Moldova

Russian Ambassador in Bucharest Valery Kuzmin said Wednesday that his country agrees and supports the formation of a ruling coalition in Moldova, pointing out that Russia's interest is in the Republic of Moldova being a stable country. "Our official position is very clear, is that of the Foreign Ministry on June 10.

President Klaus Iohannis this Wednesday sent President of the European Council Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker a letter regarding the situation in the Republic of Moldova, the Presidential Administration announced.

As two governments claim to be running Moldova, the one headed by the former ruling Democratic Party on Tuesday declared it would transfer the embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The Moldovan Foreign Ministry negotiated this move last year but took no further steps on the matter under the pretext of "assessing the issue".

The diagnosis is correct. In fact, this is what a European Parliament resolution adopted in November 2018 also called Moldova.

The parties making up the new governing majority essentially vowed to put an end to this. It was this - not some great game between the EU and Russia - that defined politics for most Moldovans in recent years.

The European Court of Human Rights, ECHR ruled against Moldova on Monday, saying that Chisinau violated the rights of the seven professors by deporting them to Turkey in September 2018.

The General Prosecutor's Office in Moldova announced on Tuesday that it has initiated a criminal investigation into the country's pro-Russian President Igor Dodon over allegations that his Socialist Party has received up to $1 million a month from Moscow.

As the international community appealed for calm in Moldova, the new Prime Minister, Maia Sandu, defiantly summoned her cabinet to meet on Monday in parliament - despite a blockade by police still obeying the former government led by Pavel Filip.

Moldova plunged deeper into crisis on June 9 as a new, acting president dissolved parliament and called elections just after lawmakers appeared to have formed a government following months of wrangling.

President Klaus Iohannis addresses to all political forces of the Republic of Moldova a firm appeal to observing democracy and the rule of law, a communique from the Presidential Administration sent on Sunday to AGERPRES, reads.

Moldova faces a fresh political crisis after the Constitutional Court declared the new government, led by the pro-European leader Maia Sandu and sworn in on Saturday, illegal.

The Court, which is widely seen as heavily influenced by the Democratic Party, also ordered the dissolution of parliament, which means new legislative elections must be held.