Send us a message, and we will definitely consider your suggestions and comments.
All
Agribusiness & Winemaking
Art & Culture
Banks & Finance
Business & Companies
City & Regions
Economy & Law
Energy
European Integration
Events
Export & Import
Global Economy
Green Economy
Investments & Markets
Logos Press Exclusive
Moldova’s Economy
Point of View
Politics & Economy
Pro Business
Retail & HoReCa
Society
Sport & Tourism
Technology & Innovation
Top News
Tourism
Articles
The Alliance of Small and Medium Enterprises of Moldova (AIM) demands to regulate the event organization industry. The organization sent a letter to this effect to the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Economic Council under the Prime Minister.
The opposition Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BKS) intends to create in the next parliament “a special commission to investigate the criminal activities of the PAS party during the four years of its rule”. This was announced at a protest rally on Thursday by the leader of the BCS faction in parliament, deputy speaker Vlad Batryncha.
The Interior Ministry proposes 12.5 thousand owners of firearms to surrender them to the state on a gratuitous basis. This idea is contained in the amendments to the law No. 130/2012 on the regime of civilian weapons and ammunition, put up for public discussion.
The state budget allocated 51.8 million lei in 2024 to support political parties, half of which (50%) went to the ruling Action and Solidarity party.
Today in Moldova there is a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, cryptocurrency is not recognized by the National Bank of Moldova as a unit of account. At the same time, it is subject to taxation. However, by 2027, our country has committed itself to approve the legal framework related to the regulation of virtual currency and to enact regulations that comply with European legislation.
Moldovan universities will offer 8.7 thousand budgetary places in the new academic year. The Cabinet of Ministers approved a corresponding decision, approving the state order for higher education.
Moldova will have to negotiate with the EU at a new stage of its European path. A lot depends on how we will conduct them (to agree on everything or to defend our interests). In this regard, it makes sense to refer to the experience our country gained during the negotiations on accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). It was the first rung of the ladder leading to our current pan-European prospects.
State-owned enterprises will be able to lease real estate and agricultural land of small size without the authorization of the Public Property Agency (PPA). The government proposes to amend Law 121/2007 on the management and privatization of state property.
At the end of its activity in 2024, Termoelectrica SA generated 4.437 billion lei in revenues and made a profit of 5.644 million lei. In 2023, the income of the 100% state-owned enterprise was estimated at 5.615 billion lei, while losses of 43 million lei were registered.
Two groups of first-degree administrative-territorial units have approved the councils’ decisions on voluntary unification of mayoralties. The first one includes the city of Leova and the adjacent villages of Sirma, Toquile-Reducani and Serata-Razes. The second group consists of the village of Călinesti, the commune of Ketris and the village of Hînceşti in the district of Falesti. These changes in Moldova’s administrative-territorial system were approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on June 18.
From June 1, 2025 in Moldova, technical inspection of personal vehicles less than 10 years old will be carried out every two years instead of annually. For buses, cabs, ambulances, and cars more than 10 years old, it is mandatory to have a technical inspection once a year, instead of after six months, as now.
A package of amendments to the tax legislation proposed by the Ministry of Finance is expected to be approved by the end of the mandate of the current parliament.
Moldova intends to introduce regulation of employment through so-called temporary employment agencies. The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has drafted a bill amending certain normative acts, through which Directive 2008/104/EC on employment through a temporary employment agency and Directive 91/383/EEC, supplementing Moldovan labor legislation with measures aimed at ensuring the safety and health of workers who have concluded fixed-term or temporary employment contracts, will be transposed into national legislation.
The share of external and internal borrowings and grants in the state budget of last and this year reached 31%. This is 10% more than on average in 2013-2020. Such statistics is given by the former chairman of the parliamentary commission on economy, budget and finance Volodymyr Golovatyuk, commenting on the results of budget execution for four months of the current year. The report as of April 30, 2025 was released by the Finance Ministry late last week.
Grants worth 22.3 million lei were awarded on 3 June to 80 local companies with the assistance of the Organization for Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA). According to the organization, these funds will allow attracting investments worth 42.1 million lei in the Moldovan economy. They will be used mainly for the purchase of modern equipment and digitalization of processes.
The growth of the tax base of local budgets and the strengthening of the financial autonomy of local public administrations have always been disputes between representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM). Recently, the parties reached consensus on the issues of setting the amount of the local levy for improvement, the right of local councils to introduce special taxes, and the right to increase salaries and pay bonuses to employees from the mayoralties’ own revenues.
This year, 15 million lei is allocated from the state budget to compensate employers involved in the dual education system. The funds are provided to enterprises in order to motivate them to participate in the system. The compensations cover the enterprise’s expenses for the training of a master who works with students. They also cover the monthly remuneration in the amount of the national minimum wage, paid by the employer to the students. Today it amounts to 5500 lei. These are the two most costly items for the enterprises where the students of the vocational education system do their internships. However, as Ludmila Stichy, vice-minister of education, told Logos Press, the money provided by the state for compensations is not fully utilized.
The report of the International Monetary Fund for 2025 has made a lot of noise. Expert Veaceslav Ionitsa, without naming names, criticized the tax control system. According to the economist, its current mechanisms are inefficient and the process itself lacks the logic of risks. This affects the state’s ability to fight tax evasion.
In early April, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development announced the launch of the road repair program “Europe Next Door 2025”. As a reminder, it was included in the additional financing package for this year under the general name Buget plus. And then, in the course of adjustment, also in the state budget 2025.
On June 1, 2025, the www.servicii.fisc.md portal will be discontinued after 15 years of use. Many accountants and company managers see this as a problem, fearing that the taxpayers’ information accumulated on the site may be affected.
