Government move to recognise state of Palestine remains ‘imminent’, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says
Moldova
Europe minister Anna Luhrmann says reforms are needed for Ukraine and Moldova to successfully join block
Ireland has been consistent in its support for Ukrainian accession and offering humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refugees. However, such support is about to be tested as the implications of what a bigger, poorer EU means come into focus
Hungarian prime minister Orban vows to block plans for financial support and membership talks
Moldova also to begin process of accession to European Union following decision
Having been politically moribund for years, the idea of enlargement has been dramatically revived by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Exhibition of items from KGB archives aims to challenge glorified version of Soviet history
Profound economic shifts challenge the viability of the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria
Tackling corruption from petty bribery to rigging of vast contracts crucial for EU membership hopes
In the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, small things can have an eerie similarity to home - it’s like a snapshot of life before the war
Ukrainian refugees, most of them young women with children, are making a fresh start
There are an estimated 40,000 people from Moldova in Ireland, and more than a million Moldovans live and work abroad
Russia ‘tries to swallow’ neighbour states left outside the circle, Zelenskiy warns Moldova summit
Mass gathering of heads of state close to Ukrainian border seen as a ‘message to Moscow’
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