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Ana Cotruță of Selemet: 73 years old and a house that holds a village's memory

Old towels, woven textiles and inherited songs fill a woman's home in Cimișlia district — now an unlikely pilgrimage site for visitors from abroad.

  • Ana Cotruță, 73, keeps inherited towels, textiles and folk songs in her Selemet home.
  • The collection draws visitors from outside Moldova seeking to understand rural heritage.
  • She fears the patrimony will vanish alongside the ongoing exodus of young villagers.

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Fuel prices dip in Moldova, petrol still one leu above diesel

Moldova's energy regulator ANRE published new retail price ceilings on Thursday, effective 5 June, with a slight decrease across the board.

  • ANRE slightly lowered fuel price ceilings effective 5 June.
  • Petrol exceeds diesel by approximately one leu per litre.
  • Ceilings are set periodically based on international oil market prices.

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Moldova vetting: cash from the cellar passes, Russia work history doesn't

The vetting of Prosecutor General Alexandru Makidon has exposed what critics call a double standard: murky family savings clear the bar, while professional ties to Russia do not.

  • Makidon cleared vetting in May despite unexplained declared funds linked to family savings.
  • The commission has repeatedly accepted family-inheritance explanations with no uniform standard.
  • Professional activity in Russia led to dismissals, while obscure asset origins did not.

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Four gas cylinders explode at a construction site in Durlești

Firefighters from Chișinău responded Thursday afternoon on Cărtușa Street. No casualties were reported.

  • Four gas cylinders exploded at a construction site in Durlești on Thursday afternoon.
  • Four firefighting and rescue crews responded to the scene.
  • No casualties reported; the cause remains under investigation.

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Moldova to require taxi platforms to process payments through local banks

The Chișinău parliament passed in first reading a PAS-authored bill forcing ride-hailing payment flows through licensed financial institutions to curb tax evasion.

  • Moldova's parliament adopted in first reading the PAS bill on taxi payment processing.
  • The rule would require platforms to route payments through locally licensed banks.
  • The stated goal is reducing tax evasion and improving financial flow oversight.

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Gas cylinders explode at Durtești construction site — no casualties

Four fire crews responded quickly to the incident in a Chișinău suburb. The cause is under investigation.

  • Four gas cylinders exploded at a construction site in Durtești, near Chișinău.
  • No injuries were reported and no fire broke out.
  • Four fire crews responded and contained all potential ignition sources.

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Moldova parliament launches inquiry into digital and phone fraud

61 MPs voted Thursday to set up an 11-member committee that will assess the scale of scams and how effectively authorities have been tackling them.

  • 61 MPs approved the creation of the inquiry committee on 4 June 2026.
  • The 11-member panel represents all parliamentary groups and covers digital, phone and financial fraud.
  • The committee will also evaluate how efficiently Moldovan authorities have responded to the phenomenon.

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Moldova ordered to pay €560,000 after ECHR finds courts gave insufficiently reasoned rulings

The European Court of Human Rights ruled against the Republic of Moldova in the Seksimp Group SRL case, citing inadequate judicial reasoning by national courts.

  • ECHR ordered Moldova to pay €560,000 to Seksimp Group SRL on 4 June 2026.
  • The violation: national courts failed to provide sufficient reasoning in their rulings.
  • The awarded sum is far below the company's initial claim, per Moldova's Constitutional Court president.

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Moldova's Supreme Court deliberates in dispute between two rival metropolises

Judges in Chișinău have completed hearings and entered deliberation in the long-running case pitting the Romanian-affiliated Metropolis of Bessarabia against the Russian-linked Metropolis of Moldova.

  • Moldova's Supreme Court has completed hearings and begun deliberation in the church dispute.
  • The Metropolis of Moldova challenged a 2023 Court of Appeal ruling in the case.
  • The case pits a Romanian Patriarchate structure against one loyal to Moscow.

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Moldova in Brussels: cluster negotiations could open in June

Fourteen Moldovan MPs, including opposition members, visited the European Parliament. The head of the EU integration committee says the chances are "very good".

  • 14 Moldovan MPs, including opposition members, held talks at the European Parliament in Brussels.
  • Marcel Spătari says diplomatic efforts to open cluster negotiations in June are intense and promising.
  • The Luxembourg intergovernmental conference, set for 15 June, is the key milestone.

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