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Soccer club Chelsea (London) announced the appointment of Spaniard Xabi Alonso as head coach of the team. The contract is signed for four years, he will take up his duties from July, when the preparation of the team for the new season after the World Cup begins.
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern.
Acting Prime Minister Peter Magyar said that Viktor Orbán would allegedly be left without the severance pay he was entitled to. The former prime minister denied these statements and said that the money he was entitled to under the law had already been allocated for charity – the money was given to the Good Samaritan orphanage in Transcarpathia, where the Hungarian national minority lives. He wrote about it on his Facebook page.
US coffee chain Starbucks announced on May 15 another round of layoffs among corporate staff and plans to close some regional support offices as part of its ongoing strategy to financially revitalize the business.
Donald Trump has spent much of his second term as president of the United States proposing to erect monuments to himself: a 76-foot triumphal arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery; a gilded, giant ballroom at the White House; a planned renovation of the Kennedy Center (renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center); and a broader effort to remake the Washington, D.C. landscape to suit his aesthetic preferences.
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, which ended last night, Bulgaria won for the first time in its history. Singer Dara with the song Bangaranga scored 516 points and confidently won both the jury and the audience.
Council of Europe experts will check how Moldova implements the provisions of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The inspection will take place during a monitoring visit from June 1 to 5, 2026.
Sfânta Treime Municipal Teaching Hospital plans to acquire a state-of-the-art angiography system designed for cardiovascular, vascular and neuroradiologic interventional procedures. The new equipment will allow for hybrid interventions, 3D rotational angiography and other minimally invasive procedures for adult patients.
There are 22 films competing for the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. However, this year the festival is held without the main usual element – big Hollywood studio blockbusters.
Travel is increasingly shifting from geography to emotion. The main question travelers are asking themselves in 2026 is not the destination, but the meaning of the trip. This is according to a new global report on travel trends by Hilton, based on a survey of more than 14,000 travelers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and other countries.
Spanish national police, with the support of Italian law enforcers and Europol, detained in Naples 12 people suspected of a series of audacious robberies of tourists in Spain. The criminals targeted expensive watches.
Finland remains the undisputed favorite of the contest. According to the estimates of major bookmakers, its probability of victory is around 40-45%, and in some aggregators it reaches about 42%. In practice, this means that almost every second betting scenario now assigns the victory to Finland.
Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu made a very personal speech at the Family Festival, admitting that his relatives have been away for a couple of days and he already misses them. However, the Prime Minister is “happy to spend this holiday in the circle of the ‘big family’ – with all the citizens of the country”.
The responsibility of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and the government as a whole is to be close to people not just at the level of programs and documents, but through concrete solutions that really make a difference in the lives of families in Moldova. And the Ministry “works on this every day”.
Moldovan citizens living abroad will be able to get acquainted with job offers in their home country within the second Online Career Fair for the Diaspora. It will take place on June 11, 2026 from 14:00 Moldovan time.
Reuters reports that Amazon.com Inc is facing a class action lawsuit from consumers seeking refunds for overcharges on the company’s goods. The inflated prices resulted from the imposition of duties that the U.S. Supreme Court later recognized were illegally imposed by President Donald Trump.
The Moldovan Embassy in Doha, Qatar, recently hosted an exhibition entitled “Art, Fashion and Cultural Diplomacy (AFCD)”, which featured about 100 works dedicated to Europe Day and the 2026 World Hat Procession.
New York City’s rail service has been paralyzed as about 3,500 Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) employees went on strike after negotiations over pay raises failed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree simplifying the acquisition of Russian citizenship for residents of Transnistria. The document was published on the official legal information portal of the Russian Federation.
The reform of local public administration cannot be postponed any longer, 2026 is the only appropriate period for its adoption, “the next train is in 2031”. This statement was made by the Speaker of Parliament Igor Grosu at the “Civic Assembly” on Saturday, May 16.
