Navalny funeral service set In Moscow for March 1

A funeral service for the late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny will be held on March 1 at a church in the Maryino area of Moscow, where the Kremlin critic once lived, after several days of uncertainty marked by claims by his mother that she was being blackmailed by officials into holding a secret commemoration, RFE reports.

Fire alarm at the Parliament. The employees of the institution were evacuated

Fire alarm in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. Deputies and officials were evacuated for a short time from inside the building.

A member of the CSP from among civil society representatives, appointed by the Government

Mihail Sorbală was appointed as a member of the Superior Council of Prosecutors (CSP) from among civil society representatives for a term of six years. A decision to this effect was approved during the government meeting today, February 28.

Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, Oleg Serebrian, visits Bucharest

The Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration is paying a working visit to Bucharest today. During the day, he has a scheduled meeting with Luminița Odobescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. Also, the Moldovan official will have a presentation of the situation in the Transnistrian region in front of the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in the Republic of Moldova, an event hosted by the Romanian Diplomatic Institute.

Volodymyr Zelensky participates in a Southeast European summit in Tirana

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Albania on Feb. 27 to attend the second Ukraine-Balkans summit this week, The Kyiv Independent reports.

LIVE // The government meets in session

The Cabinet of Ministers is meeting today. 21 projects are included in the agenda. Among them is the Government's decision regarding the granting by the EBRD of a loan of 150 million euros for the implementation of Project V for roads repair in the Republic of Moldova. Also today, the Financing Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the European Commission regarding the "EU4Moldova: Integration and Stability" Program is to be approved.

Australian state orders 30,000 people to evacuate due to ‘catastrophic’ fire risk

Firefighters in Australia are battling a huge blaze that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people amid some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent years, CNN reports.

31 dead in Mali road accident

Thirty-one people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus traveling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in southeastern Mali, the Malian Ministry of Transport said Tuesday.

US says won't send troops to Ukraine after Macron comments

The White House said Tuesday that the United States would not send troops to fight in Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron refused to rule out the dispatch of Western forces, AFP reports.

Number of COVID-19 cases is decreasing. ANSP announces the number of cases registered in the last week

As many as 175 cases of COVID-19 were registered in the Republic of Moldova in the past week, of which 19 in the Transnistrian region, the National Agency for Public Health (ANSP) announces. According to the institution, 32 cases were reported among children. Thus, compared to the previous week of monitoring, a decrease of over 12% is recorded.

FAO grants 350 thousand dollars of technical assistance for producers of table grapes in the Republic of Moldova

Support for producers of table grapes in the Republic of Moldova. A technical assistance project worth 350 thousand dollars was signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and FAO. The assistance comes at a crucial time for producers, who are facing several challenges, including the war in Ukraine or economic uncertainties.

Kremlin warns of conflict with NATO if alliance troops fight in Ukraine

The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that conflict between Russia and the U.S.-led NATO military alliance would be inevitable if European members of NATO sent troops to fight in Ukraine, Reuters reports.