The cost of travel in urban public transport in Moldova is 14.7 times cheaper than in Iceland, – reports Logos Press.
It has become a bad tradition in Moldova that at the last session of the Parliament some deputies try to push through amendments to the legislation, which are beneficial only to a few companies and can cause significant damage to the economy and the state budget.
Moldova will attract 43 billion investments in the country’s energy sector by 2050, which will allow more than 80% of the country’s electricity to be produced from carbon-free sources and about 90% of the national economy’s needs to be covered by domestic renewable resources, Logos Press reports.
In the first 8 months of 2025, the share of tax on income from entrepreneurial activity decreased to 46.8%, which indicates the increasing dependence of the Moldovan economy on imports of foreign goods, Logos Press reported.
A scandal is brewing in Romania over possible corruption in the state-controlled company Electrocentrale București S.A. (ELCEN) and the involvement of Moldovan businessmen in these actions, Logos Press reports.
The Moldovan cabinet has approved a 22 MW solar power plant project, backed by 16.512 MWh of storage capacity, to be built on behalf of pharmaceutical distributor SRL TPI-PHARM in Ialoveni district, Logos Press reported.
The number of bus trips from Ukraine to Moldova in 2025 increased by 55% compared to the previous year, – reports Logos Press.
Producers and importers will be responsible for the collection and recycling of waste generated, and the entire process of financial and organizational waste management will shift from public authorities to private operators, according to Logos Press.
The CEO of the Romanian company Elcen, Claudiu Cretu, is under judicial control by the National Directorate of Anti-Corruption (DNA) and is disqualified from holding his position, Logos Press reported.
Since September 1, 2025, new rules of entry into the Republic of Latvia for foreign citizens, including citizens of the Republic of Moldova, who do not have a visa or residence permit issued by the Latvian authorities, have come into force, – reports Logos Press with reference to the National Road Transport Agency of Moldova.
Within 6 months, registration companies must bring the prices of their services in line with the new tariffs, Logos Press reported.
Gasoline exports from Moldova to Ukraine in August quadrupled in comparison with July and amounted to 10.1 thousand tons, – Logos Press reports.
The National Road Transport Agency has notified transport operators that as of September 1, 2025, amendments to the legislation of the Russian Federation came into force, providing for the control of payment for travel on toll roads before vehicles registered in foreign countries leave the territory of the Russian Federation, – reports Logos Press.
In the first eight months of the current year, the Customs Service sent more than 26.1 billion lei to the state budget, which is 1.6 billion lei more (+6.6%) compared to the same period of 2024, Logos Press reported.
Israel’s plans to establish a temporary terminal at Chisinau airport for Bratslav Hasidim traveling to Uman have run into difficulties after Chisinau made new demands, Logos Press reports.
The European “security architecture” created after the Cold War can no longer be taken for granted, so a more autonomous and sustainable Union must be created, Logos Press reports.
Ukrainian chain Very Nice Retail has entered the Romanian market with Brooklyn Drinks Market stores and announced its intention to continue expansion into Moldova and Bulgaria.
In the United States, an appeals court has upheld a lower court’s verdict to halt foreign aid from President Donald Trump’s administration.
In the period from January to June 2025, VAT totaling 2.06 billion lei was refunded from the state budget, which is about 19.9 million lei (0.98%) more than in the same period of 2024. In the first 6 months of 2025, the cumulative volume of VAT refunded amounted to 7.29% of the total VAT revenues to the state budget, Logos Press reported.
“We owe it to our parents and also to our children to preserve our independence, to preserve our freedom and to turn this freedom into greater security and well-being,” Moldovan President Maia Sandu said at the celebration of the 34th anniversary of the country’s independence.
