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Two young people from Moldova have turned a childhood hobby into a business that pleases children and adults. Anastasia and Eugeni Shapovalov, who are passionate about tropical butterflies, opened the BeFly butterfly garden two years ago in the commune of Barnova, Iasi County. And by the 2025 season, they expanded it with a terrace and a playground with a climbing area.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova, in May, compared to the level of the previous month, consumer (retail) food prices increased insignificantly – only by 1%. However, compared to their level at the beginning of 2025, the increase is more pronounced – plus 6.5%. And compared to the prices in May 2024, food prices rose by 9.7%.
Against the backdrop of the worsening climate crisis, the EU and the UK are gradually introducing the “Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanism” (CBAM for short). They present it as a key instrument that will link trade with climate policy. However, the CBAM’s ambitious goals are causing growing discontent.
According to a new study conducted by Compare the Market AU, Chisinau ranks 8th in the ranking of the best European cities for “workcation” – a format of work when an employee combines it with a vacation in another city or even country.
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.
The internal audit of the WKF Moldova Karate-do Federation found gross violations of the organization’s activity, falsification of financial documents and facts of misuse of funds allocated by the government in 2023-2024. Representatives of the clubs that are part of the WKF Moldova structure declared their non-involvement and call for the prosecution of the Federation’s president Oleg Abalin.
The National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova issued curious data on the Moldovan labor market in the first quarter of 2025. In the total number of registered vacancies (about 33 thousand), the share of agriculture is only 2.5%, with only 917 offers. Logos Press correspondent asked the opinion of leaders and members of non-governmental organizations of agrarian profile about the reasons for such a modest demand for workers in the once very crowded sector of the real economy of Moldova. We also asked what professions the Moldovan agribusiness still needs.
Valeriu Chitan devoted his professional career to public finance, passing through all levels of the service hierarchy: from economist to Minister of Finance.
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.
Over the past two months, financial investors have come up with a new trading strategy based on a simple rule – TACO. This is an acronym for the phrase “Trump Always Chickens Out”, meaning “Trump is always scared”. America’s president threatens to impose huge duties on imports from friendly and hostile countries or fire the chairman of the Federal Reserve, but then backs down because the uncompromising scourge of the market forces him to exercise discipline. Then Trump switches to duties again, and then backs off again.
The United Nations has identified the causes of the world’s falling birth rate. The answer lies in the freedom of reproductive choice, which only economic stability, decent health and confidence in the future provide, not today’s access to services. Many people are deprived of this choice, and Moldova is no exception.
The ecosystem of social entrepreneurship has started to emerge in Moldova recently. Only two or three years ago, about 50 NGOs and 9 limited liability companies were working in this field. Now their number has grown several times and continues to increase actively. Not least due to the financial support of international development partners.
