
Moldovan Prime Minister candidate from Sandu’s pro-Western party denies links to Ivanishvili
Alexandru Munteanu’s name appeared in the Panama Papers, which showed apparent links to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Alexandru Munteanu’s name appeared in the Panama Papers, which showed apparent links to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze cited Moldova’s membership in the Russian-led CIS as the reason.
There have been widespread reports of Russian interference in the high-stakes parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday.
The 21-year-old Georgian national has been charged with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence.
Moldova’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Georgia’s chargé d’affaires over statements made by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in which he criticised the presidential elections in Moldova. The Moldovan Foreign Ministry announced it had summoned Davit Bochorishvili on Tuesday. They informed him of Moldova’s ‘deep dissatisfaction […] with regard to the distorted and inconsistent manner in which the Georgian Prime Minister addresses the European integration of the Republic of Moldova
The European Commission has recommended that Georgia be denied EU candidate status later this month, while stating that Ukraine and Moldova should be offered immediate candidacy to join the bloc. Announcing the decision, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the decision was based on a number of political and economic criteria. She said Georgia’s application had ‘strength’ and that their application could be reassessed in the future if the country met a number of criteria. ‘The soon