Recently, the media has been flooded with stories about the real estate market – cautious, with “correction, not a disaster” conclusions.
Real estate market: a cooling game with obvious overheating
Ukraine proposes to introduce a reduced VAT rate of 14% for basic food products. This measure is seen as a mechanism to curb food prices due to rising fuel prices.
Ukrainian authorities analyze the possibility of reducing VAT on foodstuffs
Today, the April round of subscription for government securities opened, which will last until April 22, 2026 through the eVMS.md platform. A special feature of this round was the offer of bonds with a maturity of one year.
State expands supply of government securities, but not at the expense of value
The new “State Register of Legal Entities” (SRLE) will streamline record keeping and reduce the cost and time for legal entities to comply with the registration provisions of the law.
New platform will simplify registration of legal entities
The Information and Security Service (ISS) is planning to procure and install modular huts in Vadul-lui-Voda.
SIB will build lodges in Vadul-lui-Woda
The market of grains and oilseeds in the Black Sea region in April is influenced by a variety of factors that periodically adjust the price situation for one or another type of raw materials up or down. But in general sunflower in the countries of the region was becoming more expensive, while prices for wheat and corn stabilized after an initial short-term jump due to the war in the Middle East.
April convulsions of grain and sunflower markets in Ukraine and Moldova
Alfonso Dolce will take over the management of Dolce & Gabbana. Stefano Gabbana retains the creative role.
Dolce & Gabbana co-founder steps down as chairman of the board
This week’s plenary session of parliament was marked by intense debate on the draft law on amending the mechanism of voluntary unification of administrative-territorial units, but there were also issues related to the transparency of the decision-making process, which affected a significant part of the drafts considered.
In Parliament, 70% of projects are approved with violations of transparency principles – Promo-LEX
Energy production from renewable energy sources (RES) is actively developing in Moldova. In April, the installed capacity of all operators in this market exceeded 1 GW. On March 31, the deadline for accepting documents for a new tender for the construction of wind farms with a total capacity of 170 MW, with the obligation to install energy storage systems with a capacity of 44 MWh, expired, and the results will be announced in June.
Green energy market distortions
Moldova plans to introduce European safety standards for road tunnels over 500 meters long. There are no such facilities in the country yet, but the bill has been drafted as part of the requirements of European Union integration and applies to tunnels in operation, under construction or in design.
There are no tunnels, but the rules are already being put in place
On the last Saturday in March, Earth Hour is an annual global event in which millions of people and institutions in all countries turn off their lights for one hour to draw attention to climate change and energy conservation.
Government calls for lights to be turned off
In April, reports appeared in the information field of Moldova that some local exporters of walnuts found themselves in an alarming situation – with warehouse balances of last year’s products intended for export amounting to millions of euros. Is it really that bad and why is it so? Let us try to define the nuances.
Walnut exports: how bad is it?
The dollar has surged, oil is back above the $100 mark, and U.S. stock futures have fallen. Trump warns that oil and gasoline prices could remain high until after the midterm elections. The blockade of Iranian ports risks spreading the war to the high seas.
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has brought oil back into the “overside”
Starting August 12 of this year, the European Union will begin implementing new rules on food packaging and packaging waste. The changes will be implemented in accordance with Regulation UE 2025/40. The new rules will be applied in phases until 2040. The regulation applies to all products entering the European market, including those from outside the EU.
EU tightens rules on food packaging
The number of Europeans considering buying Chinese-branded cars has increased markedly.
Half of Europeans are willing to buy Chinese cars
Over the past 16 years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the longest-serving head of government in the European Union, has taken all sorts of actions to tip the electoral scales in favor of his ruling Fidesz party. However, that party may well lose Sunday’s election, raising the question of next steps.
A new type of democratic transition
Businesses in the border zone within 1 km will be transferred to the notification regime. Instead of obtaining permits, entrepreneurs will be able to simply notify the Border Police about the start of their activities, and if there is no response within 10 days, the notification will be considered automatically valid.
Businesses near the border are transferred to a new regime
In early March, the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) extended until the end of June the decision to appoint Moldovagaz JSC responsible for ensuring gas supply to the Transnistrian region. Earlier, in 2023, ANRE revoked the license for natural gas transportation from the Moldovan-Russian company, giving this function to a subsidiary of the Romanian state operator Transgaz. And in 2025 – the license for supply, which is now handled by the Moldovan state-owned company Energocom.
Vadim Cheban: The energy market has not become more stable, free and predictable
The sugar market is not about “sweetness”, but about economy in its purest form: excess supply, rising costs and managerial mistakes are instantly converted into price. That is why there is always a lot of information noise around sugar – slogans “let’s provide the market with our own”, “the market needs protection”, “importers are enemies”. But the noise does not change the main thing: the market does not punish imports – the market punishes inefficiency. And today this is evident all over Europe.
The end of the sweet “sugar era”
Prices for Easter baked goods in Moldova in 2026 increased from 5% to 30%. At the same time, retailers forecast sales of over 3.5 thousand tons of Easter products, Logos Press reports.
Easter baked goods rise up to 30% amid rising costs
In official Latvia, the Resurrection of Christ was celebrated this year on April 5. This is probably why the accounts of the country’s leaders do not mention one of the main holidays, which the Orthodox inhabitants of Latvia widely celebrate on April 12.
Latvian leadership did not congratulate Orthodox Christians on Easter
Irish insurance company JustCover published a rating of the most “colorful” cities in the world and surprised even the Irish themselves. Dublin was in the last, 30th place.
Insurers named the most “colorful” cities in the world
Equipment and works under the Higher Education Project will be exempt from VAT, customs duties and excise duties. This includes purchases of scientific and laboratory equipment, IT systems, servers and digital platforms, as well as renovation of educational buildings and dormitories.
The Ministry of Finance supported tax incentives for the project of modernization of higher education institutions
A direct rail line will be built between the two airports in Istanbul, Turkey, separated by the Bosphorus Strait, which will make it much easier to travel when transferring, Logos Press reported.
Istanbul has made it easier to transfer between airports
