President Maia Sandu has spoken in favor of holding the first Moldova-EU intergovernmental conference as soon as possible in order to officially start negotiations on Moldova's accession to the European Union. As INFOTAG reports, the president said this at a meeting in Brussels with the President of the European Council Charles Michel.

Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu met with the IMF mission led by Clara Mira, informing the mission “about the progress in the parliamentary agenda.”

“Great National Assembly Square will celebrate "Europe Day" on May 9,” Moldovan Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu said. He told PRO TV-Chisinau channel on Monday evening that law enforcement agencies are preparing to prevent public order violations on that day by separating those who will participate in the "Immortal Regiment" march.

The Transnistrian settlement process, the activity of the negotiation formats between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the priorities of the country's reintegration policy were discussed at a meeting in Chisinau between Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebryan and the chairman of the Polish Sejm's Foreign Affairs Committee, Pawel Kowal.

In Chisinau, police detained a 16-year-old drug courier, a native of the north of Moldova, with 1 kilogram of hashish.

Maib reiterates its commitment to supporting and promoting financial education in the Republic of Moldova. During Education Week, an event held for the first time by the Ministry of Education and Research under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, the bank announced that it will invest 2 000 000 MDL for the development of an ambitious financial education program in our country. Thus, maib is strengthening its position as an institution that acts responsibly, being a driver and inspiring change for the community's betterment.

Eurointegration is a strategic course that will ensure the security of Moldova and Ukraine.According to INFOTAG, this was stated by the deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Olena Kondratyuk on Monday at a joint press conference in Chisinau with the vice-chairwoman of the Moldovan Parliament Doina Gherman.

The problem of professional training of maritime personnel - sailors, technical personnel on board of ships will be solved by the Program “Institutional and Structural Reforms in Moldova” (MISRA). As “INFOTAG” reports, there are 3 thousand ships registered in Moldova.

The head of the General Inspectorate of Police, Viorel Cernauteanu, has reminded about sanctions for wearing the St. George's ribbon. At a briefing on Monday he recalled that "the St. George ribbon is a symbol of Russia's aggression against Ukraine," and fines are stipulated for its wearing, sale, storage and production. Individuals can be fined up to 9,000 lei, legal entities - up to 30,000 lei.

On Sunday, April 28, Moldova celebrated ten years since the liberalization of visa regime with the Schengen Agreement countries. According to INFOTAG, on this occasion it was noted that during this period more than 2.5 million Moldovan citizens used the visa-free regime and made more than 31 million border crossings.

The Council of the European Union has extended for another year sanctions “against persons responsible for actions aimed at destabilizing, undermining or threatening the sovereignty and independence of Moldova.” As INFOTAG reports, the EU Council made such a decision on April 27.

The Forța Fermierilor association demands public consultations in Parliament on the draft law on the organization and functioning of agricultural chambers, which was adopted last week in the first reading. As INFOTAG reports, otherwise, the farmers are threatening with new protests.

A Moldovan ethanol tanker truck was involved in an accident in Romania.

Moldovan boxer Daria Cozorez (coach Anatolie Ahmadiev) in the weight category +81 kg became the owner of the gold medal of the European Championship 2024, which ended the day before in Belgrade (Serbia).

This was agreed at the meeting between Christoph Schweiger, FIL Executive Director and Dmitri Torner, the President of the Winter Sports Association of the Republic of Moldova the meeting took place at the FIL headquarter in Berchtesgaden (Germany).

The chairman of the Socialist Party, former President Igor Dodon, stated that on May 9, he will participate in the “Immortal Regiment” action together with party members. As reported by INFOTAG, he announced this on Friday in a video on social networks.

Moldovagaz asked National Agency for Energy Regulation (ANRE) to reduce the gas tariff for consumers. As reported by INFOTAG, this was announced in his Telegram channel by the chairman of the company's board, Vadim Ceban.

“The regulator's requirement to the capital of banks in Moldova is twice as high as in the EU countries,” said Vasile Tofan, senior partner of Horizon Capital investment fund (USA), member of the Administrative Council of Bank maib. In an interview with INFOTAG, he said that the ratio of banks' equity capital in the Moldovan banking system is about 30%.

Geographical names on the territory of Moldova will be written in Romanian. The Parliament adopted on Friday in the second reading a law according to which this applies to natural elements, historical and cultural territories.