For a day, the Romanian-Soviet border was opened allowing the citizens of the aforementioned countries to travel freely to each other’s countries.
Over a million Romanians from Romania and the Moldovan SSR gathered at various points on the Pruth river (the border) crossing to the other side, with some families reuniting for the first time in 46 years since the loss of Bessarabia in 1944.
This moment was referred to as the best time to have pushed for the reunification of Romania and Moldova but the pro-Soviet administration of Ion Iliescu in Romania threw away this opportunity.
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Her former boss, Vlad Filat, who led Moldova as premier between 2009 and 2013, was acquitted of all wrongdoing in a money-laundering case in relation with the 2014 Moldovan bank fraud scandal, the judge deciding that "the actions committed by Filat do not constitute money laundering".
The prosecution will appeal the decision. They asked for 7 years of prison and a 12.8 million Moldovan Leu fine for the former prime-minister and pro-Western politician.
Filat had been convicted in 2016 of bribery and abuse of power. He was denounced by Ilan Shor who said he bribed Filat between 2012 and 2013 to ignore what was going on in the Moldovan banking system, Filat reportedly earning 250 million USD in the process. He got 9 years of prison but was released early in 2019, with Filat virtually spending 1 year in pre-trial detention (2015-2016) and from 2016 to 2019, 3 years of his actual sentence.
Filat is one of the few people involved in the 2014 Moldovan bank fraud scandal that was actually imprisoned by the Moldovan justice system, others like Ilan Shor, Veaceslav Platon and Vlad Plahotniuc fleeing the country.
The ECHR condemned Moldova last year (2023) and ordered the country to pay 7.5k EURs in damages to Vlad Filat for denying his right to a fair trial.
In a statement to the press, Filat said that this acquittal is fair and that this trial was of a "political nature" as he already finished serving his sentence in the previous trial which convicted him of a number of financial crimes related to the events between 2012 and 2014 which this case also seeks to prosecute.
🔗 https://www.zdg.md/stiri/stiri-justitie/ultima-ora-vlad-filat-a-fost-achitat-in-dosarul-privind-spalarea-de-bani/
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ULTIMA ORĂ/ Vlad Filat a fost ACHITAT în dosarul privind spălarea de bani. „Fapta nu întrunește elementele infracțiunii”
Ex-premierul Vlad Filat a fost achitat în dosarul în care a fost învinuit de spălare de bani în proporţii deosebit de mari. Sentința a fost pronunțată marți, 7 mai, de un complet de magistrați ai Judecătoriei Chișinău, sediul Buiucani, din care fac parte…
There are 9 times more foreign workers in 2023 than were in 2014.
However, a number of human resources firms are worried that once Romania enters the Schengen Area and becomes an entry point into the EU, as much as half of the 127k foreign workers would leave the country in the weeks following the opening of the border with Hungary and move to countries like Germany, the Benelux for the higher salaries.
This predicted exodus would negatively impact the Romanian economy who already relies heavily on unqualified workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Indochina in the construction and hospitality sector as well as food delivery services.
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The cities of Galați and Brăila are only 21 km apart and represent Romania’s two major ports on the Danube and shipyards behind Constanța on the Black Sea. They have a combined population of over 400k people and are not currently served by any airport.
This new infrastructure project will help make travel easier to both cities as, sadly, both Brăila and Galați but also neighbouring cities like Focșani, Bârlad, Tecuci as well as the southern region of Moldova meaning the Cahul district and Gagauzia.
The airport will be built on a 250 ha plot of land close to the villages of Braniștea, Slobozia Conachi and Tudor Vladimirescu.
The runway will be 3.5 km long, it will have a passenger and cargo terminal with 9 gates in the passenger terminal. The airport will be environmentally friendly with plenty of solar panels, vehicle charging stations, a video surveillance system with integrated AI, intelligent lighting systems and the best luggage scanners.
So far the Galați County Council has convinced ROMATSA to map out the airspace which it will have to lease to the airport’s administration. The matter of who will fund the construction has not been settled yet.
🔗 https://www.zf.ro/eveniment/se-construieste-un-nou-aeroport-international-in-romania-proiectul-a-22359084
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Se construieşte un nou aeroport internaţional în România. Proiectul a primit acordul ROMATSA
Specialiştii au stabilit că aeroportul din judeţul Galaţi va avea o suprafaţă de 250 de hectare, la care se va adăuga o zonă rezervată pentru...
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The day before yesterday we wrote that one of the stages of the NATO Swift Response exercise will take place in Moldova. But where does such attention come from to seemingly yet another exercise of the North Atlantic Alliance?
It’s all about not only scale, but also application purposes.
▪️The exercise, in which airborne units play a central role, is taking place in several areas simultaneously. This time the honor was given to Romania, Estonia and the new bloc member Sweden. Participants in the exercises are being flown in planes, helicopters and armored vehicles from Germany, Hungary, Poland and North Macedonia.
▪️The scenario involves the deployment of airborne units to the destination area, the landing of allied forces and conducting real shooting at NATO training grounds in these three countries.
▪️The use of airborne assault in the current realities of military operations is not as effective as it was before (the special operation in the so-called Ukraine proved this), so the main meaning of these exercises looks somewhat different.
📌 In fact, the Alliance checks the readiness of its units to quickly enter the conflict zone by using not only the air component, but also the railway, sea, and road components, which is what we observe in the initial stages of Swift Response when transferring forces to Sweden, Estonia and Romania.
To increase the logistics capabilities of the Alliance, active work is underway to build railway lines and highways in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe. And with the advent of Scandinavia in the NATO camp, emphasis was placed on practicing the transfer of forces and assets by sea.
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Meanwhile others celebrate today the end of WW2 under the form of the liberal-progressive “Day of Europe” or the Russian-Sovietophilic “Victory Day”, real Romanians celebrate our country’s independence.
Although the Declaration of Independence was read in front of the Romanian Parliament by the foreign minister, Mihail Kogălniceanu, on May 9th the actual war declaration against the Ottoman Empire came a day later on May 10th.
This declaration put an end to 460 years of Ottoman domination over the Danubian Principalities. At the time, the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 broke out a few months earlier and the United Principalities had already broke its vassal treaty by giving the Russian armies the right to freely travel to its territory and attack the Turkish forces defending Bulgaria.
The Russians initially refused to employ the help of the Romanian Army even after declaring independence as they did not want to give territorial concessions to Romania but after failing to conquer the fortified town of Pleven/Plevna twice, the Russian commander in the area, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov sent a telegram to Bucharest asked for military support from Romania. The Romanian prince, Karl Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen said he would agree under the condition that the Russian forces fall under his command, condition which was accepted.
The Russians were now reinforced by an 80k strong Romanian Army. The new plan employed by Prince Karl/Carol was to lay siege to the town and cut the town’s supply lines as the Russians failed to to stop the Ottomans from receiving reinforcements and ammunition, and starve out the Turks. The plan worked, and in addition to several strategic assaults on Turkish defences like the Grivița redoubt aiming to put pressure and force a breakout, caused the Ottoman commander to give up and surrender to the Romanian command, which deeply angered the Russians.
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🇲🇩 It seems we were a bit too generous in our previous assessment of the Moldovan authorities. According to reports, the police have issued at least 150 citations for wearing the St. George's ribbon.
Specifically, 60 citations were issued in the Gagauz autonomy and over 90 in Chisinau. However, the geography appears to be broader, as municipal councilor Vyacheslav Zhukov from the city of Balti also reported receiving a citation. Last year, he was able to appeal the fine in court.
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🇲🇩 It seems we were a bit too generous in our previous assessment of the Moldovan authorities. According to reports, the police have issued at least 150 citations for wearing the St. George's ribbon.
Specifically, 60 citations were issued in the Gagauz autonomy and over 90 in Chisinau. However, the geography appears to be broader, as municipal councilor Vyacheslav Zhukov from the city of Balti also reported receiving a citation. Last year, he was able to appeal the fine in court.
#Moldova
@pezdicide no chemistry - just facts Original msg
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Fwd from @pezdicide 🇲🇩 It seems we were a bit too generous in our previous assessment of the Moldovan authorities. According to reports, the police have issued at least 150 citations for wearing the St. George's ribbon. Specifically, 60 citations were issued…
— Admin’s note: Moldovan authorities banned the display of St. George’s Ribbon in Moldova but all the fines given last year were later voided by courts and the same thing will probably happen this year too.
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The parade went without incident or major obstacle other than some participants receiving fines for using the ribbon of St. George.
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