Chisinau, April 28^th, 2023: Today, the Republic of Moldova was invited to join the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. Thus, Moldovan firefighters and rescuers are entering the final preparatory phase to join the most powerful international network for cooperation in the field of disaster prevention, preparedness, and response.

The Media Group for Security News on the European Political Community Summit (MGSN-EPC) 2023 informs you that training exercises of Special Purpose Police Brigade “Fulger” of the national police, jointly with the police of Poland, are taking place these days. During the training, the Black Hawk helicopter of the Polish intervention troops will fly over the capital and its surroundings.

Moldovan policemen will conduct security exercises together with their Polish counterparts

In the run-up to the Summit The European Political Community , the Media Group for Security News (MGSN-EPC) comes with a series of information and recommendations of public interest, aimed at the daily activity of citizens in conditions of comfort and safety.

The Republic of Moldova’s urban search-and-rescue team USAR was awarded with the ‘Medal of Gratitude’ by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on April 25^th, 2023, for its support and assistance in dealing with the consequences of the earthquake of Februarie 6^th, 2023.

Police authorities from the Republic of Moldova and Austria will cooperate much more closely at intergovernmental level to fight organised and cross-border crime in South-East Europe.

A European Commission’s delegation of 15 experts from the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations – Disaster Risk Prevention and Management Unit ECHO -CP – PEER- REVIEW will assess during April 25^th -28^th, 2023, the disaster risk management field in the Republic of Moldova. The mission will take four days during which the European experts will meet representatives of several authorities and organisations to collect opinions and information on disaster risk manage

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has received support and donations of over € 1.78 million from external development partners during the first 3 months of this year.

The experience of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in managing multiple crises, gathered in more than 13 months since the outbreak of the war at the country’s border, has been presented during a discussion forum on the development of the National Security Strategy.

Minister of Internal Affairs, Ana Revenco: ‘Easter brings joy to our people. The MIA comes with an additional reason for joy, namely the decrease of the waiting time at the Leuseni-Albita checkpoint, starting this Saturday’.

Good news for Moldovans – the waiting time at the Moldovan-Romanian border checkpoint Leuseni-Albita will be reduced starting April 15th, 2023, 8 am.