US to send $500 million in military aid to Taiwan

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration plans to send $500 million in military aid to Taiwan under the same emergency prerogative that has been used more than 35 times for Ukraine, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, Reuters reports.

More than 2,000 files on Soviet-era crimes to be unsealed

Information on gross human rights violations admitted during the Soviet period on the current territory of the Republic of Moldova will be accessible to the public, the Information and Security Service (SIS) informs. More than 2,000 files stored in the SIS special state repository will be handed over to the National Archives Agency. An agreement to this effect has been signed by the directors of the two institutions.

Maia Sandu, interview for Financial Times: Moldovans live in peace today only thanks to Ukraine's armed forces

Moscow is trying to rebuild the Soviet Union and control the Republic of Moldova, President Maia Sandu told the Financial Time, writes newsmaker.md. The head of state claims that Moldovans live in peace today only thanks to Ukraine's armed forces, which are "courageously" defending their country. Otherwise, Russia would not have stopped at the border, but would have invaded Moldova.

Council of Europe calls for democracy to be restored in Europe ahead of Reykjavik summit

Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić has called on member states to commit themselves to restoring democracy in Europe at the fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government in Reykjavik on 16-17 May. According to the official, the Council's standards must be applied to all aspects of Europeans' lives.

The Oncology Institute has received a new consignment of medical equipment and medicines for children and adult cancer patients from the IOM

The Oncology Institute has received from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) neuromuscular transmission monitors, ultrasound machines, chemotherapy pumps, patient warmers, implantable chemotherapy chambers with accessories, other medical supplies and medicines needed for the treatment of people with cancer diseases.

Ryabkov: Russia and the US may be on the brink of armed conflict. International experts accuse Moscow of orchestrating a drone attack on the Kremlin

The Russian Federation and the United States may be on the brink of open armed conflict, according to Moscow Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Reabkov. He said relations between Moscow and Washington were being maintained solely out of political interests. Western experts, on the other hand, believe the Kremlin's drone strike comes at a turning point in the war, in preparation for Ukraine's long-awaited counter-offensive.

German police delegation on working visit to IGP

A delegation of the Bavarian State Police of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior paid a working visit to the Inspectorate General of Police (IGP), reports the Media Group for Security News on the European Political Community Summit.

Josep Borrell: No time for peace talks, Ukraine must be supported militarily

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said on Friday that "this is not the time" for "diplomatic peace talks" with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, and that the only valid peace proposal is that of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski, i.e. the withdrawal of Russian troops from all occupied Ukrainian territory, reports EFE, quoted by Agerpres.ro.

Zuper in your school campaign: Zuppy and Zup Zup reached hundreds of children across the country

The zuper.md platform is running the "Zuper in your school" campaign, and so far it has been in Balti municipality, Chisinau and Florești, Fălești and Briceni districts. The Zuper team has so far managed to visit children in 9 educational institutions and has carried out, together with the platform's mascots Zuppy and Zup Zup, various educational and fun activities.

The Department for the Integration of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union could be created by autumn in Bucharest

Romanian authorities intend to set up a new institution under the Bucharest Parliament, called the Department for the Integration of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union, Romanian MP Daniel Gheorghe, who is also co-chair of the Joint Committee for European Integration of the Romanian and Moldovan Parliaments, told Radio Moldova.

European Political Community Summit could have engaged Moldova in major projects, views

The European Political Community Summit, which will take place on June 1 in Bulboaca, could have engaged the Republic of Moldova in far-reaching projects, but these should have been launched much earlier, according to representatives of extra-parliamentary political parties who took part in a debate organised by IPN Agency.

Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the withdrawal of the Wagner group from Bahmut in case it faces a shortage of ammunition

The founder of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has announced that the Wagner group will withdraw from the city of Bahmut on 10 May due to a shortage of arms and ammunition, Rador reports.