European Parliament Vice-President Nicolae Ștefănuță warns that Hungary could block the opening of the first negotiating cluster under the Cypriot Council presidency.
Ștefănuță: opening the first cluster is possible but unlikely before the end of June.
Hungary, with its newly installed ministers, remains the main obstacle to progress.
The window closes on 1 July when Cyprus takes over the EU Council presidency.
Moldova's Ziarul de Gardă publishes an investigation into the wealth declarations of leading prosecutors alongside a human-interest piece on village postmen.
ZdG investigates asset declarations of chiefs from three major Moldovan prosecutor's offices.
Under scrutiny: a property swap by Victor Furtuna and a house purchase by Dumitru Robu.
A separate feature portraits rural postal workers delivering pensions under difficult conditions.
Moldova's president dismissed the Kremlin's move to fast-track Russian citizenship for Transnistria residents, pointing to the youth exodus from the region since the war began.
Putin signed a decree simplifying Russian citizenship for Transnistria residents.
Sandu: Transnistrian youth fled to the right bank fearing Russian military mobilization.
Chișinău rejects the move as illegitimate and labels it political interference.
The Moldovan government approved an updated list of state assets earmarked for privatisation, with the Chișinău Glass Factory added as a priority sale.
The Chișinău Glass Factory is to be privatised through an investment tender.
Moldova's government approved the updated privatisation list on 20 May 2026.
The Public Property Agency drafted the decree and clarified sale procedures for listed assets.
An Armenian investigative platform documents a Russian disinformation operation in which former Romanian MP Sebastian Ghiță was allegedly instructed to accuse President Maia Sandu of offering him €150,000.
FIP.am: Ghiță allegedly received Kremlin instructions to accuse Sandu of bribery.
Russia targets pro-European Moldovan authorities through coordinated disinformation.
Ghiță's response avoids the core accusation, claiming Sandu won't lead Romania.
A busy week in Chișinău: a fresh IMF agreement, prosecutors closing in on allies of fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor, and a quirky Bucharest park-naming debate.
Moldova signed a new IMF agreement; financial terms are yet to be officially published.
Prosecutors are targeting Shor's network while the Transnistrian 'TOGETHER' fund faces scrutiny.
A proposal to name a Bucharest park after Sandu or Trump stirred debate across Moldova and Romania.