On June 26, 2026, the Iași Court of Appeals handed down a final ruling in a major case involving the smuggling of cigarettes from Moldova. The most serious charge, involving an organized criminal group, was dropped against all 21 defendants. Eight of them will not face criminal charges. The rest received reduced sentences on the merits of the case, some of which were suspended. The case lasted ten years.
Europol assisted in a global operation to combat human trafficking conducted in 59 countries, including Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine, which resulted in the identification of 2,070 potential victims and the arrest of 1,024 suspects, 334 of whom are suspected of human trafficking, the EU agency reported on July 6.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted the sanctions against Russian athletes.
A discussion organized by PAS lawmakers during a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Economy, Budget, and Finance regarding the situation surrounding the public utility Apă-Canal Bălți, Apă-Canal Soroca S.A. and Acva-Nord S.A.—operators providing water supply to the municipalities of Bălți and Soroca, as well as a number of settlements in the north of the country—sparked a scandal in Parliament.
The resignation of Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu will not affect the support provided to the Republic of Moldova by the European Union.
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U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to the NATO summit in a “bad mood,” so it is unclear whether the event will go smoothly.
The Competition Council has drafted a resolution to approve the Guidelines on the Concept of Economic Concentration—a document that will provide detailed guidance on the application of rules governing the control of economic concentrations.
Otokar, a Turkish manufacturer of land systems, has taken an important step toward expanding its presence in Europe by acquiring the Romanian company Automecanica S.A. This investment will establish Otokar’s first production facility in the European Union and support local production of COBRA II 4×4 tactical wheeled light armored vehicles for the Romanian Ministry of National Defense and, potentially, for the Moldovan Armed Forces.
180 Moldovan citizens worked as operators at a Ukrainian call center set up to defraud people, primarily residents of Romania.
In the first half of the year, the Organization for Entrepreneurship Development (ODA) awarded grants to 383 companies, resulting in total investments of more than 268 million lei.
In 60 of the world’s 197 countries, the proportion of the population living in rural areas exceeds that of the urban population. Moldova is among them; 56.4% of its residents live outside cities.
In June, the adjusted volume of transactions in “stablecoins” reached a record high of $1.79 trillion. This is according to data from Visa’s Allium-powered analytics dashboard.
Romania became the largest recipient of the latest tranche of funding from the European Union’s Modernization Fund, receiving 636.9 million euros for investments in the energy sector out of a total of 2.5 billion euros, allocated to 11 EU member states.
From June 29 to July 5, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 858.8 million lei, which is 103% higher than the target for the reporting period.
On July 5, FIFA made an unprecedented decision to suspend the suspension of U.S. national team player Folarin Balogun for a red card.
Horse sales in Russia have surged amid the fuel crisis.
At 10:00 a.m. today, 145 power plants operating under free-market conditions were shut down because they were unable to sell their electricity through OPEM.
Recent developments in Moldova’s domestic political arena can rightly be described as significant, and one such event was the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister, Alexandru Munteanu, which President Maia Sandu accepted a few days ago. As the head of state stated, on July 6 she will hold consultations with parliamentary factions regarding the election of a new head of government.
On U.S. Independence Day, the American leader decided to make a scathing remark directed at his closest allies.
