Moldova

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.

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Moldovan President Igor Dodon on Wednesday night gave journalists a tour of the presidential residence in the village of Condrita, a few kilometers away from the capital, Chisinau.

After a 90-minute press conference on current affairs in the salon, Dodon took his guests on a trip around the presidential villa, including the basement, where he keeps his wine.

Moldova's President Igor Dodon is facing a backlash from political opponents and civil society activists after announcing that he intends to accompany Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to the breakaway region of Transnistria and decorate Russian peacekeepers on the 25th anniversary of their deployment later this week.

Moldova's parliament adopted a declaration on Friday, asking Russia to withdraw its troops from the breakaway region of Transnistria where they have been deployed for 25 years.

A planned visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin to both Moldova and the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria is causing more tension in Chisinau, where the pro-Western governmenthas vowed to block it.

Authorities in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region continue to force youngsters to enlist in its growing military force, where some of them suffer human rights violations or even get killed, a report released by a human rights organization based in Moldova says.

Moldovan President Igor Dodon said the Eurasian integration course would be the most appropriate for his country.

"Are we going to become members at some stage? I do not exclude it. I think that would be the right thing for Moldova, but that will be for the people to decide, and we will hold a referendum, "he told the Belarusian media. "