Eastern Europe

Chisinau, 9 apr. /MOLDPRES/. The Greater flamingos inhabiting Bulgaria's Atanasovsko Lake have begun nesting. Experts of the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB) saw that at least 80 birds are positioned on nests in the lake. The newly...

Chisinau, April 9 /MOLDPRES/- Dozens of horticultural producers from different districts of the Republic of Moldova are participating today in Cimilia Flower Festival exhibition-fair. The event, organized by the local authorities, has become traditional i...

Chisinau, April 9 /MOLDPRES/- President Maia Sandu today conveyed a congratulatory message to all Roman Catholic Christians, Protestants and parishioners of the Armenian Apostolic Church around the world, but also in our country, who are celebrating the R...

Chisinau, Apr. 7 /MOLDPRES/- Today we mark 14 years since the events of 7 April 2009, when thousands of people protested disappointed by the election results and the return of the communists to power. Then several state buildings were devastated, and doze...

Chisinau, Apr. 7 /MOLDPRES/- Comrat electoral commission approved the format and content of the ballots for the governor (bashkan) elections and the partial elections in the People's Assembly of Gagauzia of April 30.According to the CEC in the region,...

Chisinau, Apr. 7 /MOLDPRES/- Bismobil Kitchen founder, who was to return to preventive detention for 30 days escaped.According to PCCOCS, he was to return to pretrial detention after the Chisinau Court of Appeal previously accepted the lawyers' appeal...

Chisinau, 6 April /MOLDPRES/ - Over 50 companies participate in the Palm Sunday Fair, opened at the Moldexpo International Exhibition Centre today. At the event, residents and guests of the Moldovan capital will be able to find everything they need for th...

Chisinau, 6 April /MOLDPRES/ - Lilia Poting, who was appointed member of the Superior Council of Prosecutors (CSP) in November 2019 from among civil society members, has submitted an application on resignation. The CSP members accepted her request today. ...

Chisinau, 6 April /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu today met Head of the EU Delegation in Moldova, Ambassador Jnis Maeiks. The two officials discussed the European integration agenda, the presidential press service has reported. Maia Sandu appreciated th...

Chisinau, 6 April /MOLDPRES/ - The 26th edition of the TOURISM & TRAVEL EXPO exhibition was inaugurated at the Moldexpo International Exhibition Centre today. The event brings together over 60 companies from Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Georgia, which r...

Chisinau, 5 April /MOLDPRES/ - The parliamentary commission for social protection, health and family today heard a special report of the Ombudsman on the monitoring of the observance of the rights of the patients placed in treatment through coercion with ...

Chisinau, 4 April /MOLDPRES/ - The State Hydrometeorological Service (SHS) has informed about a Yellow Code of frosts for 5 April. According to meteorologists, at night and in the morning, frosts with the intensity of -1 - -3 Celsius degrees are expected ...

Chisinau, 4 April /MOLDPRES/ - Dozens of students from the VIII-XII forms have had opportunity to be, for one day, students at the Pharmacy Faculty of the Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (USMF). The event was held in late las...

Chisinau, 4 April /MOLDPRES/ - Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Nicu Popescu has paid a working visit to north Moldova Edinet and Balti, the Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry's (MAEIE) press serv...

Chisinau, 4 April /MOLDPRES/ - A book titled, "Ruinele i runele rzboiului: Cronica primelor 101 zile de agresiune rus" (The Ruins and runes of the war: The Chronicle of the first 101 days of Russian aggression), signed by writer Ion Hadarca, was l...

Chisinau, 1 April /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu participated in the Bucha Summit 2023, held in Kyiv on 31 March, the presidential press service has reported. Along with leaders of other states, Maia Sandu backed the setting up of a special internation...

Chisinau, 1 April /MOLDPRES/ - The National Museum of Romanian Literature, in partnership with the Institute for Cultural and Educational Initiatives, organizes two events dedicated to the small readers within the week of reading and books for children (1...

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Chisinau, 1 April /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu had a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on 31 March afternoon. According to the presidential press service, during the discussion, the Moldovan head of state expressed solidari...

Chisinau, 27 March /MOLDPRES/ - The State Hydrometeorological Service (SHS) has informed about a Yellow Code of sharp weather change for 28 March. According to meteorologists, heavy precipitation (15-20 /square metre) is expected in the time interval 27 M...

Chisinau, 27 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Medicine Commission of the Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (AMDM) have authorized 80 medicines, of which 42 ones for the first time ever. Among the medicines authorized repeatedly, there are such pharmaceutical prod...

Chisinau, 27 March /MOLDPRES/ - The National Bank of Moldova (BNM) has established an exchange rate of 19.93 lei for one euro for 28 March, up by 0.04 lei against today.At the same time, the American dollar will cheapen by 0.01 leu and will have a price o...

Chisinau, 27 March /MOLDPRES/ - A festivity on the awarding of prizes of the Culture Ministry for 2022, the tenth issue, took place at the headquarters of the National Art Museum of Moldova today. Attending the event were Prime Minister Dorin Recean, Cult...

Chisinau, 25 March /MOLDPRES/ - All drivers of buses and trolley buses from the Moldovan capital will be subjected to more rigorous verifications. The controls will be boosted, after a 12-year-old child died in a trolley bus accident. Thus, decision-maker...

Chisinau, 25 March /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu today marked the Earth Hour by planting trees in the Avdarma village, southern Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia, along with colleagues of the Presidency, a group of students from the Comrat Unive...

Chisinau, 25 March /MOLDPRES/ - Moldova today marks the Earth Hour, thus joining the sustained actions to this end internationally. Thus, today evening starting from 20:30, the illumination of the public institutions and the street illumination will be di...

Chisinau, 25 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Green Line of the Border Police since early 2023 has received more than 10,000 phone calls on behalf of citizens. In most cases, operators' assistance was demanded by parents who were to cross the border with minors...

Chisinau, 25 March /MOLDPRES/ - The international specialized exhibitions, MOLDCONSTRUCT, at the anniversary 25th edition, and the MOLDENERGY exhibition, at its 24th issue, will be organized at the Moldexpo International Exhibitions Centre during 29 March...

Chisinau, 25 March /MOLDPRES/ - Moldova's national football team on 24 March tied the match with the team of the Faroe Islands with the score 1:1, in the first match of the 2024 European Championship's qualifiers, group E. According to the Moldova...

Chisinau, March 24 /MOLDPRES/- In the coming period, several educational institutions in our country will be modernized and equipped with new equipment, hundreds of schools will switch to the electronic catalog, and students will receive new textbooks for...

Chisinau, March 24 /MOLDPRES/- Speakers of the two Chambers of the Romanian Parliament Marcel Ciolacu - Chamber of Deputies and Alina Gorghiu - Senate will be on a visit to Chisinau on 27 March. Speaker Igor Grosu made the statement today.In recent days C...

Chisinau, March 24 /MOLDPRES/- Speaker Igor Grosu invited Romanian and American businessmen to invest in Moldova. The message was conveyed in Bucharest at the AmCham Romania 30th anniversary, the parliament's communication and public relations departm...

Chisinau, March 24 /MOLDPRES/- The 10th edition of the Diaspora Congress will take place on August 18-20. A decision to this end was approved at a meeting of the organizing committee of Diaspora Days and Diaspora Congress 2023.According to the State Chanc...

Chisinau, 23 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre from Iasi, Romania, will stage two plays in Chisinau, on 25-26 March, during the ninth edition of the Theatre Meeting. The 2023 year issue marks events of reference from the common his...

Chisinau, 23 March /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu has visited the educational centre for children sick with cancer, on the occasion of the marking of one decade of the institution's foundation, the presidential press service reported. Ten years ago...

Chisinau, 23 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Moldovan-Romanian working group for energy sector, made up both of decision-makers from ministries and the managers of the principal competent enterprises, will be reactivated. A decision to this effect was announced fo...

Chisinau, 23 March /MOLDPRES/ - The members of the EU-Moldova parliamentary association committee in Brussels today adopted a declaration, thereby asking to start the negotiations on Moldova's accession to the European Union as soon as possible, till ...

Chisinau, 23 March /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu today had a meeting with the delegation of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, led by the formation's deputy president, Henrik Bach Mortensen. The discussion was focused on the uncert...

Chisinau, 23 March /MOLDPRES/ - Moldova will receive an additional solid assistance on behalf of the European Union. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis made statements to this effect in Brussels today, before participating in the meeting of the spring Euro...

Chisinau, 23 March /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu had a meeting with Prime Minister of Romania Nicolae Ciuca in Chisinau today. The officials discussed projects on the bilateral agenda and Moldova's European integration process, the presidential pr...

Chisinau, 22 March /MOLDPRES/ - Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian today had a meeting with Russia's Permanent Representative at OSCE, Ambassador Aleksandr Lukashevich and Russia's Special Representative in the process of negot...

Chisinau, 22 March /MOLDPRES/ - The National Employment Agency (ANOFM) last year registered over 32,000 vacant jobs declared by about 3,300 employers.According to ANOFM, more than 8,230 people were employed through Agency's territorial subdivisions in...

Chisinau, 22 March /MOLDPRES/ - Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu has had a meeting with Speaker of Latvia's Saeima (parliament) Edvards Smiltns , on an official visit to Chisinau, the parliament's communication and public relations department has rep...

Chisinau, 22 March /MOLDPRES/ - Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca will pay an official visit to Chisinau on 23 March. The Romanian official will have meetings with Prime Minister Dorin Recean, President Maia Sandu and Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu. Th...

Chisinau, 22 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ministry (MAEIE) today commented on the recent statements made by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) concerning the Romanian language, the ...

Chisinau, 22 March /MOLDPRES/ - President Maia Sandu has conveyed a message to the citizens on the World Water Day. ''We everybody want to be sure of the quality of the water which we consume and this comes only along with the care we have for our...

Chisinau, 20 March /MOLDPRES/ - The Mihai Eminescu Romanian Cultural Institute in Chisinau, in cooperation with the Serghei Lunchevici National Philharmonic from the Moldovan capital and the George Enescu Philharmonic from Botosani, with the support of th...

Chisinau, 20 March /MOLDPRES/ - The single European currency and the U.S. dollar will appreciate against the Moldovan leu on 21 March, according to the official exchange rates posted by the National Bank of Moldova. Thus, euro will appreciate by 0.16 lei ...

Chisinau, 20 March /MOLDPRES/ - A book titled La Republiquie de Moldova: les enjeux du passe, du present et de l'avenir" (Republic of Moldova: challenges of the past, present and future) by corresponding member, deputy president of Moldova's A...

Chisinau, 20 March /MOLDPRES/ - The schemes of treatment with medicines which already exist in the list of the compensated ones of some diseases in day hospitals, procedure rooms and at home will be updated starting from 1 April 2023. According to the Nat...