Country's intelligence chief says Putin could seek 'land corridor' through south Ukraine to Moscow-backed Transnistria; his agency clarifies that remarks are only an 'analysis'

Ilan Shor and Vladimir Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019 after being implicated in a $1bn bank fraud and other illicit schemes; Shor living in Israel

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reports back from a whirlwind 2-day trip to the Gulf with President Herzog; Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross is back from Moldova

Radion Shechvlev was arrested last month at Ben Gurion Airport after years on the run; indictment says he stabbed his grandmother some 19 times and stole her money

Demonstrations initiated by the populist Shor Party headed by US-sanctioned oligarch Ilan Shor, currently in exile in Israel, have rocked the country in recent months

Ilar Shor, 35, a businessman-turned-lawmaker, accused of working with 'corrupt oligarchs and Moscow-based entities to create political unrest in Moldova'

Moldovan FM Nicu Popescu says he is 'appalled' by Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, and urges Russia to 'stop killing'

Unique trip brings Israeli troops and their loved ones back home together in Chisinau ahead of Rosh Hashanah, after being kept apart by Russian invasion

Ukrainian president says still waiting on promised systems from US, Germany; European Commission president says Ukraine, Moldova 'on track' to join EU

Brussels also grants candidate status to Moldova; Ukrainian President Zelensky says his country's 'future is within the EU'