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Irina Covalenco

Irina Covalenco

Economic observer, freelance correspondent, 30 years in the profession. Specialises in economic policy and macroeconomics, writes on finance and financial markets. Has worked at Logos Press since the mid-1990s.

Articles

    The external audit of the Court of Accounts assessed the process of delimitation of state land assets owned by administrative-territorial units as inefficient and irregular, Logos Press reported.

    13 August 2025
    Accounts Chamber: land delineation is taking place with losses for local budgets

    The joint control of the company “Zmanagement” SRL, which owns the hotel “Zentrum”, will pass to a group of individuals after acquiring the share capital from the current sole owner, – reports Logos Press.

    13 August 2025
    Hotel “Zentrum” changes owners “according to a simplified procedure”

    The state, as promised, is putting 80% of the redeemed shares of the insurance company MOLDASIG in a single lot for public auction on August 25, and reminds all those “wishing to purchase them with the permission of the National Bank”, Logos Press reports.

    12 August 2025
    MOLDASIG will not be able to make money on MOLDASIG

    In 2025, the government has allocated almost MDL 40 million for the social protection of people affected by violence, thanks to funds from development partners, Logos Press reported.

    12 August 2025
    “Greater financial resources” to protect victims of violence

    On October 12, the European Union will launch a new entry/exit system – EES, replacing traditional stamps in passports with digital biometric scanning for citizens of non-EU countries, including those who have the right to visa-free entry, – reports Logos Press with reference to Myfin.by.

    12 August 2025
    Biometrics instead of stamps when entering the EU

    From August 15, a new stage of collecting applications for direct payments in the livestock sector will be put into effect. The results of the previous one have been summarized – payments for goat and sheep livestock have started, reports Logos Press.

    11 August 2025
    AIPA announces another call for applications from livestock producers

    Annual inflation continued its downward trend in July at 7.9 percent versus 8.2 percent in June,” Logos Press reported.

    11 August 2025
    Inflation slowed further in July

    The progress of preparations for European integration was assessed at 3 points. The evaluation of the second independent report on monitoring Moldova’s implementation of the European Commission’s recommendations was carried out by the independent analytical center Expert-Grup. The pain points are everywhere, we present some of them.

    9 August 2025
    Eurointegration: three-point readiness

    A total of 97 million lei for 90 projects will be allocated from the health insurance funds to finance projects of modernization of medical institutions in 2025. Some winners have already been identified, Logos Press reported.

    8 August 2025
    Medical institutions will be “treated” at the expense of insurance funds

    After a significant increase in official reserve assets in June, when the external accounts received a significant amount of borrowed resources, they fell to 5.044 billion euros in July 2025, or by 26.72 million euros,” Logos Press reported.

    8 August 2025
    “Hungry” July reduced foreign exchange reserves

    The IMF expertise confirms the image of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) as an “advanced and transparent institution”, with a modern approach to the management of the country’s financial system, Logos Press reported.

    7 August 2025
    IMF assessed the performance of the National Bank

    The amount of compensations granted to entrepreneurs for electricity since the beginning of the year amounted to 81.1 million lei. The time for granting compensations has been extended, Logos Press reported.

    7 August 2025
    Entrepreneurs were reimbursed for “communal expenses”

    The Executive Committee of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) at its August 7 meeting unanimously reduced the prime rate applied to the main short-term operations of the monetary policy to 6.25% per annum, keeping the mandatory reserve requirement for banks at the current level of 22% of the calculated base – for Moldovan lei and 31% – for convertible currency, – Logos Press reports.

    7 August 2025
    The NBM reduced the prime rate from 6.5% to 6.25% per annum

    About 3 million lei will be sent from the government’s guarantee fund to the regions affected by natural disasters, as decided by the Commission for Emergency Situations (CES), Logos Press reported.

    7 August 2025
    The money is for local roads of “emergency importance”

    The government has actualized the system of allowances by amending the law “On Unified Salary”, concerning novice civil servants and law enforcers, taking into account the specifics of their functions, – Logos Press reports.

    7 August 2025
    Civil servants and law enforcers will receive bonuses

    At today’s meeting, the government approved a national program that provides for the payment of a monthly allowance of 3,000 lei to young specialists who are employed for the first time in sectors of strategic importance for the country’s economy, Logos Press reported.

    6 August 2025
    Young specialists will be allocated “material aid”

    In July, the domestic public debt continued its downward trend, amounting to 46.205 billion lei at the end of the month, compared to 48.5 billion lei at the end of June, Logos Press reported.

    5 August 2025
    Domestic government debt declines for the second consecutive month

    The income part of the health insurance funds in January-July 2025 amounted to more than 8.3 billion lei, while the expenditure part amounted to about 9.5 billion lei, of which about 9.4 billion lei were transferred to providers of medical and pharmaceutical services, Logos Press reported.

    4 August 2025
    Insurance medicine: costs outpace revenues

    With heightened uncertainty, policymakers in emerging economies will be forced to make difficult trade-offs between high debt, slowing growth and new spending needs, the IMF said in a blog on economic policy adjustment.

    3 August 2025
    IMF: difficult compromises are inevitable

    Moldova’s new debts overlapped the old ones. And the external public debt increased by a third during the year. And the total debt of the state, thanks to this, has significantly gained weight. The weakening of the national currency, despite the NBM’s efforts to support the exchange rate, certainly made its contribution. But against the background of world financial events, it does not look like such a respectable factor for new borrowings burdening the economy. Although without them we are nowhere.

    2 August 2025
    The state debt is accruing and course