The EU-Mercosur trade agreement comes into provisional effect

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27 February 2026
17:39

The trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur economic bloc came into provisional effect on Friday, after Uruguay and Argentina officially ratified the treaty a day earlier, reports IPN.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that, thanks to the trade agreement, a market of 720 million inhabitants will be created, one of the largest free trade zones in the world. She emphasized that the treaty will reduce billions of dollars in tariffs and will provide small and medium-sized enterprises with access to new markets, previously inaccessible to them.

The entry into force of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, signed on January 17, is currently suspended, as the European Parliament has blocked its ratification and requested the EU Court of Justice to verify its legality. However, the European Commission has the right to apply the agreement on a provisional basis, after at least one state from Mercosur has ratified the treaty.

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The first mission of Moldovan firefighters in Greece: intervention at a vegetation fire

by Anatol Cibotari 17.07.2026

The Moldovan firefighters stationed in Greece have participated in their first intervention to extinguish a vegetation fire. The mission took place in the town of Souroti in the Thessaloniki region, where Greek authorities requested additional support to extinguish several outbreaks, reports IPN.

According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, the team was mobilized Thursday morning and intervened alongside Greek firefighters to extinguish the fire. The Moldovan rescuers were divided into two teams, they extinguished the hotspots and checked the affected perimeter to prevent their reignition.

Subsequently, the firefighters returned to the operational base, where the fire trucks, equipment, and necessary reserves for potential interventions were checked.

Moldovan firefighters are participating, from July 14 to August 1, in a pre-positioning mission in Greece, organized through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. The purpose of this mission is to support Greek authorities in managing vegetation and forest fires during the high-risk season.

17.07.2026