Millions to Vote in European Parliament Elections on June 8

Voters in Slovakia, Italy, Latvia, and Malta will vote on Saturday, June 8, in the elections for the European Parliament.

Eminescu Legacy: Notebooks Donated to Chișinău

Celebrated Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu's notebooks, considered a cornerstone of Romanian culture, have been donated to the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Chișinău.

Biden apologizes to Zelenskiy for congressional delays to US aid

U.S. President Joe Biden met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on Friday, apologized for congressional delays in approving the latest U.S. aid package, and announced a fresh $225 million tranche on the sidelines of D-Day events, Reuters reports.

A drone would have flown over the airspace of the Republic of Moldova. Ministry of Defense reacts

The Ministry of Defense announces that it was informed by the Ukrainian airspace surveillance service that last night, at 01:42, a Shahed type drone allegedly violated the airspace of the Republic of Moldova near the city of Tiraspol.

Ukraine has the right to strike Russian targets, says the NATO Secretary General

Ukraine has the right according to international law to attack legitimate military targets in Russia to defend itself, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to new alliance member Sweden on Friday, Reuters reports.

Enemy attack causes fire at industrial facility in Kyiv region

A Russian attack has caused a fire at an industrial facility in Ukraine's central Kyiv region, informed Ruslan Kravchenko, head of the region's military administration, Ukrinform reports.

Macron to supply Ukraine with Mirage 2000-5 warplanes and train pilots and troops in France

France will transfer Mirage-2000 fighter jets to Ukraine and train their Ukrainian pilots as part of a new military cooperation with Kyiv as it fights the Russian invasion, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday, AFP reports.

The European Commission will inform the member states that the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine are ready for official accession negotiations

The European Commission will inform the member states today that the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine have met the conditions to start official accession negotiations, according to the correspondent of Radio Moldova in Brussels, Dan Alexe. However, the final decision, regarding the inclusion of the recommendation to start negotiations in the official statement, will be taken next Wednesday by the ambassadors of the EU member states. Later, at the June 27-28 summit, the leaders of the community block will officially decide on the accession negotiations.

US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine

The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault, AP reports.

The "Gorgan" case: SIS and the Ministry of Defense, under the prosecutors' magnifying glass

The General Prosecutor's Office will investigate why the Intelligence and Security Service and the Ministry of Defense did not intervene in time in the case of the former Chief of Staff of the National Army, Igor Gorgan. According to a journalistic investigation, he allegedly collaborated and provided secret information to the Russian Federation's spy services for decades. The statement was made by the general prosecutor Ion Munteanu, during the show "In Profunzime" on ProTV. He added that the people responsible for the appointment and vetting of Gorgan in management positions will also be investigated, and if the information from the investigation, already confirmed by the SIS, turns out to be true, Gorgan could be charged with homeland treason.

D-Day anniversary 2024: World leaders, veterans, commemorate Normandy landings

U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned call for the defence of freedom and democracy at the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy on Thursday, urging Western powers to stay the course with Ukraine and not surrender to Russian tyranny, Reuters reports.

UNICEF: 1 in 4 children globally live in severe child food poverty

Around 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of age – or 1 in 4 – are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50 per cent more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition, a new UNICEF report reveals today, reads a press release of UNICEF.