June 1st will be a non-working holiday

Child Protection Day, marked on June 1, will be a non-working holiday. PAS deputies submitted a legislative initiative to amend the Labor Code. The draft law was approved, during the plenary session, in two readings, with the vote of 70 deputies.

EU will invest 250 million euros to improve cross-border connections between the Republic of Moldova and neighboring countries

The European Union will invest 250 million euros to improve cross-border connections between the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and their EU neighbors - Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland.

Director of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, on a visit to Russia

The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, will visit Russia on Friday, June 23, for discussions about the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is currently under the control of the occupation troops, informs dpa.

The Ambassador of the Russian Federation, urgently summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after a representative of the Russian administration from the occupied Kherson region threatened the Republic of Moldova

"The Republic of Moldova strongly condemns the recent statements of a representative of the Russian Federation from Kherson, a Ukrainian territory under Russian occupation, in which our country was directly threatened", reads the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration announces that it will urgently summon the Russian ambassador to Chisinau and will request the appropriate explanations.

Deputies congratulate the Moldovan footballers for the victory in the match against Poland. "Through work and unity beautiful victories can be achieved"

The deputies from the Parliament in Chisinau gave a standing ovation and congratulated the football team of the Republic of Moldova for the spectacular victory in the match against Poland. The Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu, noted that work and unity can produce results.

LIVE // Parliament convenes a session

Parliament meets in plenary session. On the agenda are several projects to be examined in the second reading: the draft law on guaranteeing deposits in banks, the project on market surveillance and product compliance, the project on free economic zones.

West eyes Romania as possible F-16 training site for Ukrainian pilots

A coalition of Western countries is eyeing Romania as a possible location to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets, according to three people with knowledge of the planning, indicating that NATO countries are moving closer to starting a program that could see the warplanes above Ukrainian skies within months, Politico reports.

War in Ukraine: Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions under attack. Bridges connecting Crimea and the Kherson region were reportedly damaged

The Russians attacked the Odesa region on the night of June 21 to 22, launching Iranian Shahed drones on it, RBC reports. Also, the Russian army launched a missile attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging private houses and infrastructure targets. Also, the Russian press notes that several attacks took place, on the night of June 21 to 22, on the bridges in Cionhar, which connect the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson with the territory of Crimea, a peninsula annexed by the Russians.

Joint meeting of the human rights committees of the Romanian Senate and the Moldovan Parliament will take place in Chisinau

The Chisinau legislature will host a joint meeting of the Human Rights and Interethnic Relations Committee of the Moldovan Parliament and the Committee on Human Rights, Equal Opportunities, Cults and Minorities of the Senate of the Romanian Parliament. The event will take place on Tuesday 20 June.

The "Șor" party was declared unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court judges declared unconstitutional the "Sor" Party. The High Court granted the Government's request to ban the activity of the party led by Ilan Șor. The decision was announced by Constitutional Court President Nicolae Rosca after more than three hours of deliberations. According to the ruling, "Șor" deputies in Parliament will serve until the end of their mandate as independent deputies.

Romanian Foreign Minister Luminița Odobescu comes to Moldova

Romania's new Foreign Minister, Luminița Odobescu, will pay a two-day visit to Chisinau at the invitation of her Moldovan counterpart, Nicu Popescu, Rador reports. It is the first visit the head of diplomacy from Bucharest has made since taking office.

Antony Blinken's talks with his Chinese counterpart were "frank, concrete and constructive"

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held "frank, substantive and constructive" talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Sunday, the US State Department reported, according to Reuters.