Speaking at the opening of the Leaders’ Summit in Bucharest “Roadmap for the Future”, Anca Dragu, Governor of the National Bank, emphasized the structural changes in Moldova’s economy: from a significant dependence on agriculture in 2001 (a quarter of GDP) to a diversified structure today, where the service sector accounts for 58% of GDP and the IT sector is prominent – about 8%.
The representative office of the World Bank Group in Moldova has revised the country’s economic development forecast for the medium term, raising the expected GDP growth in 2025 from 0.9% to 1.5%, – reports Logos Press.
The government today announced the opening of registration for energy compensation payments for the 2025-2026 heating season, which will be made in cash, Logos Press reports.
Financial market regulators, capital market regulators and enforcement authorities are preparing for legal regulation of the cryptocurrency market under Europe’s single MiCA, Logos Press reported.
The total project budget is $59.8 million. The project is financed by a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and two grants ratified by Parliament in 2023. The project implementation period is from October 2023 to December 2029. Its main objective is to strengthen the educational infrastructure and improve the quality of the teaching and learning process.
The state has not learned to spend even other people’s money on the development of the country. Foreign aid is spent mainly on salaries and pensions and other current expenditures. In other words, it is eaten up. It is not always possible to “digest” the money for capital investments. The Accounts Chamber gives figures and reasons for such “indigestion”.
In the 2024 Census, people were most likely to cite their difficulties with vision, mobility, hearing and memory, Logos Press reported.
The representation of women and men in the management bodies of companies listed on the stock exchange will try to equalize with the introduction of European requirements in the national legislation, – reports Logos Press.
The judiciary lacks internal controls over spending, which the Audit Chamber said led to “significant irregularities in both the use of budget allocations and the management of state property” in 2022 – 2023, Logos Press reported.
The state budget execution at the end of September ended with a deficit of about 7 billion lei against 7.5 billion lei at the end of August, thanks to the outpacing growth of the revenue side, Logos Press reported.
Most of the external loans and grants, according to the annual report of the Audit Chamber, were used last year to support the budget, while the absorption of development money was not complete, Logos Press reported.
In the October issue of World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund ranks the countries with the highest public debt in 2025, Logos Press reports.
The dynamics of the total public debt is accompanied by uneven growth of its constituent parts: the internal public debt is growing faster than the external one, – reports Logos Press.
Moldovan economists presented an even more pessimistic forecast of annual development results than their foreign colleagues, who were not generous to the country this year either, – Logos Press reports.
Moldova’s external public debt at the end of September 2025 amounted to $4.75 billion compared to $4.19 billion at the end of last year, Logos Press reported.
A sample statistical survey in the fourth quarter of 2025 predicts relative stability in the economic activity of businesses, especially in manufacturing and construction, Logos Press reported.
In October, the government extended the National Program for the Development of the Public Procurement System for the next two years. The pace of change impresses neither the executive branch itself, which has been trying to become more active recently, nor the experts, who see a whole pile of unresolved problems.
Despite the September increase in foreign currency transfers, citizens’ saving sentiments have not improved, according to the National Bank’s monetary synthesis data, Logos Press reported.
In September, the volume of cash inflows to banks did not reach the level of August (17 billion lei), having equaled the level of July (16.7 billion lei), Logos Press reported.
The Competition Council announced the launch of an in-depth investigation into the economic concentration operation of “Curtea Dacilor” SRL, which intends to take full control of “Agro Business Group” SR, including agricultural land and processing equipment, – Logos Press reports.
