🇲🇩 Parliament in #Moldova voted on Thursday to hold a referendum in October on European Union membership, the cornerstone of President Maia Sandu's policies, alongside a presidential election.
#Moldova and the #EU are set to deepen their defence co-operation to unprecedented levels, as #Chisinau defies warnings from #Moscow that closer western integration could see it face #Ukraine’s fate.
Under an EU proposal, set to be agreed next week and seen by the FT, Moldova would increase its intelligence sharing, carry out joint military exercises and be included in the bloc’s joint weapons procurement
What's now happening in #Georgia is absolutely a replay of what was happening there and in #Ukraine in 2004, in #Moldova 2009, #Belarus in 2006 and again in 2020, in Ukraine again in 2014, and so on. The people are demanding their right to be heard, and a putin-backed oligarch is using force to subdue them. We used to call these color revolutions.
A #FridayFollow recommendation: @Brit_In_Moldova is a #Londoner living in #Chisinau, capital of #Moldova, who shares news and more from the country. Moldova is a small country bordered by #Ukraine and #Romania, but always under pressure from #Russia, who maintain a military presence in #Transnistria, an unrecognised state on a narrow strip of land in the east of Moldova #FF
My favorites in the first semifinal are: #Croatia, #Finland (NO RULES!!), #Ukraine, #Luxembourg (thank you for that earworm!), #Moldova and #Australia (bits in the Yankunytjatjara language are very much appreciated, spread and keep your culture!). #Eurovision