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European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Valdis Dombrovskis said Russia is using the crisis in the Middle East to make profits, but the EU will not relax the sanctions regime for the sake of cheaper oil or gas supplies. Even in the face of global energy fluctuations.
The MEPs “deeply regret” Baku’s decision to end cooperation with the European Parliament and call on Azerbaijani colleagues to resume dialog, “even and especially when discussions have become uncomfortable.”
US President Donald Trump has announced that the US will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has been honored with the GLOBSEC award. Together with her, the award was received by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. The GLOBSEC organizers justified the awarding of the prize to Maia Sandu by her “commitment to defend democracy under unprecedented pressure, as well as her role in ensuring a stable future and reforms in Moldova”.
Electrical equipment, plant products, furniture, fats and oils, as well as wines and beverages were the main categories of goods exported by Moldova to the European Union (EU) in 2025. The total value of Moldovan exports to the European market exceeded $2.55 billion.
Strengthening cooperation mechanisms to ensure more effective control of environmentally harmful goods entering the market and strict compliance with EU regulations by economic operators was discussed on May 21 by the leadership of the Customs Service and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EU Intellectual Property Office and the European Commission in partnership with the intellectual property offices and authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and the Republic of Moldova launched the EU4IP – Western Balkans project.
Between 2021 and 2027, more than 700 projects have already been supported at European level as part of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative. Approximately 1.4 billion euros have been allocated for this purpose within the framework of European funding programs under the NEB initiative.
The French will drink 22 million hectoliters of wine in 2025, according to data from l’Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin. At the same time, according to the French brewers’ association Brasseurs de France, beer consumption in the country last year amounted to 22.1 million hectoliters of beer.
The members of the National Council for Integrated State Border Management held an extraordinary meeting on May 21, during which they approved the decision to establish a Working Group for Quality Control in preparation for the Schengen conformity assessment.
A court in Kazakhstan has allowed the Ukrainian state-run energy company Naftohaz to enforce a ruling to recover about $1.4bn from Russia’s Gazprom in a gas transit case.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection is developing a new National Employment Program for 2027-2030 aimed at increasing formal employment, improving the quality of jobs and reducing social exclusion in the labor market.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo has said that the idea of granting Ukraine the status of an “associate member” of the European Union does not enjoy support inside the EU and does not yet have political conditions for implementation.
UPDATED. Parliament approved in the first reading the reform of the National Anti-Corruption Center. The bill expands the Center’s powers, introduces a third deputy director position and allows the head of the agency to be elected for two terms. The initiative was hotly contested due to rising budget costs and institutional risks, and the vote itself took place amid a scandal in the session hall.
The European Commission has faced mounting pressure from a number of European politicians and EU countries after it postponed without explanation the publication of a bill to completely ban Russian oil imports.
Moldova will introduce a mechanism of temporary suspension of state registration of motor vehicles that do not meet technical requirements or pose a threat to road safety. The relevant draft law was adopted by the Parliament in the first reading.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed granting Ukraine the status of an “associate member” of the European Union. This status implies the possibility for the country’s representatives to participate in the work of the association’s governing institutions without the right to vote.
Recently, UAVs have been appearing more and more frequently near the borders of the Baltic States. Since the beginning of the month, the airspace of the Baltic States and Finland has already been violated six times by real or suspected drones, which is a cause for concern for all European countries.
Companies operating in the energy, industrial, aviation and maritime transportation sectors will face new costs for monitoring and verifying greenhouse gas emissions under draft regulations prepared by the Ministry of Environment.
Protests against the EU climate policy and rising food prices are taking place in Warsaw. The action is nationwide, with similar protests taking place across the country.
