groups supporting conservative social values.

"We are bringing together people around the world to discuss the beauty of the family," Dodon said.

Russia has promised further financial aid to Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region, which has long depended on the Kremlin for survival.

During a visit of Transnistria leader Vadim Krasnoselky to Moscow on Saturday, Russian Vice-Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin promised further implementation of "humanitarian and cultural" projects that Russia says it is conducting in the region.

Over BGN 6.6 billion are the revenues from international tourism in Bulgaria in January-November 2017, according to the latest data of the BNB. Their growth over the same period in 2016 is 9.1%.

Russia's State Duma on Thursday presented a draft declaration, accusing Moldova of "discrimination" against Russia media, after Moldova's interim president Andrian Candu approved the government-backed "anti-propaganda" law designed to curb the Russian media presence in the former Soviet republic.

Despite a Russian embargo, Moldova is making more money than ever from from exporting wine - one of the country's most important products.