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After five months of methodical reduction, the official foreign exchange reserves in June were significantly replenished – by 221.49 million euros. The assistance from the EU has arrived. However, the size of the “piggy bank” (5,070.24 million euros) is not yet at the height it was at the beginning of the year (5,164.1 million euros). Although by generally accepted standards the reserves are quite sufficient to serve as a “safety cushion”. The debate – for what and for whom – is still raging.
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 World Kickboxing Federation, whose president is the Austrian Friedrich Eksenberger, has announced his intention to file a lawsuit against the Moldovan Ministry of Education and Research in connection with the cancellation of the European Championship, which was to be held in Chisinau from June 22 to 29. But the legality of this step is highly questionable, as the legal right to own the WKF trademark belongs to other persons – Englishman Talal Takkush and Australian Robert Wilesmith.
In the period from January to April this year, the physical export of Moldovan honey increased by 40% compared to the same period last year – up to 1.8 thousand tons. In financial terms, shipments abroad are estimated at $4.7 million, with an average invoice price of about $2.6/kg. Employees of industry associations of beekeepers and honey exporters believe that the active export of honey from the Republic of Moldova will continue, due to large stocks of products from previous years.
On July 10, the European Parliament will vote on the resignation of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her entire team. Such a vote of no confidence is highly unusual for the European Union. But although such initiatives have never been successful, they are the most powerful tool for controlling the executive branch in the EU and, as history shows, change the political dynamics in Brussels.
When the Prima Casa program was launched in Moldova in 2018, it was positioned as a large-scale social initiative – a chance for young families to find their own housing with state support. Today, several years later, Prima Casă has turned into a source of uncertainty, debt traps and social tensions. Instead of a sustainable solution to the housing problem, we got an overheated market, disguised incentives for the banking sector and the state’s withdrawal from its own obligations.
Two major electricity suppliers have submitted a request to the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) for tariff reductions.
Logos Press continues to cover the topic of solving the problem of informal construction in Chisinau, raised in the last issue. The study, presented by Svetlana Dogotaru, the capital’s chief architect, at a conference in Athens, outlines goals and ways to gradually formalize illegal constructions while preserving the character of housing as living spaces rather than as objects of sanctions.
Why don’t we use international reserves to invest in the economic development of the country? This question arises quite often. The Expert grup analytical center has prepared a detailed commentary on this issue. Here are its main theses.
At the end of last week, the Tax Hell Index 2024 rating with the loud title “Tax Hell” appeared. According to its results, Moldova entered the top 15 of the most unfriendly fiscal regimes in the world, ranking 11th. The ranking was developed by the non-governmental organization Fund 1841 on the basis of the IMF and World Bank database.
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.
Dumitru Alaiba, former Minister of Economy and Digitalization, ex-chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for Economy, Budget and Finance, has been appointed a member of the Supervisory Board of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) for a 7-year term.
