Ion Chicu

Moldova's former Defence Minister and head of the Police General Inspectorate, Alexandru Pinzari, was detained by prosecutors on Friday after Security and Intelligence Service after officers searched his home.

And, as a parliamentary republic, the prerogatives of the new president are limited. Without the support of a parliamentary majority, which would then form a pro-European government, Sandu's political agenda will continuously be countered by Dodon and the PSRM.

Moldovan Prime Minister Ion Chicu announced his resignation on Tuesday alongside outgoing President Igor Dodon and Parliament's Speaker, Zinaida Greceanii.

Thousands of farmers from the southern part on Moldova arrived in Chisinau to protest on Friday in front of the government building, demanding state aid after a severe drought decimated their crops this year.

After weeks of delays caused by pro-Russian political forces, parliament in Moldova on Thursday adopted an EU -sought law on NGO funding and activities with the support of 95 of 101 deputies.

Moldovan Prime Minister Ion Chicu announced on Thursday that all economic activities would fully resume from June 30 onwards, despite continuing concern over the worrying situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

The country has registered 10,321 cases of infection and a death toll of 371.

Some Balkan and Central European countries are facing the risk of a second big wave of COVID-19 cases after lifting restrictive measures imposed to curb the pandemic - some say prematurely.

Moldova says the number of COVID-19 infections is again on the rise, raising fears of a second wave of the coronavirus. The head of the National Agency for Public Health, Nicolae Furtuna, said on Friday that last week alone 45 deaths were registered and the average number of infections during the past few days had exceeded 200 a day.

Moldova risks losing 30 million euros of 100 million euros in macro-financial aid from the European Union if its parliament fails to pass a law on the NGO sector seen as a condition for the release of the money.

Romanian parliamentarians have called on Bucharest to withdraw the Romanian citizenship of the Moldovan Prime Minister, Ion Chicu, after he suggested that Romania was one of the most corrupt countries in Europe, and used harsh language about Romanian officials.