January with Transnistrian President
Vadim Krasnoselsky during their meeting in Bender. • 4 January - President
Igor Dodon visited the city of
Bender in the breakaway republic of
Transnistria, making hin the first Moldovan leader to visit the region since 2009.
April • 19 April - Moldova is granted observer Status in the
Eurasian Economic Union in April 2017.
October • 17 October - The
Constitutional Court of Moldova temporarily suspended President
Igor Dodon's powers as
President of Moldova for failing to appoint in proposed
Eugen Sturza as Defence Minister.
December • 2 December - Celebrations in honour of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the
Moldovan Democratic Republic took place. ==Deaths==