News about European integration

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after a telephone conversation with Robert Fitzo that the Slovak prime minister would support Ukraine in the EU membership issue. He also said that he had invited Fitzo to Kiev, and the latter, in turn, invited him to Bratislava. Both leaders accepted the invitations.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development has developed a draft order providing for the approval of a national standard, based on the European standard, for direct remote identification of drones.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu will participate in the 8th summit of the European Political Community (EPC), which will take place in Yerevan on May 4. Within the framework of the event, the head of state will particularly touch upon the issues of countering hybrid threats.

The independence of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) will be extended. It will report to the Parliament in an informative format only – without requesting or receiving any instructions. The same principle will be enshrined in relations with the government: cooperation on financial and budgetary issues will be maintained, but without interference.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmokescu said that he considers himself a “convinced federalist” in the spirit of the founders of the European Union. He believes that European integration is the only way of development for Moldova.

On the eve of the International Labor Day on May 1, solutions to the problems of insufficient efficiency and low labor productivity are being discussed in Chisinau during the National Forum of Labor Market and Social Dialogue.

An EU-Armenia summit will be held in Yerevan on May 4-5, where the sides will discuss deepening bilateral cooperation, regional security and key international challenges. This will be the first bilateral summit in the history of Armenia-EU relations and is expected to give a new impetus to the development of strategic partnership between the sides. Observers and international media have already described the upcoming event as “historic”.

The Republic of Moldova now has a roadmap, a GIS database and a set of technical tools to bring the Emerald Network in line with Natura 2000 standards, developed under the first LIFE project implemented in the country.

The implementation of projects within the framework of European Territorial Cooperation Groups (ETCGs) will be possible only with the approval of the government. Local authorities will not be able to make such decisions on their own. This was stated by the vice-chairman of the parliamentary commission for public administration and regional development, Larisa Volokh.

From April 28, 2014 to April 20, 2026, more than 2.7 million Moldovans took advantage of the visa-free regime for short-term travel to the Schengen area, making almost 21 million trips to the EU in these 12 years.

Moldova is willing to share its experience of European integration with Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the implementation of institutional reforms, reiterating the course of deepening cooperation with the states from the region that aspire to join the European Union.

Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Cristina Gerasimov is on a visit to Brussels to discuss with European officials the course of the negotiation process and the European agenda in general.

The Moldovan authorities plan to implement a system of job exchange with the European Union countries, which will allow citizens to get access to job offers abroad, and European employers – to candidates and vacancies on the Moldovan market.

Starting from this year in Moldova, all diploma theses will be compulsorily checked with the help of a unified software to detect plagiarism. This was announced by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Research, Adriana Cazacu-Cigae.

Moldova will implement a strategy to counteract climate disasters. The main goal is to minimize the economic damage, which has exceeded 23 billion lei in the last 15 years alone, and to create a modern system of warning the population about impending threats.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who is in Kiev, has spoken in favor of the earliest possible official opening of negotiations on Moldova’s and Ukraine’s membership in the European Union. At a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, she emphasized that both Chisinau and Kiev had fully met all the necessary conditions for the transition to this stage.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has ruled out “immediate acceptance” of Ukraine into the EU. At the same time, he suggested that Kiev might take part in future meetings of the union’s member states without the right to vote.

Private detective activity in Moldova is transferred to a strict regime of state licensing. Detectives are now required to obtain an official permit (authorization) from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will need to be periodically confirmed. The state introduces regular audits of the professional suitability and impeccable background (screening) of employees.

A national digital wallet will allow citizens to store their passport, driver’s license, diplomas and other documents directly in their cell phones. At the same time, digital versions will have the same legal force as plastic cards or paper originals. The use of such a wallet will be voluntary.

Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi participated in the panel discussion “From Soft Power to Hard Reality: The Great European Rebalancing” within the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece.