Paula Erizanu
@paulaerizanu.bsky.social
Journalist & writer from Moldova. Often in Romania. Lived in the UK for 12 years.
Words: The Guardian, FT, BBC, London Review of Books etc.
Words: The Guardian, FT, BBC, London Review of Books etc.
Maria Acbaș, a Gagauz entrepreneur and PAS MP, left Parliament after several Telegram channels & opposition MPs revealed that a Moldovan intelligence report from 2023 showed one of her firms received 20k euros from Shor. Processes & interinstitutional communication worked well 😳 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Maria Acbaș, a Gagauz entrepreneur and PAS MP, left Parliament after several Telegram channels & opposition MPs revealed that a Moldovan intelligence report from 2023 showed one of her firms received 20k euros from Shor. Processes & interinstitutional communication worked well 😳 1/2
Moldova may open all negotiation clusters in the same year - something unprecedented- due to the high speed of aligning its legislation to EU legislation, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos announced yesterday on Moldovan tv
August 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Moldova may open all negotiation clusters in the same year - something unprecedented- due to the high speed of aligning its legislation to EU legislation, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos announced yesterday on Moldovan tv
Moldova’s electoral campaign officially starts today. On 28th September Moldovans will take to the polling stations to vote for the geopolitical direction the country will take for the next 4 years.
Amongst people’s top concerns: the cost of living crisis & the war in Ukraine
Amongst people’s top concerns: the cost of living crisis & the war in Ukraine
August 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Moldova’s electoral campaign officially starts today. On 28th September Moldovans will take to the polling stations to vote for the geopolitical direction the country will take for the next 4 years.
Amongst people’s top concerns: the cost of living crisis & the war in Ukraine
Amongst people’s top concerns: the cost of living crisis & the war in Ukraine
Starting today, Romania drops its price ceiling for electricity. This means energy bills will significantly go up; rising inflation; lower purchasing power. Moldova too will be affected by this, since Chisinau buys electricity on the Romanian market
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hotnews.ro/liberalizare...
July 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Starting today, Romania drops its price ceiling for electricity. This means energy bills will significantly go up; rising inflation; lower purchasing power. Moldova too will be affected by this, since Chisinau buys electricity on the Romanian market
hotnews.ro/liberalizare...
hotnews.ro/liberalizare...
Moldova’s ex chief anticorruption prosecutor Veronica Dragalin has been writing open letters to judges who did not make it through the vetting process on the political pressures on her regarding these cases
www.zdg.md/stiri/dragal...
www.zdg.md/stiri/dragal...
April 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Moldova’s ex chief anticorruption prosecutor Veronica Dragalin has been writing open letters to judges who did not make it through the vetting process on the political pressures on her regarding these cases
www.zdg.md/stiri/dragal...
www.zdg.md/stiri/dragal...
Moldovan president Maia Sandu gave a state of the nation speech in Parliament today outlining the success in preserving freedom and peace in a turbulent time and the need to protect this progress and continue integrate in the EU in the next 4 years
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presedinte.md/rom/presa/me...
April 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Moldovan president Maia Sandu gave a state of the nation speech in Parliament today outlining the success in preserving freedom and peace in a turbulent time and the need to protect this progress and continue integrate in the EU in the next 4 years
presedinte.md/rom/presa/me...
presedinte.md/rom/presa/me...
Young Romanians are being recruited via Telegram by neonazis from Moldova linked to Russian fascist groups. They are encouraged to act violently towards minorities, antifascist activists, organisations + paedophiles. The process is gamified. The leader is currently in Germany 1/
April 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Young Romanians are being recruited via Telegram by neonazis from Moldova linked to Russian fascist groups. They are encouraged to act violently towards minorities, antifascist activists, organisations + paedophiles. The process is gamified. The leader is currently in Germany 1/
Romanian government supported Crin Antonescu is the new favourite presidential candidate according to a recent poll by AtlasIntel. Far right George Simion would still win 1st round but CA would cap 2nd round.
Previously polls saw reformist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan win the race
Previously polls saw reformist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan win the race
April 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Romanian government supported Crin Antonescu is the new favourite presidential candidate according to a recent poll by AtlasIntel. Far right George Simion would still win 1st round but CA would cap 2nd round.
Previously polls saw reformist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan win the race
Previously polls saw reformist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan win the race
Great news. Moldova’s Ziarul de Gardă undercover investigative reporters Măriuța Nistor and Natalia Zaharescu are shortlisted for the European Press Prize.
Meanwhile, Moldovan indie media is under constant attack from pro-Russian, pro-oligarchic and even some pro-EU opposition
Meanwhile, Moldovan indie media is under constant attack from pro-Russian, pro-oligarchic and even some pro-EU opposition
April 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Great news. Moldova’s Ziarul de Gardă undercover investigative reporters Măriuța Nistor and Natalia Zaharescu are shortlisted for the European Press Prize.
Meanwhile, Moldovan indie media is under constant attack from pro-Russian, pro-oligarchic and even some pro-EU opposition
Meanwhile, Moldovan indie media is under constant attack from pro-Russian, pro-oligarchic and even some pro-EU opposition
Moldova's ex minister of defense Anatol Șalaru won the case against Romanian presidential candidate George Simion. The latter sued Șalaru for his declarations that Simion had met up with Russian spies in Chernivtsi, an info confirmed by both Ukrainian and Moldovan intelligence
April 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Moldova's ex minister of defense Anatol Șalaru won the case against Romanian presidential candidate George Simion. The latter sued Șalaru for his declarations that Simion had met up with Russian spies in Chernivtsi, an info confirmed by both Ukrainian and Moldovan intelligence
Shor ally and Member of Parliament Irina Lozovan received a six year sentence for being involved in an illegal political financing scheme benefitting a criminal network. On similar charges her husband was also sentenced to five years in prison. They both went missing
March 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Shor ally and Member of Parliament Irina Lozovan received a six year sentence for being involved in an illegal political financing scheme benefitting a criminal network. On similar charges her husband was also sentenced to five years in prison. They both went missing
Breaking: Shor ally & Moldovan Member of Parliament Alexandr Nesterovschi, sentenced to 12 years in prison for involvement in an illegal political financing scheme, fled justice in a Russian embassy car to Transnistria, said head of security services Alexandru Musteață
March 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Breaking: Shor ally & Moldovan Member of Parliament Alexandr Nesterovschi, sentenced to 12 years in prison for involvement in an illegal political financing scheme, fled justice in a Russian embassy car to Transnistria, said head of security services Alexandru Musteață
Saturday morning queues at the Leipzig Book Fair
March 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Saturday morning queues at the Leipzig Book Fair
Vladimir Plahotniuc apparently has four citizenships, including a surprising Mexican passport
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Vladimir Plahotniuc apparently has four citizenships, including a surprising Mexican passport
Romanian investigative reporters Victor Ilie & Luiza Vasiliu were surveilled by their targets with the help of Romanian law enforcement following their research into a moneylaundering scheme linked to the British American influencer Andrew Tate
balkaninsight.com/2025/03/17/b...
balkaninsight.com/2025/03/17/b...
March 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Romanian investigative reporters Victor Ilie & Luiza Vasiliu were surveilled by their targets with the help of Romanian law enforcement following their research into a moneylaundering scheme linked to the British American influencer Andrew Tate
balkaninsight.com/2025/03/17/b...
balkaninsight.com/2025/03/17/b...
The first major poll ahead of the Romanian presidential re-run says Georgescu far right allies George Simion or Anamaria Gavrila would win the first tour. But Bucharest reformist, pro-European mayor Nicușor Dan would top the second tour
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hotnews.ro/exclusiv-pri...
March 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The first major poll ahead of the Romanian presidential re-run says Georgescu far right allies George Simion or Anamaria Gavrila would win the first tour. But Bucharest reformist, pro-European mayor Nicușor Dan would top the second tour
hotnews.ro/exclusiv-pri...
hotnews.ro/exclusiv-pri...
Romania’s Constitutional Court has allowed Georgescu ally George Simion to run for president, rejecting all 15 complaints against him
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March 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Romania’s Constitutional Court has allowed Georgescu ally George Simion to run for president, rejecting all 15 complaints against him
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hotnews.ro/o-noua-sedin...
10,000 people gathered in Bucharest today in the EuRo Manifest, a demonstration in support of Romania’s European identity & membership
www.g4media.ro/miting-euro-...
www.g4media.ro/miting-euro-...
March 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
10,000 people gathered in Bucharest today in the EuRo Manifest, a demonstration in support of Romania’s European identity & membership
www.g4media.ro/miting-euro-...
www.g4media.ro/miting-euro-...
Doina Nistor is Moldova’s new Minister of the Economy and Digitalisation, taking over from Dumitru Alaiba, who resigned today. Nistor previously led the USAID funded programme “Technologies of the Future”
March 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Doina Nistor is Moldova’s new Minister of the Economy and Digitalisation, taking over from Dumitru Alaiba, who resigned today. Nistor previously led the USAID funded programme “Technologies of the Future”
The Romanian National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA) is nominating Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
SNSPA has been involved in filing the complaints against Georgescu at the Central Electoral Bureau last week & Constitutional Court in December 😳
SNSPA has been involved in filing the complaints against Georgescu at the Central Electoral Bureau last week & Constitutional Court in December 😳
March 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Romanian National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA) is nominating Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
SNSPA has been involved in filing the complaints against Georgescu at the Central Electoral Bureau last week & Constitutional Court in December 😳
SNSPA has been involved in filing the complaints against Georgescu at the Central Electoral Bureau last week & Constitutional Court in December 😳
Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement: "I will consider my mandate a failure if the Republic of Moldova does not complete the [EU] negotiations during this period. […] if you continue to move forward as you are doing now, it is possible that it will happen by 2029."
March 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement: "I will consider my mandate a failure if the Republic of Moldova does not complete the [EU] negotiations during this period. […] if you continue to move forward as you are doing now, it is possible that it will happen by 2029."
Final and expected decision: Călin Georgescu was banned from running for president by Romania’s Constitutional Court
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Read an analysis on the situation here: kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
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Read an analysis on the situation here: kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Final and expected decision: Călin Georgescu was banned from running for president by Romania’s Constitutional Court
hotnews.ro/calin-george...
Read an analysis on the situation here: kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
hotnews.ro/calin-george...
Read an analysis on the situation here: kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
"The decision [to ban Georgescu] was inevitable for the health of democracy, but this democracy will need deep repairs after elections in May” - read an analysis of the last developments in Romania
kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
March 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"The decision [to ban Georgescu] was inevitable for the health of democracy, but this democracy will need deep repairs after elections in May” - read an analysis of the last developments in Romania
kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
kyivindependent.com/despite-russ...
The Moldovan internet bubble calls this pic of Maia Sandu and Emmanuel Macron “the nuclear umbrella”
March 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Moldovan internet bubble calls this pic of Maia Sandu and Emmanuel Macron “the nuclear umbrella”
Breaking: Călin Georgescu was not admitted into the presidential race by Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau, with 10 to 4 votes. Protesters in front of the institution reacted violently
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hotnews.ro/breaking-can...
March 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Breaking: Călin Georgescu was not admitted into the presidential race by Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau, with 10 to 4 votes. Protesters in front of the institution reacted violently
hotnews.ro/breaking-can...
hotnews.ro/breaking-can...