The unification of Moldova and Romania is a popular concept and hypothetical unification in the two countries that began during the Revolutions of 1989. The Romanian Revolution in 1989 and the independence of Moldova in 1991 further contributed to the development of a movement for the unification of the two Romanian-speaking countries. The question of reunification is recurrent in the public sphere of the two countries,often as a speculation,both as a goal and a danger. Though historically Romanian support for unification was high,a March 2022 survey following the Russian invasion of Ukraine indicated that only 11% of Romania's population supports an immediate union,while over 42% think it is not the right moment.
Dondușeni is a city in the north of Moldova. It is the administrative,economic,and cultural center of Dondușeni District. Its postal code is MD-5102. The population at the 2004 census was 9,801.
Dorin Chirtoacă is a Moldovan politician who served as Mayor of Chișinău from 2007 to 2018. He has been leader of Liberal Party (PL) since 2018.
Natalia Morari is a Moldovan journalist,known for her investigative work and political talk shows.
Publika TV was a Moldovan broadcast news television station. It was launched on April 7,2010,their founders being the Romanian businessman Sorin Ovidiu Vîntu and the Moldovan businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc.
Oazu Nantoi is a Moldovan politician and political analyst serving as member of Parliament of Moldova since 2019.
Igor Dodon is a Moldovan politician who served as the 5th president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020. He currently serves as the leader of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova since 2024. He served as Minister of Economy and Trade in the governments of Vasile Tarlev and Zinaida Greceanîi from September 2006 to September 2009 and was a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2016. He lost his bid for re-election in 2020 to Maia Sandu,whom he had defeated four years earlier in the 2016 Moldovan presidential election.
Vladimir Plahotniuc,commonly referred to as Vlad Plahotniuc,is a Moldovan politician,businessman and oligarch. He was the chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova and previously was a member of the Parliament of Moldova for three terms,and served as First Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova. Until leaving the territory of the Republic of Moldova in 2019,he was considered to be the powerhouse of Moldovan politics in matters of influence,controlling Moldova's government and parliamentary majority. Since fleeing Moldova in June 2019,Plahotniuc has resided in Turkey.
John Onoje was a Sierra Leonean-born activist from Chișinău,the Republic of Moldova. He was a notable activist and member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). Onoje was a self-declared member of the Hyde Park public activism group presided by Oleg Brega. In 2011,he signed up to run for President in the Moldovan presidential election. Onoje's activity has been so well publicised that a party leader,Victor Șelin,proposed the withdrawal of his Moldovan citizenship on this basis.
RISE Moldova is an independent,non-governmental and nonprofit organization consisting of investigative journalists,programmers and activists from Moldova and Romania. Investigations made by RISE Moldova journalists were shortlisted for the European Press Prize for two years in a row.
Renato Usatîi is a Moldovan politician and businessman serving as President of Our Party since 8 February 2015. He was elected mayor of Bălți for two terms.
Starting in the spring of 2015,Moldova experienced large-scale protests amid a worsening economic situation and corruption scandals. The protests gained momentum in September,when up to 100,000 people demonstrated in the largest protest since Moldova's independence from the Soviet Union in August 1991.
The Filip Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova led by Pavel Filip from January 2016 to June 2019.
Andrei Năstase is a Moldovan politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 8 June 2019 to 12 November 2019. He was also a member of Parliament of Moldova in 2019. Năstase was the leader of the Dignity and Truth Platform from 2015 to 2021.
Ion Ceban is a Moldovan politician and the current mayor of Chișinău,Moldova's capital. He is also the leader of the pro-European National Alternative Movement party. Ceban was Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova in 2019 and has served as a member of parliament in three legislatures. From 2015 to 2019,he led his party's faction in the Chișinău Municipal Council. He has held different positions at the governmental level,ranging from department head to Deputy Minister.
The next parliamentary elections in Moldova are to be held no later than 11 July 2025.
The Bloc of Communists and Socialists,previously known as the Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists,is a communist and democratic socialist political alliance in Moldova formed in May ahead of the 2021 Moldovan parliamentary election. Its members are the Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) and the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM).
Vlad Batrîncea is a Moldovan politician who currently serves as Vice President of the Parliament of Moldova. He was the executive secretary of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) and the de facto leader of the party from 2022 to 2023.
On 18 September 2022,protests in Moldova began in the capital city of Chișinău,demanding the resignation of the country's pro-Western government,amid an energy crisis causing rising natural gas prices and inflation,caused in part by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
