Sandu stripped several security officials from Transnistria of their Moldovan citizenship

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has decided to revoke the citizenship of five more individuals from the unrecognized region of Transnistria. These individuals are members of the region’s security forces who have lost their Moldovan citizenship by presidential decree.

This was reported by Newsmaker.

The decree was published on May 25 on the website of the President’s Office.

According to the decree, Maia Sandu stripped Oleksandr Bulgaz, Denys Karamanuts, Mykola Kovalov, Denys Marusik, and Yevhen Romanyuk of their citizenship. The decision took effect immediately upon signing and may be challenged in court.

According to publicly available data, at least several of those stripped of citizenship work in the security forces of unrecognized Transnistria.

Moldovamay be ready to join the EU by 2030, says Sandu.

The European Union has moved to the practical stage of preparing Montenegro’s accession treaty. The country continues on its path toward EU integration and has declared its intention to become a member by 2028.

Ukraine hopes that the European Union will open all six negotiation chapters on the country’s accession this year and anticipates the possibility of closing at least one of them by the end of the year. 

Ukraine may temporarily forgo some of the benefits of EU membership to accelerate the accession process. Taras Kachka noted that such a step would help the country integrate into the EU more quickly.