2023 in Moldova

Photo	Post	Name
	President of Moldova	Maia Sandu
	Prime Minister of Moldova	Natalia Gavrilița (until 16 February) Dorin Recean (from 16 February)
	President of the Parliament	Igor Grosu

Summarize Timeline Fact Check

• 1 January:
  • The law for the 2023 state budget enters force, with the following numbers: a government revenue amassing 64.8 billion Moldovan lei, 83.1 billion lei spendings and a budget deficit of 18.3 billion lei.^[1]
  • Changes to Moldova's election code enter force, excepting those for regional elections, that are bound to enter force on 1 January 2024.^[2]
• 14 January – Due to a wave of Russian missile strikes against Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a missile falls within the territory of Moldova, in the village of Larga.^[3][4]

• 10 February:
  • A Russian missile launched as part of an attack against Ukrainian infrastructure crosses the airspace of Moldova.^[5]
  • Moldovan prime minister Natalia Gavrilita resigns amid an economic crisis and the collateral effects of the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine.^[6]
• 11 February – Moldovan President Maia Sandu names pro-European Union academic Dorin Recean as the next Prime Minister of Moldova.^[7]
• 13 February – President of Moldova Maia Sandu accuses the Russian government of planning a coup d'état attempt against her.^[8]
• 14 February – 2023 Moldova and Romania high-altitude objects: Moldova temporarily closes its airspace after receiving reports of a "balloon-like object".^[9]
• 16 February - The Ministry of Energy is established.^[10]
• 22 February – Russian President Vladimir Putin revokes a 2012 foreign policy decree which respects Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the political status of the breakaway Transnistria region.^[11]

• 16 March – The Moldovan parliament approves a law that formally declares the country's official language as Romanian.^[12]

• 13 April – A Court of Appeal of the Republic of Moldova sentence the pro-Russian oligarch Ilan Shor to 15 years in prison in absentia.^[13]
• 30 April – 2023 Gagauzian gubernatorial election [ro]^[14][15]

• 21 May – Moldovan protests: More than 75,000 people gather in Chișinău to demonstrate in favor of Moldova joining the EU, following a call for the pro-European rally European Moldova National Assembly by President Maia Sandu in order to outdo anti-government and pro-Russian demonstrations organized by the opposition.^[16]

• 1 June – 2nd European Political Community Summit^[17][18]
• 12 June – Moldova and Ukraine sign an agreement to build a bridge across their border over the Dniester river between Cosăuți, Moldova, and Yampil, Ukraine, bypassing the unrecognised state of Transnistria.^[19]
• 19 June – the Șor Party was outlawed by the Constitutional Court of Moldova.^[20][21]
• 30 June – Chișinău International Airport shooting: Two people are killed after a man opens fire at Chișinău International Airport, Moldova. The perpetrator is wounded and detained.^[22]

Scheduled:

• 5 November – 2023 Moldovan local elections

• 17 August 2022 – 28 May 2023: 2022–23 Moldovan Cup^[23]
• 26 August 2022 – May 2023: 2022–23 Moldovan Liga 1^[24]