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.
I had the honour to speak at the first EU Enlargement Forum on 18 November. Asked about how the Moldovan govt can involve civil society more in the EU integration process, I said it must respect due processes, truly make public consultations with all stakeholders, plan better
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I had the honour to speak at the first EU Enlargement Forum on 18 November. Asked about how the Moldovan govt can involve civil society more in the EU integration process, I said it must respect due processes, truly make public consultations with all stakeholders, plan better
Edi Rama: the history of EU enlargement can be followed in the anatomy of my hair
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Edi Rama: the history of EU enlargement can be followed in the anatomy of my hair
Reposted by Paula Erizanu
A rather new framing for EU enlargement - not only with a focus on security (that has been there for a while), to be gained not primarily by exporting EU stability but by importing military strength into the EU.
Kaja Kallas at the first EU Enlargement Forum in Bruxelles: Ukraine has the strongest army in Europe, so taking Ukraine in the EU means being defended by the best army on the continent
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A rather new framing for EU enlargement - not only with a focus on security (that has been there for a while), to be gained not primarily by exporting EU stability but by importing military strength into the EU.
Ukrainian refugees represent 2% of the Irish population. Advice to Ukrainians and Moldovans? Get involved in politics in Ireland, join parties, be active - Thomas Byrne, Irish Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ukrainian refugees represent 2% of the Irish population. Advice to Ukrainians and Moldovans? Get involved in politics in Ireland, join parties, be active - Thomas Byrne, Irish Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach
Kaja Kallas at the first EU Enlargement Forum in Bruxelles: Ukraine has the strongest army in Europe, so taking Ukraine in the EU means being defended by the best army on the continent
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Kaja Kallas at the first EU Enlargement Forum in Bruxelles: Ukraine has the strongest army in Europe, so taking Ukraine in the EU means being defended by the best army on the continent
Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for defence at the forst EU Enlargement Forum: the best help for Georgian civil society and its EU path is to enlarge the EU with Albania, Montenegro, Moldova, Ukraine to show that enlargement is really happening
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for defence at the forst EU Enlargement Forum: the best help for Georgian civil society and its EU path is to enlarge the EU with Albania, Montenegro, Moldova, Ukraine to show that enlargement is really happening
EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos: Russia has thrown hundreds of millions of euros into malign interference in Moldova in the recent elections but for the fifth time since 2020, they failed. And Moldova won
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
EU enlargement commissioner Marta Kos: Russia has thrown hundreds of millions of euros into malign interference in Moldova in the recent elections but for the fifth time since 2020, they failed. And Moldova won
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
Reposted by Paula Erizanu
Putin is mocking any kind of peace efforts.
The only thing he understands is pressure.
This is what we have to do.
My doorstep ahead of the informal meetings of EU Defence and Foreign Ministers ↓
The only thing he understands is pressure.
This is what we have to do.
My doorstep ahead of the informal meetings of EU Defence and Foreign Ministers ↓
August 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Putin is mocking any kind of peace efforts.
The only thing he understands is pressure.
This is what we have to do.
My doorstep ahead of the informal meetings of EU Defence and Foreign Ministers ↓
The only thing he understands is pressure.
This is what we have to do.
My doorstep ahead of the informal meetings of EU Defence and Foreign Ministers ↓
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
Reposted by Paula Erizanu
Finally picked up my copy of @paulaerizanu.bsky.social’s new book about Moldovan history based on many interviews with people who have lived through the major events and changes of the last century. Can’t wait to read it!!
July 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Finally picked up my copy of @paulaerizanu.bsky.social’s new book about Moldovan history based on many interviews with people who have lived through the major events and changes of the last century. Can’t wait to read it!!
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...
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...
Moldova will hold parliamentary elections on 28 September, the speaker of the Parliament Igor Grosu announced today. The poll is crucial for Moldova’s geopolitics and will determine whether the country can continue its EU integration or whether it will fall back in Russia’s orbit
April 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Moldova will hold parliamentary elections on 28 September, the speaker of the Parliament Igor Grosu announced today. The poll is crucial for Moldova’s geopolitics and will determine whether the country can continue its EU integration or whether it will fall back in Russia’s orbit
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
The FSB announced the detention of four "Ukrainian agents" recruited in Moldova. All these people were arrested in 2023-2024. News about the exposure of the "saboteurs" appeared against the backdrop of a diplomatic crisis between Moldova and Russia
theins.ru/news/280520
theins.ru/news/280520
ФСБ заявила о задержании четырех «агентов Украины», завербованных в Молдове. Все эти люди были арестованы в 2023–2024 годах
Задержания, о которых ТАСС выпустил сообщения на ленты новостей, на самом деле произошли в 2023 году: Окрушко — в июле, после взрыва на Куйбышевском НПЗ в Самаре, где он работал, а Измайлову — в авгус...
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April 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The FSB announced the detention of four "Ukrainian agents" recruited in Moldova. All these people were arrested in 2023-2024. News about the exposure of the "saboteurs" appeared against the backdrop of a diplomatic crisis between Moldova and Russia
theins.ru/news/280520
theins.ru/news/280520
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
Big scandal in Moldova as criminals with life sentences have been freed following law amendments voted by governing party PAS. The party has blamed and excluded its member & MP Olesea Stamate for scheming this, saying that they had trusted her too much :/
www.zdg.md/importante/u...
www.zdg.md/importante/u...
ULTIMA ORĂ/ Olesea Stamate a fost exclusă din PAS. Președintele Parlamentului: „Îi cerem să-și depună mandatul de deputat”
Fosta președintă a Comisiei parlamentare juridice, numiri și imunităţi, Olesea Stamate, a fost exclusă vineri, 4 aprilie, din Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate (PAS). Anunțul a fost făcut de către preș...
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April 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Big scandal in Moldova as criminals with life sentences have been freed following law amendments voted by governing party PAS. The party has blamed and excluded its member & MP Olesea Stamate for scheming this, saying that they had trusted her too much :/
www.zdg.md/importante/u...
www.zdg.md/importante/u...
TikTok admits 27,000 fake accounts supported Călin Georgescu & AUR’s electoral campaigns in Romania. Romanian prosecutors say Turkish IPs and Russian email addresses were used by troll farms to create 20,000 TikTok accounts that posted over 2 million comments in November 2024 1/
April 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
TikTok admits 27,000 fake accounts supported Călin Georgescu & AUR’s electoral campaigns in Romania. Romanian prosecutors say Turkish IPs and Russian email addresses were used by troll farms to create 20,000 TikTok accounts that posted over 2 million comments in November 2024 1/
The self-proclaimed authorities of the de facto Russian occupied region of Transnistria propose bill to fine foreign journalists without official accreditation granted by them, including Moldovan journalists
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promolex.md/apel-public-...
Apel public privind noile măsuri represive propuse de Tiraspol împotriva jurnaliștilor
În data de 31 martie, așa-numitul „soviet suprem” de la Tiraspol a înregistrat un „proiect de lege” care prevede modificarea
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April 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The self-proclaimed authorities of the de facto Russian occupied region of Transnistria propose bill to fine foreign journalists without official accreditation granted by them, including Moldovan journalists
promolex.md/apel-public-...
promolex.md/apel-public-...
March 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM