#moldova
🇪🇺-🇲🇩 Moldova takes another step towards EU membership.

The EU and Moldova opened negotiations on clusters 2 and 3, covering internal market, competitiveness and inclusive growth.

Taken together, the clusters cover 17 negotiating chapters.

More info ➡️ link.europa.eu/7dTvv7
Moldova
Accession negotiations with Moldova were formally opened in June 2024. The EU and Moldova also cooperate  in the context of the Eastern Partnership.
link.europa.eu
October 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
⚡️4 Russian drones violate Moldovan airspace during overnight attack against Ukraine.

The incidents underscore the growing security risks posed to Moldova and the region by Russia's war against neighboring Ukraine.
4 Russian drones violate Moldovan airspace during overnight attack against Ukraine
The incidents underscore the growing security risks posed to Moldova and the region by Russia's war against neighboring Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
October 16, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Zelenskyy: “We are also protecting Moldova from Russian attempts to create problems through Transnistria.

“Sometimes we even have to divert some of our military forces from other tasks to keep the risks from Transnistria under control.”
October 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🇲🇩 Amid the large-scale attacks on Ukraine, Moldova reports four cases of unauthorized overflights through the country's airspace on the night of October 15-16.
October 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
EU and Moldova also open accession talks on over half of the negotiation clusters
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Enlargement: EU and Moldova start negotiations on internal market, competitiveness and inclusive growth
The EU and Moldova opened negotiations on the EU acquis related to internal market, competitiveness and inclusive growth.
www.consilium.europa.eu
October 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
He added that ground troops are no longer necessary to wage war: violating a country’s airspace is already an act of invasion. He also reminded everyone that Russian drones have already been spotted in Poland, Germany, and Moldova.
October 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🇺🇦🇲🇩 Zelensky:

We are also protecting Moldova from Russian attempts to create problems through Transnistria.

Sometimes we even have to divert some of our military forces from other tasks to keep the risks from Transnistria under control.
October 16, 2026 at 12:54 PM
British Conservatives:
"Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections."

Also British Conservatives:
"What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory."
October 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Today, Ukraine and Moldova take another step towards our Union.

Negotiation clusters are now opened on internal market as well as competitiveness and inclusive growth.

Ukraine’s and Moldova’s future is in our Union.

And we will support them all along the way.
October 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
❗️Moldova’s Defense Ministry says five unauthorized drone incursions were recorded in less than seven hours overnight and Friday morning during Russia’s large-scale attacks on Ukraine. The drones crossed Moldova’s airspace in the north and southeast. No crashes or explosions were reported. #Ukraine
October 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
And Moldova (”Bessarabia”)
October 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I suspect this is not a licenced Disney product.

#Moldova
October 14, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Call me when you see this kind of stuff directed at critics of, I don't know, Moldova or Paraguay.
October 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
❗️Zelenskyy stated that Putin is testing Europe with hybrid operations (drones against Romania, Moldova, Germany, Poland, and Bulgaria), and that Europe urgently needs unity. Sanctions are painful but insufficient: some countries continue to buy Russian energy
October 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
⚡️ France, Poland, Spain, do not see agriculture as blocking further EU progress for Ukraine.

Spain's European Affairs Minister Fernando Sampedro told the Kyiv Independent that "we really hope that in the case of Ukraine and Moldova we will be able to open all clusters as soon as possible."
France, Poland, Spain, do not see agriculture as blocking further EU progress for Ukraine
Spain's European Affairs Minister Fernando Sampedro told the Kyiv Independent that "we really hope that in the case of Ukraine and Moldova we will be able to open all clusters as soon as possible."
kyivindependent.com
October 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
"The Hungarian government has finally lifted its veto on Ukraine’s progress towards EU membership after blockading it for several months.
Hungary’s veto is no more. Now Ukraine must catch up with Moldova in the race to join EU
Moldova could overtake Ukraine in the race to join the EU. “It is possible to conclude accession negotiations as early as 2028,” the European Commission says...
www.eurointegration.com.ua
October 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
They would defo then take moldova
October 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Moldova's EU accession talks expand with focus on market reforms and growth

The EU and Moldova have opened accession negotiations on two policy clusters covering the internal market and competitiveness and inclusive growth.
Moldova's EU accession talks expand with focus on market reforms and growth
The EU and Moldova have opened accession negotiations on two policy clusters covering the internal market and competitiveness and inclusive growth.
www.brusselstimes.com
October 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Well my blog post does say Moldova is the strongest case 🙂
October 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Because it belongs to another sovereign state Moldova.
October 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
In Moldova, a drone was reported to have crashed and exploded amid reports of a possible violation of the country’s airspace.

unn.ua/en/news/a-dr...
A drone crashed and exploded in Moldova
УНН War in Ukraine ✎ A drone crashed and exploded in a field near Codreni Noi in Moldova’s Dondușeni District. The circumstances of the incident are being established.
unn.ua
October 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
⚡️ Ukraine's parliament passes minority schools bill to appease Hungary, advance EU talks.

The vote paves the way for the EU to formally open two more accession clusters with Ukraine and Moldova at a meeting in Luxembourg on Oct. 13.
Ukraine's parliament passes minority schools bill to appease Hungary, advance EU talks
The vote paves the way for the EU to formally open two more accession clusters with Ukraine and Moldova at a meeting in Luxembourg on Oct. 13.
kyivindependent.com
October 12, 2026 at 11:02 AM
🇪🇺 EU has opened two more negotiation clusters for Ukraine's accession.

These are cluster No. 2 "Internal Market" and No. 3 "Competitiveness and Growth". The decision was made at a meeting of the Ukraine-EU Intergovernmental Commission in Luxembourg.

Similar clusters were opened today for Moldova.
October 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM