Moldova

Moldova's President Dodon attended Russia's annual showpiece Victory Day parade on Tuesday, standing directly next to Vladimir Putin as Russia marked 72 years since the victory of the Soviet Army over Nazi Germany.

Dodon was the only head of state from the former Soviet republics to attend the event.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told reporters on May 6 that he is happy to have successfully completed his duties as Turkey's last premier, as his post is soon to be abolished following the constitutional changes approved in the April 16 referendum.

Turkey aims to attain an income per capita in excess of $25,000 by 2023, the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the republic, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on May 6. 

Moldova will establish offices in Turkey to strengthen a free-trade deal signed last year, the country's ambassador to Ankara, Igor Bolboceanu, has told state-run Anadolu Agency.        

Bolboceanu spoke to Anadolu Agency ahead of a two-day visit by senior Turkish businessmen and officials including Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to Moldova.      

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has urged opposition leaders to participate in a parliamentary process to appoint seven members of the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), as the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) announced they would boycott the procedure. 

Moldova's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon has for a second time since the beginning of the year forbidden his country's military to participate in a NATO exercise in Romania, presidency sources quoted by Moldovan media said on Thursday.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) reintroduced a monitoring process for Turkey on April 25, citing "serious deterioration of the functioning of democratic institutions."

Some 113 members of the 324-member PACE voted in favor of the report, titled "The Functioning of Democratic Institutions in Turkey," while 45 members voted against it and 12 abstained.

The participants in the alleviation of consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and families of the dead participants will get lump sums of 1,000 lei in financial assistance. A total of 2,570 persons will receive such aid on the occasion of the Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day that is celebrated on April 26, IPN reports.

The Embassy of Canada for Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova announced that from May 1, 2017, citizens of Bulgaria, who had a Canadian visa in the past 10 years of currently hold a valid non-immigrant US visa will be able to apply for an electronic travel authorization (eTA) instead of a visa.

A deal signed by Moldova's pro-European government to buy electricity from Ukraine instead of a Russian-operated plant located in the breakaway region of Transnistria has drawn angry accusations from Tiraspol.

Moldova's Ministry of Economy on Monday said the country would now get power from DTEK Trading, owned by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Ahmetov.