Violence in the news: 2 reports in the week to Oct 18, 2026 · ×0.4 · against the three weeks before; GDELT, not verified
Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
–
last 90 days
Civilians
–
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
2.4 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 1
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level1
- +2UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the countryUK FCDO travel advice
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Travel advice level (FCDO)
3
Confirmed outages, places, 24 h
2
Refugees who fled
8 868
Power plants near violence
1
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
Moldova, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 0%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- –
- 2026-09
- Share in food crisis
- –
- 2026-09
- Undernourishment
- 2.5%
- 2024
- Refugees who fled
- 8,868
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- 149,918
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- –
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 93
- 2026-10-19
- GDP per person
- $8,622
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
FEWS NET does not cover this country.
Latest incidents of organised violence1
| Date | Place | Sides | Deaths | Civilians | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-10 | in Cahul | Government of Moldova – Civilians | 1 | 1 | BBC Monitoring News Alert |
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days0
None in the last 30 days.
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Chișinău
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 20 | 11…17 | 6.7 mm | 31 km/h | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 10…16 | 0.0 mm | 26 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 12…17 | 2.3 mm | 41 km/h | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 13…15 | 4.4 mm | 26 km/h | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 12…14 | 0.0 mm | 18 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 11…15 | 0.0 mm | 16 km/h | |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 12…17 | 3.0 mm | 26 km/h |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Food prices in markets14
| Item | Price | USD | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potatoes / KG | 11.95 MDL | 0.69 | -11% |
| Bread / 500 G | 9.63 MDL | 0.55 | +13% |
| Buckwheat / KG | 17.67 MDL | 1.02 | -17% |
| Maize flour / KG | 14 MDL | 0.81 | -7% |
| Oat flakes / KG | 27.11 MDL | 1.56 | +27% |
| Pasta (macaroni) / KG | 20.4 MDL | 1.17 | -4% |
| Wheat flour (high quality) / KG | 14.69 MDL | 0.85 | -1% |
| Cheese (fat) / KG | 86.08 MDL | 4.96 | +37% |
| Kefir / L | 23.31 MDL | 1.34 | +17% |
| Milk (pasteurized) / L | 17.44 MDL | 1.00 | 0% |
| Sugar / KG | 21.12 MDL | 1.22 | -6% |
| Butter / KG | 258.68 MDL | 14.90 | +19% |
| Oil (sunflower) / L | 39.59 MDL | 2.28 | +14% |
| Apples / KG | 18.48 MDL | 1.06 | +42% |
Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-03); change against the same month a year before.
WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)
Disasters since 20001
Droughts
- Drought in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, · Dec 21, 2025 · Medium impact for agricultural drought in 1759971 km2
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)