A delegation of the National Bank of Moldova, headed by President Anca Dragu, participated in the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank on April 23, 2025. The Republic of Moldova is a member of both these global financial institutions.
Individuals will be able to lend to the government on a monthly basis. The finance ministry is forcing an electronic borrowing platform,” Logos Press reported.
A block of 2050 shares of FinComBank JSC was sold on the Moldovan Stock Exchange. The total value of the transaction amounted to 1,271,000 lei, which corresponds to the price of 620 lei per share at its nominal price of 100 lei, – reports Logos Press.
NN Group, which manages several pension funds, has exceeded the threshold of owning 10% of the shares of Premier Energy, a large energy company operating both in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova. According to a report submitted to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), NN funds, namely NN ACTIV, NN OPTIM and NN Privately Administered Pension Fund, now control 10.6% of the company’s shares, up from 5.92% previously, Logos Press reported.
The Cabinet of Ministers has updated the National Program for the development of growth pole cities in Moldova for 2021-2027, with a total budget of 3.34 billion lei.
Starting from 2021, there is a hardly noticeable, but still obvious tendency to increase the insured areas in Moldova. In 2023, the best result for five years was recorded so far – 18.6 thousand hectares, which is 1.2% of the total agricultural area of Moldova. Last year, even these indicators fell slightly. At the same time, the share of premiums for agricultural risk insurance in 2024 amounted to only 4.5% (110 million lei) of the total size of the insurance market in Moldova (2.4 billion lei). This is evidenced by the research of the expert Iurie Rizhi, Chairman of the Agroxereale Association.
On April 12 and 13, the State Russian Drama Theater named after A. P. Chekhov hosted the premiere of the play “The Process” based on the novel by F. Kafka, directed by Oleg Mardar. The performance offered the audience a new format – a synthesis of plasticity, choreography, acrobatics and dramatic art.
Moldovan citizens will be provided with the possibility to connect to fixed, mobile and high-capacity radio networks, as well as to electronic communication services with a choice of supplier, price and quality,” Logos Press reports.
In Ukraine, on July 1, 2025, the voltage of 220 volts will disappear in sockets and 230 volts will replace it. This was announced by the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the spheres of energy and public utilities,” Logos Press reported.
The Moldova Fruct Association invites companies supplying agrotechnological solutions for fruit production and post-harvest processing – irrigation systems, sorting and packing lines, equipment and product transportation, agricultural software, other innovative products and services – to participate as partners and exhibitors in the 7th annual Fruit Day exhibition of fruit and fruit production technologies.
127 companies with participation of Azerbaijani capital are registered in Moldova, the interest of investors from Azerbaijan is constantly growing,” Logos Press reports.
Ukraine’s Finance Ministry said April 24 that it has failed to reach an agreement with holders of $2.6 billion in debt obligations, making it nearly impossible to make payments due in May, Logos Press reported.
The first five associations of owners in condominiums (APCs) in Chisinau and Balti have received technical project documentation developed with the free support of the National Center for Sustainable Energy (CNED), which gives them access to funds from the Fund for Energy Efficiency in the Moldovan Housing Sector (FEERM) – Logos Press reports.
Ukraine has signed a 270m-euro loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to create strategic natural gas reserves, Logos Press has reported.
Every Easter, Christians remember how at the Last Supper, on the eve of Jesus’ crucifixion, it seemed that hope was lost. Most of Jesus’ closest friends were about to disown and abandon him. All that lay ahead was torture and a horrible death. But in this moment of despair, Jesus made himself a gift to all, he gave bread to his disciples and said: “This is my body, given for you.” This act of hope culminated on Easter morning when life triumphed over death, love over hate, and divine giving over human greed.
On some aspects of the financial statements of the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization for 2024, the Court of Accounts could not decide: “Are these accounting errors or signs of fraud?”. Difficulties arose when it came to relations with the real economy.
Managers in the manufacturing and construction sectors of the economy are expecting a surge in business activity in the second quarter of 2025,” according to Logos Press.
Changes to Moldovan legislation concerning appraisal activity essentially limit entry into the profession. Whereas until now technical or economic education was sufficient, under the new wording of the law only those with a degree in real estate valuation or construction and architecture will be able to apply for appraiser certification.
The owner and chef of the restaurant Meat & Seafood by Alexandr Tkaciuk, located on the first floor of the business center Le Roi, received the TOP CHEF 2025 award from the Italian Chefs Association on April 22, – reports Logos Press.
The first European Weightlifting Championship in the history of the Republic of Moldova was successfully completed in Arena Chișinău. During 9 days, more than 300 athletes from 42 countries competed for 60 sets of medals. The Moldovan team achieved a historic success, winning 13 medals.
In 2024, more than 3.3 thousand people were employed in organizations that carried out R&D activities, which is by 200 people less (by 5.8%) compared to the previous year. At the same time, expenses for R&D activities amounted to 699.1 million lei, or by 28 million lei (by 4.2%) more than in 2023, which is about 0.22% of the gross domestic product (GDP) (at the level of 2023),” Logos Press reported.
