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The meeting on August 20 between the prime minister and members of the government and farmers and traders did not, by and large, change the parties’ positions on the core issues under discussion—transit and import licensing for Ukrainian agricultural products. Each side, as they say, “stuck to its own interests.” However, judging by initial reactions, the parties’ attitudes toward one another have changed—alas, not for the better.
Russia will restore the fee for processing citizenship applications from residents of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria to its previous level. They will pay $65 (instead of $600). Meduza reported this, citing the federal portal for draft regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.
Negotiations between Ukraine and the European Union in September will focus on increasing export quotas for “sensitive” agricultural products. The Ukrainian side is prepared to review the maximum volumes of agricultural products that the country can currently export to the EU duty-free, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotsky said yesterday during a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian agribusiness sector.
Mihai Mîtsu, Moldova’s ambassador to Romania, will also represent our country in Serbia and Montenegro on a non-resident basis.
In the Odesa region, curfew restrictions have been lifted for transit vehicles traveling to international border crossings with Moldova and Romania. The decision applies to all modes of transportation and traffic in both directions.
At least five grain-carrying ships were attacked by Ukrainian drones near the Russian Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk and Tuapse.
Defense Minister Anatolie Nosaty and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi met in Chișinău with a bipartisan delegation from the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Eight non-EU countries have joined Brussels’ sanctions against Belarus. Moldova has not done so.
The Parliament’s Standing Bureau will consider a proposal by Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu to convene an extraordinary session from August 20 to 26, 2026.
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov called for finding a way to resume elections in the country even amid the ongoing war. In a video address, he stated that the protracted conflict should not deprive Ukrainians of the opportunity to elect their government.
U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed officials in the U.S. administration to halt negotiations with Iran.
In early August, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga stated that Kyiv is holding consultations with Warsaw regarding the possible transit of grain. Among the options is the use of the Polish ports of Gdańsk, Szczecin, and Gdynia for the onward export of Ukrainian products to third-country markets. However, Polish farmers fear that a significant portion of the transit shipments will remain in their country, as was the case three years ago. The reason for these concerns is a lack of transparency in the decision-making process.
Moldova’s grain and oilseed market is rapidly approaching its “moment of truth.” That is, an official and reasonably detailed announcement regarding what the “rules of the game” will be for these commodities in Moldova through the end of 2026.
An amendment to the draft changes to the Electoral Code has been registered in parliament; it provides for the introduction of rules ensuring the rotation of leadership positions within the Central Election Commission (CEC).
Germany opposes the European Commission’s plans to tax electricity at a lower rate than gas. Officials in Berlin claim that the EC is attempting to push these provisions through using a mechanism that allows them to be adopted by a majority vote, rather than unanimously, as required for EU tax measures.
The Donald Trump administration has set an all-time record for the number of wealthy officials in its ranks in U.S. history.
On August 17, the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia officially declared the position of head of the autonomous region vacant following the entry into force of the court’s guilty verdict against the autonomous region’s Bashkan, Evghenia Guțul. However, the deputies have not yet been able to set a date for the election of a new head of Gagauzia.
Today, the board of the association “Forța Fermierilor” decided that “if by Friday there is no progress on issues of transit control and licensing of Ukrainian grain imports, as well as maintaining the reduced VAT rate on agricultural products, the organization reserves the right to organize mass protests.”
The Agency for Agricultural Interventions and Payments notes “significant progress in investment in certain sectors of agriculture, as well as in post-investment payments and advance subsidies in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.”
In announcing the decision to scale back U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises, Donald Trump pointed out that Seoul had not supported Washington in the war against Iran.
