The Moldovan national team successfully performed at the 43rd Balkan Mathematics Olympiad (BMO 2026), which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from May 3 to 8, 2026. Moldovan schoolchildren won a total of 4 medals – one silver and three bronze. The young mathematicians won silver in the team competition.

The U.S. has once again lashed out at Europe, which it assesses is indulging in an influx of extremists due to uncontrolled migration.

The period from 2026 to 2035 has been declared the “Decade of Family and Demography” in Turkey.

Summer camps for children will operate under new rules. Educators will be obliged to report cases of bullying, violence or neglect of children.

The Chisinau Zoo celebrates its birthday on May 9. It was opened in 1978 and over the decades it has become one of the favorite places of recreation for residents and guests of the capital, as well as the only zoo of this scale in the Republic of Moldova.

Moldova has become part of the European Ceramics Route by joining the Association of the European Ceramics Route. This was announced by the National Tourism Office.

Europe Day in Chisinau is celebrated with a diverse program of official, scientific and cultural events with the participation of the country’s leadership and international partners.

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On May 9, Moldova held events dedicated to Victory Day and the memory of those who died in World War II. The country’s leadership laid flowers in memory of the fallen, a large Victory March with the participation of veterans and a car rally took place in Chisinau, and the parliamentary faction “Our Party” traveled to Berlin to lay flowers at the Warrior-Liberator Memorial in Treptow Park.

The National Bureau of Statistics has published data on the results of the 2024 housing census. Experts have made a number of alarming conclusions.

Yesterday, May 8, Europe celebrated Victory Day, marking the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II. The act of unconditional surrender of Germany came into force on May 8, 1945 at 23:01 Central European time, when the clock in Moscow was already on May 9. The attitude to this day varies in the countries of Europe.

A bill providing for monthly financial support for “children of war” has been registered in Parliament.

Artificial intelligence will not replace doctors and the main human component of medical practice – compassion and relations between doctor and patient. This was stated by Health Minister Emil Ceban at the 11th International Scientific Congress for medical students, doctoral students and young doctors “MedEspera”.

Moldova celebrates two official holidays on May 9: Victory Day and the memory of the heroes who fell for the independence of the Motherland, and Europe Day. This year the holidays fell on a Saturday. In normal years, both holidays are listed in the Labor Code as non-working days.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama has once again found himself in the center of public attention – this time because of the merch associated with the future Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The project’s online store began selling decorative brooches with a silhouette of the building of the complex, and it was these brooches that provoked a new wave of ridicule on social networks.

In the morning of Friday, May 8, an earthquake was registered in one of the regions of Ukraine. It occurred in Transcarpathian region, near the town of Vinogradov. The magnitude on the Richter scale was 2.0 points.

Against the background of cases of hantavirus infection registered on board a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the authorities specify that the situation in Moldova is under control and the risk of further spread is assessed as low. No confirmed cases of the disease have been detected in the country.

Legendary British naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough turns 100. In more than seven decades on television, his voice has become one of the most recognizable in the world of documentary filmmaking, and the programs he has produced have set the standard for the nature-centric and science-focused genre.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu will receive in Chisinau on May 9 Cypriot President Nicos Christodoulidis, who will pay an official visit to the country at the invitation of the head of state.

A large-scale forest fire has started in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations reported that the area of the fire has already exceeded 1.1 thousand hectares. The radiation background has not changed.
