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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has admitted during talks with US President Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin may eventually regret invading Ukraine.
During the annual session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, held in Chisinau on May 15, the foreign ministers of 46 member states of the Council of Europe adopted the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Money Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (“Warsaw Convention”).
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was postponing a planned new strike on Iran on Tuesday at the request of Gulf states because “serious negotiations are now underway.”
Belarus calls on European countries for a professional and depoliticized security dialogue. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Igor Serek in an interview with the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung.
Today, against the background of the possible opening of negotiations on Moldova’s accession to the European Union, discussions on the quality of public administration, opportunities and risks of economic development and, consequently, the need to reintegrate the country are intensifying in the public space.
Last week, the Agency for Investments and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) authorized for payment from the National Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development subsidies to farmers in the amount of MDL 31.75 million.
On May 18, the Israeli Navy launched an operation to intercept Global Sumud Flotilla ships headed for the Gaza Strip. The operation is taking place in international waters near Cyprus, and some of the activists have already been detained and taken to a special vessel for onward shipment to Ashdod.
Forța Fermierilor, an association of grain and oilseed agricultural producers, announces a precautionary protest in front of the Moldovan government on May 27, 2026. The Association’s Council decided that the Moldovan authorities “have not taken effective measures to rescue micro, small and medium-sized agricultural producers affected by the crises of the last few years”.
Although Lithuania is accelerating the strengthening of its drone countermeasures systems after recent incidents of drones flying into its territory, it needs more time. Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas draws attention to this.
Negotiations between the United States and Iran are again in danger of collapse after an exchange of ultimatums. Washington handed Tehran a list of conditions for resuming dialog.
Proposals to limit or even completely ban bus traffic with Belarus are being heard more and more often in Lithuania. The reason was the fear of possible recruitment and use of foreigners by the Belarusian authorities for propaganda purposes.
Georgia’s fifth president Salome Zurabishvili has called on the opposition to prepare for early parliamentary elections despite the categorical stance of the Georgian Dream government.
The meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ended on Friday in Chisinau. The European leaders’ agenda centered, among other things, on migration management issues. Among the decisions, the adoption of a new interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights, which could facilitate the expulsion of migrants, stood out.
The European Commission is preparing to use revenues from carbon taxes levied on industry to subsidize farmers facing rising fertilizer prices.
The European Commission has approved four genetically modified crops for use in the food and animal feed industries. These are two genetically modified lines of cotton, one line each of corn and soybeans. The decision was published on March 12 in the Official Journal of the EU and will be valid for 10 years.
Russia will not be able to annex all of Ukraine. But Kiev will lose control over part of the country’s territory. As it happened with Finland as a result of the Soviet-Finnish “Winter War”.
Today, May 16, 2026, the Moldovan president will pay a working visit to the Republic of Estonia. This is reported on the website of the Moldovan Presidency.
US President Donald Trump would not want to go to war against the People’s Republic of China should Taiwan declare independence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree simplifying the acquisition of Russian citizenship for residents of Transnistria. The document was published on the official legal information portal of the Russian Federation.
The Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) hosted a regular Twinning mission dedicated to the process of evaluation and monitoring of institutional progress in compliance with European standards and AIPA accreditation.
