France: The pension reform law has passed the constitutionality test and can be promulgated. Police increase security in Paris

France's Constitutional Council has approved an increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 proposed by President Macron, rejecting a call for a referendum, the BBC reports, quoted by Digi24. At the same time, the Constitutional Council said some articles of the controversial reform have legal flaws.

Dorin Recean, after the meeting of the Committee on European Integration: "We are speeding up the process of building Europe at home"

Members of the Governmental Commission for European Integration met today for the first meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dorin Recean. According to the Government, two topics were on the agenda of the meeting: the examination of our country's contribution to the European Commission's annual enlargement package and the granting of the bonus for performing priority tasks in the context of implementing the EU accession requirements.

Chisinau: Public transport will operate under special regime for Easter holidays

Attention travellers! The Regia Transport Electric Chișinău (RTEC) announces that several trolleybus and bus routes will operate in special mode during the Easter holidays.

Bomb alerts in 15 educational institutions in the Transnistrian region. Students and staff - evacuated

Several educational institutions on the left bank of the Dniester have been notified this morning that they are mined. Preliminary information shows that at 11:00 a.m. a message arrived on the e-mail addresses of 15 schools and colleges indicating that there are several explosive devices in their buildings.

Igor Grosu, after the sentencing of Șor to 15 years in prison: "Justice is done!"

Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu welcomes the decision of the Chisinau Court of Appeal to send fugitive MP Ilan Șor behind bars and order the confiscation of his assets for the benefit of the state. The most important task now falls to the authorities, he says, who must make "every effort" to bring Șor to Moldova.

Nicu Popescu, meeting Mircea Geoană: "Neutrality of the Republic of Moldova does not mean isolation"

The Republic of Moldova wants to become a factor of stability in the region, but neutrality does not mean isolation, says Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu. During a meeting in Bucharest with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, the head of diplomacy in Chisinau said that this objective could be achieved thanks to investments in security and defence.

Mihail Sharan - detained by law enforcement officers. See where the businessman accused of fraud was hiding

The founder of a furniture manufacturing company accused of leaving customers without furniture and money, Mihai Șaran, has been arrested by law enforcement officials after he escaped from the Chisinau court seven days ago. Law enforcement officials say Șaran has been hiding in an abandoned house in Durlești.

Veronica Dragalin: Execution of prison sentence - mandatory for Ilan Șor

The decision of the Court of Appeal is enforceable and Ilan Șor must be transferred to prison as of now. This is according to Veronica Dragalin, head of the Anti Corruption Prosecutor's Office, who said that although the Court of Appeal's decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ), the sentence has become mandatory and the SCJ's decision can be awaited in prison. Dragalin also says that the final decision of the Court of Appeal is a strong argument for the Chisinau authorities to obtain the extradition of Ilan Șor from Israel, IPN notes.

Ilan Șor sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of seized assets

Fugitive MP Ilan Shor, under criminal investigation in Moldova for money laundering, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The decision, which is final, was taken by the magistrates of the Court of Appeal, announced MP Olesea Stamate.

Nicu Popescu and Anatolie Nosatyi pay a working visit to Bucharest. They will participate in the Moldova-Ukraine-Romania trilateral

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu and Defence Minister Anatoly Nosatyi are on a working visit to Romania on 12-13 April. The officials will participate, together with their Ukrainian and Romanian colleagues, in the Moldova-Ukraine-Romania trilateral meeting in Bucharest.

Ukraine has resumed electricity exports to Europe after a six-month break

Ukraine has resumed electricity exports to Europe after a six-month hiatus caused by crippling Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Energy Minister German Galuscenko announced, reports Agerpres.

Ministry of Defence, after several citizens complained that they received call-up orders to military centres by SMS: "Another fake!"

The Ministry of Defence comes with clarifications, after several citizens have complained that they received call-up orders to the Territorial Military Centre Straseni via text messages. The institution gives assurances that it did not send such messages and claims that it is either an international disinformation campaign or a "tasteless" joke.