Moldova

The agreement will be signed by Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, the Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. Reports BNT. 

Four fifths of seasonal workers in Bulgaria with work permits from the Employment Agency are citizens of Ukraine. This is the data of the Employment Agency, quoted by Dnevnik. Second is Moldova, but with only 4% of the issued permits.

On August 25, the XXV International Film Festival "Love is Madness" will be held in Varna, according to BGNES.

On August 25th, on the red path of the International Film Festival "Love is Madness" will take place many favorite Bulgarian stars from the screen and theater stage and prominent foreign guests, announced by the Festival and Congress Center - Varna.

The demolition of a statue of Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin in a small town in northeastern Moldova has angered Communist and Socialist pro-Russian politicians and their supporters - who have threatened retaliation.

Moldova asked the United Nations on Wednesday to discuss the withdrawal of Russian troops from the separatist region of Transnistria at the upcoming 72nd session of the General Assembly.

The Moldovan Ambassador to the UN, Victor Moraru, forwarded a letter from his government that calls the presence of Russian troops in Transnistria a threat to international peace and security.

Romania's powerful Orthodox Church faces a credibility crisis, as its Synod sat for a two-day meeting on Thursday and Friday to discuss several cases of clerics recently accused of involvement in sexual scandals.

Romania's National Audiovisual Council, the country's broadcasting watchdog, is set to decide at its next meeting whether to allow a Moldovan television channel that broadcasts Russian state TV programs to operate in Romania.

Local experts and journalists have warned that the station might give a powerful voice for Kremlin propaganda.

The Russian Federal Service for Veterinary Surveillance, Rosselkhoznasor on Thursday banned imports of some 20 tons of plums from Moldova, while also introducing a temporary ban on pork and pork meat imports from Romania.

Bulgarian companies are interested in the Pirallahi Industrial Park and currently exploring the possibilities for future cooperation, according to AzerNews.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was forced to cancel a controversial visit to Moldova on Friday, after Romania reportedly denied his S7 plane access to its airspace, forcing it to land in Minsk, Belarus.  

The Russian official has been banned from traveling to the European Union since March 2014, when he backed the Russian annexation of Crimea.