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The media in Moldova face vague laws, unjustified sanctions and harassment, according to a new report by the international human rights organization Amnesty International released this week.
Ensuring quality water supply, especially in rural settlements, remains one of the priorities of the authorities. Projects in this direction continue to dominate in the “European Village” program. The problems faced by local authorities in their implementation were discussed during a roundtable organized by the German Agency for International Development GIZ within the framework of the program “EU4Moldova: Local Communities” in cooperation with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu’s visit to Brussels was rather symbolic – to show the unconditional priority of European integration for the new government (as well as the previous visit to Bucharest – to demonstrate the continuation of close ties).
Moldovan athletes won 14 medals at the European Youth (U-19) and Youth (U-23) Boxing Championships, held in Yerevan (Armenia).
At a meeting on 5 November, the government approved a decision on the transfer of a land plot with administrative buildings from the management of the State Chancellery to the management and use of the Labor and Social Protection Ministry. The property is located in Chisinau at 10 Butucului Street.
The sharply increased retail prices for mackerel became the main meme of the Moldovan information space in the past week. In social networks, consumers without a sense of humor posted photos of doubled price tags of some supermarket chains with angry remarks. Consumers with a sense of humor joked about “dream fish”.
In July, a new report by Microsoft researchers caught the attention of the press, listing 40 professions most at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). The list includes sales representatives, translators, proofreaders and other knowledge workers, indicating that a labor apocalypse for white-collar workers is approaching.
There is a special field in fine arts – calligraphy, which combines aesthetics, precision and spirituality. In its works each letter becomes a part of the general idea. This was demonstrated by the exhibition “Duet” by Valeriu Hertz and Valentin Bologa in the National Library.
An economic cluster based on 10 hectares of paulownia, which is called “the fastest growing tree in the world”, appeared in Ungheni and gave impetus to the development of a new promising economic direction.
Large-scale tax reforms in Moldova are planned for 2027 to ensure that they are properly prepared, consulted with the business community, and are stable and predictable for entrepreneurs. For 2026, the Ministry of Finance intends to promote less complex and precise, but positively affecting business adjustments. And in the short term – to extend and make permanent the mechanism for deferring income tax payment until dividends are withdrawn, at least for certain categories of business entities.
Local government leaders propose to intensify the dialog between the central government and mayoralties both on the issues of territorial and administrative reform and on the problems of European integration.
A grandiose scandal broke out in Turkey – about 65% of 570 professional referees working in competitions under the auspices of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and more than 4 thousand players turned out to be clients of bookmakers. As part of the “betting case” 17 referees and two club presidents were detained, and more than 1 thousand players were temporarily suspended from soccer activities.
Moldova lacks a harmonized regulatory framework for environmental noise assessment and management. The Government intends to bridge the gap and adopt the necessary document (Regulation) and transpose the relevant European Directive into the national noise legislation.
A month and a half is left till the end of this year, and these are the most “working months” in the export sales season. At least, for some types of Moldovan fruits. However, the specifics of the harvested crop and external commodity flows in the first half of the fall show that the chances for a hundred percent selection of new (increased) quotas for duty-free export of fruits to the European Union are, alas, small.
During a recent trip to Kazakhstan, I was struck by people’s enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI). Virtually everyone I met (scientists, politicians, entrepreneurs) was clearly convinced that this technology would help solve complex problems, from diversifying the economy and reducing dependence on natural resource exports to increasing access to key services, especially for people in remote regions. I expected AI knowledge to spread more slowly, and yet this positive attitude probably shouldn’t have surprised me. After all, the rapid development of AI offers great opportunities for developing countries.
Under the slogan “the whole economy should work for European integration”, the authorities are trying to use all internal and external resources. Mostly credit resources. And in all possible and impossible ways. But they are still catastrophically lacking. The government and the National Bank are now acting remarkably well, stimulating sources of replenishment of funds, trumpeting successes and keeping silent about failures. It is not always possible, of course, to present it under the sauce of “for the benefit of the Moldovan economy”.
Interview with Ines Rocha, Director of the European Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to the INFOTAG agency.
Online commerce is rapidly developing all over the world, including Moldova. However, the purchase and sale transaction between an online seller and a buyer does not reflect the entire chain of the e-commerce ecosystem, but is only a part of a complex and multifaceted pyramid of relationships between sellers, buyers and various state structures.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) became a new mainstream player in Moldova this week. The IMF blocked the final two tranches, totaling 2.9 billion lei ($170 million), under its cooperation program with Moldova, which ended in October. The total disbursement under the program, financed through the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and intended for budget support, was approximately $810 million.
Since 1991, Moldova within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has signed 82 treaties at the meetings of the CIS Council of Heads of State and 269 treaties at the Council of Heads of Government. To date, Chisinau has denounced 64 treaties. According to the government, the move is part of “a continuous process of harmonizing the national policy, as well as the country’s legislative and economic framework with the EU standards and norms”.
