Natalia Gavrilița, working visit to Brussels. He will participate in the EU-Republic of Moldova Association Council meeting

Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița will be on a working visit to Brussels from today until 8 February, where she will participate in the 7th meeting of the EU-Moldova Association Council. For the first time, Moldova will be present at this event as a candidate country for accession to the European Union.

Negotiations on the extension of the free trade agreement between the Republic of Moldova and Turkey are to be finalised soon

Negotiations on the extension of the free trade agreement between the Republic of Moldova and Turkey are to be finalised in the coming weeks, so that many more Moldovan products, including wines, could reach Turkey duty-free. The announcement was made by Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu after a meeting with the Turkish ambassador to our country. The official remarked that there is maximum openness on both sides.

Relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol discussed by Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration and US Ambassador to Moldova

Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian discussed the regional situation in the context of the current security configuration with US Ambassador to Chisinau Kent D. Logsdon, reports the Reintegration Policy Office. At the meeting, which took place on Friday, 3 February, the officials also addressed the current dynamics of the interaction between Chisinau and Tiraspol, as well as concrete positive steps taken by the constitutional authorities in relation to the residents on both banks of the Dniester.

LIVE Parliament convenes a session

Parliament convened in the first plenary session of the spring session. Ten draft laws and decisions were included on the agenda, including the draft decision on extending the state of emergency in the Republic of Moldova for a period of 60 days. Find out the decisions of the deputies, live on Moldova 1!

The European integration process of the Republic of Moldova, discussed by Maia Sandu and Jānis Mažeiks

Relations with Brussels and the accession process of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union were discussed on Wednesday, February 1, by the president of the country, Maia Sandu, and the head of the Delegation of the European Union in Chisinau, Ambassador Jānis Mažeiks.

Alexandru Iacub returns to the position of general secretary at the Ministry of Labor

Alexandru Iacub returns to the position of secretary general at the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. A decision in this regard was taken by the members of the Cabinet of Ministers during today's meeting, February 1, at the proposal of Minister Alexei Buzu.

The first plenary session of the Parliament starts

Today begins the ordinary spring 2023 session of the Parliament. During the day, several parliamentary committees convene meetings. Among the projects that will be discussed are the draft law on crowdfunding services, the initiative on the disciplinary liability of judges and the activity of the judicial inspection, the draft law for the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the Convention on the facilitation of international maritime traffic, the draft law on ecological production and labeling of ecological products.

Nicu Popescu meets the Danish Foreign Minister in Chisinau

The accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union, including the agenda of reforms implemented by the authorities, were discussed by the head of diplomacy from Chisinau, Nicu Popescu, and his Danish counterpart, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who was on a visit to the Republic of Moldova.

Morning raids in the country's penitentiaries for blackmail crimes directed from the prisons

·The employees of the Organized Crime Investigation Department of the INI together with the criminal investigation officers from the DGUP and the employees of the National Penitentiary Administration, under the direction of the PCCOCS, with the support of the BPDS "Fulger" and DDS "Pantera" employees, conduct searches in several districts and penitentiary institutions from the country, regarding the subjects targeted in the commission of a series of blackmail crimes, committed and directed from penitentiary institutions.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicu Popescu introduced Plan 33 to the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs

The Republic of Moldova has entered a transition phase from a country associated with the European Union to a country aspiring to join it. On the one hand, the Moldovan government is working on the transposition of European legislation according to the Association Agreement, signed in 2014, which has so far enabled us to travel visa-free and partially liberalise trade with EU countries. The other priority is the opening of negotiations and the fulfilment of the nine conditions of the European Commission. Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu appeared today before the parliamentary committee on foreign policy. He announced an internal restructuring of the ministry, the problem facing the government is reduced administrative capacity. Meanwhile, Minister Popescu also talked about the plan to speed up the accession process - Plan 33.

Sergiu Litvinenco: The contest for the head of PCCOCS must be abolished

The Competition for the position of head of the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organised Crime and Special Cases should be suspended and resumed when a new composition of the Superior Council of Prosecutors is formed, passed through the pre-vetting procedure, Justice Minister Sergiu Litvinenco told ProTv last night.

Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian pays a working visit to Georgia

Moldovan-Georgian cooperation relations, the reform agenda implemented by the Moldovan and Georgian authorities and the regional security context are being discussed in Tbilisi. Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian met in the Georgian capital with Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Tea Akhvlediani, Georgian Minister for Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs Zurab Azarashvili and Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia Tibor Kozma.