Bucuria is one of Moldova’s most recognizable brands, with a turnover of nearly 700 million lei. It produces more than 7,800 metric tons of sweets annually and remains the largest player in the country’s confectionery market. In an interview with Infotag, the company’s CEO, Ecaterina Cechina, explained how the business operates, why the factory does not take out loans for expansion, who oversees product quality, and whether the company has any new best-sellers.
The National Confederation of Trade Unions of Moldova (CNSM) expressed its deep concern and disagreement with the lack of transparency and social dialog in the process of drafting the Law on State Budget and the Law on State Social Insurance Budget for 2026. The trade unions made this statement on December 4.
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.
The calculations of those who hope to replenish the state budget by introducing a 20% VAT on car imports are too optimistic, said Valeriu Chitsan, a veteran of Moldova’s financial system and former finance minister.
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.
