News about Safety

The sappers of the National Army of Moldova actively carried out demining works in April 2026, destroying a large number of explosive objects. These were mainly artillery shells, mortar shells and grenades from the Great Patriotic War.

The frosts of the first nights of May have significantly changed for the worse the estimates of damage to the fruit sector of Moldova from spring frosts. According to the first impression of fruit business operators, from a quarter to a third of the total area of orchards in the country was significantly affected.

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.

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.

After the Easter truce, Russia proposed a ceasefire on the day of the Victory Day parade. Moscow has already scaled down the event. For the first time in many years, no Russian armored columns will march through Red Square.

The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has launched a campaign to vaccinate wild foxes against rabies. The campaign will run from April 29 to May 8, 2026 by hand-distributing rabies vaccine baits.

The Moldovan government approved the Regulation on authorization, cultivation, monitoring, marketing and processing of industrial hemp. The document provides for the expansion of opportunities for the use of raw materials obtained from industrial hemp, which can increase the yield per hectare of agricultural land by about 40%. It will also provide private entrepreneurship with more opportunities for investment and agribusiness development.

Spring frosts in Ukraine resulted in the loss of about 50% of the crop of early stone trees. For this reason, apricots and cherries may rise in price by 30-50%.

A resolution adopted by the European Parliament calls for a single definition of rape across the EU. This means that any non-consensual sexual act should be considered rape. The European Commission must now propose legislation, which must then be approved by EU member states.

The Republic of Moldova has released and returned home two citizens arrested in Russia. Both are employees of the Information and Security Service (ISS). Their release was made possible through an international exchange.

The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was cut short Saturday night after a shooting outside the Washington Hilton hotel where the event was being held. President Donald Trump and other guests were evacuated and a suspect has been detained.

Investors are selling off shares of arms makers that have failed to keep up with rising demand amid the war in Iraq, Ukraine, and the militarization of Europe.

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.

At the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Republic of Moldova extradited Russian citizen Yusup Sayd-Aliev for criminal prosecution under part 2 of article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation, not provided for by the legislation of this state, for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation), part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an organization, which in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation is recognized as a terrorist organization).

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.

Moldova will develop and sign “in the coming days” a national Action Plan for the Safety of Journalists for 2026-2027.

Excessive levels of trans fatty acids were found in three large batches of imported food products by the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA).

“European Union enlargement and security cannot be considered separately,” Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu said at meetings of the Standing Commissions and Bureau of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, the parliamentary organization of the Eastern Partnership between the EU and Eastern European partners, held in the Moldovan Parliament.

This controversial issue has been put up for public discussion. As Dan Perchun, Minister of Education and Research, emphasizes, the use of video cameras will not be mandatory.

The Caspian Sea shallowing will be one of the key topics of the regional economic summit that starts on April 22 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Outside the official agenda, there is growing skepticism: experts doubt that the discussions will lead to real change. In their opinion, without Russia’s willingness to compromise and without greater responsibility and transparency on the part of oil corporations, it will hardly be possible to stop the degradation of the Caspian Sea.