Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan touched upon Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the unblocking of regional communications and the prospects for international peace in his opening speech at the 8th European Political Community Summit.
Moldova will host a ministerial session of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers in Chisinau on 14-15 May. The event will mark the end of the country’s chairmanship in this organization.
European leaders are arriving in Yerevan to participate in the 8th European Political Community (EPC) summit to be held on Monday, May 4. Moldovan President Maia Sandu arrived together with Romanian President Nicusor Dan – they arrived on one special flight.
The Maritime Agency of the Republic of Moldova will get new powers to assess and manage risks of foreign vessels. This is provided for by a package of changes aimed at harmonizing national regulations with EU standards.
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.
