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Comrat exhibition commemorates Gagauz village mayors deported by Stalin

Eighty-five years after the mass deportations of June 12–13, 1941, a travelling exhibition in Comrat honours the Gagauz local officials who fell victim to Stalinist repression.

  • The exhibition opens exactly 85 years after the deportations of the night of June 12–13, 1941.
  • It documents Gagauz village mayors arrested or deported during the first Stalinist wave of 1940–1941.
  • The travelling format will bring the exhibition to multiple localities across Gagauzia.

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Torrential rains hit Moldova, flooding basements and damaging roads

Emergency services responded across several localities after heavy rain and strong winds caused flooding and infrastructure damage on June 12.

  • Basements and ground-floor commercial premises flooded in multiple localities.
  • Strong winds broke tree branches; road sections damaged across affected areas.
  • No casualties reported; emergency crews responded throughout the day.

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All 27 EU members back opening first accession cluster with Moldova and Ukraine

The formal decision is set for June 15 in Luxembourg. Both Moldova and Ukraine take a concrete step forward in their EU membership bid.

  • All 27 EU member states unanimously approved opening the first accession cluster with Moldova and Ukraine.
  • The formal decision will be adopted on June 15 in Luxembourg at the Intergovernmental Conference.
  • The process accelerated ahead of schedule, with the original announcement expected on June 16.

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Bolojan returns to Chișinău as city centre faces access curbs

Romania's caretaker prime minister makes a second official visit to the Moldovan capital on 13–14 June; Chișinău city hall has announced temporary movement restrictions in the centre.

  • Bolojan visits Chișinău on 13–14 June in his capacity as Romania's caretaker prime minister.
  • Chișinău restricts movement in the city centre from 13 June noon to 14 June 9 p.m.
  • The visit comes days before the EU is set to propose opening accession talks with Moldova.

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EU opens first accession negotiation cluster with Moldova and Ukraine

All 27 member states agreed in Brussels on Friday to launch the first negotiating cluster. Sandu and Zelensky welcomed the decision.

  • The EU opened the first accession negotiation cluster with Moldova and Ukraine on Friday.
  • Maia Sandu and Volodymyr Zelensky both welcomed the announcement from Brussels.
  • Von der Leyen and Metsola were among the European leaders to comment on the vote.

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Accident in Hungary with Moldovan victims: Sandu offers condolences

Moldova's president confirmed state institutions are in constant contact with Hungarian authorities following a serious road accident involving Moldovan citizens.

  • Serious road accident in Hungary involving citizens of the Republic of Moldova.
  • Sandu: Moldovan institutions in constant contact with Hungarian authorities.
  • Condolences to bereaved families; swift recovery wished to the injured.

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Moldova moves to ban anonymous SIM cards in crackdown on phone fraud

Hundreds of criminal cases and millions of lei in damages are pushing Chișinău to end prepaid SIM anonymity and speed up digital evidence gathering.

  • Moldova's cabinet approved ratification of the Council of Europe cybercrime protocol.
  • A bill to ban anonymous prepaid SIM cards goes before parliament next week.
  • Hundreds of fraud cases and millions in damages are driving the legislative push.

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Bolojan visits Chișinău this weekend. Some public areas to be restricted

Romania's caretaker prime minister makes a two-day official visit to the Republic of Moldova on June 13–14, with local authorities announcing temporary access restrictions in parts of the capital.

  • Bolojan visits Moldova on June 13–14 in his capacity as caretaker prime minister.
  • Chișinău city hall says he will tour state institutions in the capital.
  • Temporary access restrictions are planned for some public areas in Chișinău.

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Petrol down, diesel up: Moldova's regulator sets new pump ceilings

Moldova's energy regulator ANRE published its June 12 reference price caps: 95-octane petrol edges lower while diesel moves the other way.

  • 95-octane petrol ceiling set at 28.71 Moldovan lei per litre for June 12.
  • Diesel reference price rises compared to the previous day, per ANRE.
  • ANRE figures are maximum caps; stations are free to charge less.

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