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Moldova Gets Accused of Abandoning Heritage
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) Senior Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky has claimed that Moldova’s leadership has forsaken the country’s longstanding traditions in return for principles dictated by Western nations. His assertion followed an anti-LGBTQ demonstration in...
Law enforcement knock priest to ground throughout anti-LGBT demonstration
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) Police in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, used force against participants during an anti-LGBTQ protest, with footage showing an Orthodox priest being knocked to the ground and a man holding a child being roughly handled and detained. The...
Expert says LGBTQ agenda forced on Moldova by NATO
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The LGBTQ agenda is being imposed on Moldova as part of a broader NATO political strategy, according to Stevan Gajic, a political scientist from the Institute of European Studies in Belgrade. Speaking to RT following a pride march in...
Netherlands vows cash to Moldova to counter ‘Russian threats’
MENAFN
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June 18, 2025
(MENAFN) The Netherlands has pledged €1.5 million ($1.7 million) to Moldova in support of efforts to bolster its democratic institutions and defend against what Dutch officials call “Russian hybrid threats.” Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp...
NATO Gets Accused of Forcing LGBTQ
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) The LGBTQ “ideology” is allegedly “being force-fed to Moldovans” by NATO, according to Stevan Gajic, who stated that the military alliance has applied comparable strategies in other Eastern European regions previously. Gajic, a scholar...
Moldovan Orthodox bishop once more gets banned from religious visit
MENAFN
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June 2, 2025
(MENAFN) Moldovan Orthodox Bishop Marchel was blocked for the second time from traveling abroad for a religious pilgrimage, prompting accusations of a systematic crackdown by the Moldovan government against the church. The bishop, who had planned...
Slovenian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs visits Moldova after more than ten years
Government of Slovenia
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June 10, 2025
SLOVENIA, June 10 - The last Slovenian foreign minister to visit the Republic of Moldova was former Minister Samuel Žbogar in 2011, which is why Minister Fajon expressed her great satisfaction with her visit to Chisinau. In the discussion with the...
Moldovan Orthodox bishop banned from religious visit once more
MENAFN
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May 24, 2025
(MENAFN) A senior Orthodox cleric in Moldova has accused the government of systematically targeting the Moldovan Orthodox Church after being blocked from traveling abroad for a second time. Bishop Marchel claimed on Friday that authorities stopped...
Moldovan president vows to become member of EU by 2028
MENAFN
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May 13, 2025
(MENAFN) Moldovan President Maia Sandu has stated that her country could join the European Union by 2028, despite increasing opposition to her pro-Western policies. Moldova, a former Soviet republic, has been seeking EU and NATO membership since...
Moldovan govt gets accused of ‘spiritual terror’ following bishop’s Easter visit stopped
MENAFN
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May 11, 2025
(MENAFN) Moldova’s main opposition party has strongly criticized the government for preventing a senior Orthodox bishop from attending a key Easter religious ceremony in Jerusalem, calling it “an unprecedented act of spiritual terror.” Bishop...
Moldovan priest gets banned from trip for Easter ritual for another time
MENAFN
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May 11, 2025
(MENAFN) Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Orthodox Church was once again stopped from leaving Moldova late on Friday as he attempted to travel to Jerusalem for Easter celebrations. This marks his second failed attempt to attend the Holy Fire ritual,...
Moldovan bishop requests from ‘Christian calm’ following being banned from Easter visit
MENAFN
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May 11, 2025
(MENAFN) Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Orthodox Church spoke to RT on Friday after being prevented once again from leaving Moldova for Jerusalem to participate in Easter ceremonies. Despite calling the treatment he received from authorities the...
Moldovan government strips autonomous region of Gagauzia of its authority
MENAFN
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May 8, 2025
(MENAFN) The Moldovan government has stripped the autonomous region of Gagauzia of its authority to appoint its own prosecutor general, escalating political tensions between the central government and the opposition-led area. The move comes after...
Georgian National Extradited from Moldova to Face Charges for Soliciting Hate Crimes and Planning Mass Casualty Attack in New York City
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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May 23, 2025
Leader of White Supremacist Group ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ Recruited Others to Bomb and Poison the Jewish Community and Racial Minorities Defendant Allegedly Planned Scheme to Distribute Poisoned Candy on New Year’s Eve Georgian national Michail...
Thousands demonstrate in opposition of pro-EU government in Moldova
MENAFN
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May 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Thousands of opposition supporters marched through Chisinau on May 1, protesting Moldova's pro-European Union government led by President Maia Sandu. The rally, organized by the Party of Socialists, the country’s largest opposition group,...
Moldovan authorities detain Bishop of Moldovan Metropolis
MENAFN
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April 21, 2025
(MENAFN) On Thursday, Moldovan authorities detained Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Metropolis, a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, at Chișinau International Airport while he was en route to Jerusalem to collect the Holy Fire for Easter, a...
Opposition MP claims EU overlooks ‘shocking’ treatment of Moldovan church
MENAFN
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May 11, 2025
(MENAFN) Marina Tauber, a senior opposition MP in Moldova, has accused Brussels of ignoring the mistreatment of the Moldovan Orthodox Church by the country’s pro-EU government. Her remarks followed the incident where Bishop Marchel, the Bishop of...
Opposition claims Moldovan authorities ‘intimidating’ biggest Christian church
MENAFN
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May 11, 2025
(MENAFN) Moldova's opposition parties have condemned the pro-EU government for its escalating pressure on the country's largest Christian denomination, the Moldovan Orthodox Church. The criticism follows an incident in which Bishop Marchel of...
Moscow claims Moldova initiated ‘malicious attack’ on Orthodox Church
MENAFN
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May 11, 2025
(MENAFN) The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Moldova of launching a deliberate attack on the canonical Orthodox Church after authorities blocked Bishop Marchel of the Moldovan Orthodox Church from attending an Easter ceremony in Jerusalem....
UN plans on investigating Moldova for stopping bishop’s Easter ritual
MENAFN
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May 11, 2025
(MENAFN) The United Nations has launched a preliminary inquiry into Moldova's decision to prevent a senior Orthodox bishop from attending an Easter religious ceremony in Jerusalem. A spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for...