The National Olympic and Sports Committee announced the first qualified performer for the Olympics in China, Doina Descalui, who will compete in the sled race, the first female representative of the country to reach the Olympic Games in the sled

Euronews' verification team found a raft of online accounts with unfounded claims about the government of President Maia Sandu; online disinformation aimed at discrediting pro-EU government is ramping up ahead of parliamentary elections on 28 September

The Leova–Bumbata border crossing is now working on a 24/7 schedule, letting travelers cross at any time, following agreement of border authorities of Moldova and Romania; Moldova has registered +45% foreign visitors arrivals in Jan-June 2025

Oligarch and influential politician Vladimir Plahotniuc, sanctioned internationally and fugitive since 2019, allegedly living in Turkey, has been detained in Athens by Greek authorities, Moldova’s police confirmed

The Together Bloc will register for the parliamentary elections scheduled in September; although fragmented two parties from the original five, representatives of the coalition say the team remains “integrated, competent, and professionally prepared”