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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

    Between July 14 and December 30, 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics will conduct a statistical survey and find out how the country’s residents allocate their time between work, home and leisure,” Logos Press reported.

    12 June 2025
    NBS will conduct timekeeping of working and free time

    The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Vienna and the National Institute for Economic Research (INCE) of the Academy of Economic Knowledge of Moldova (ASEM) have launched a tripartite partnership aimed at supporting the quality of demographic research and analysis in Moldova – Logos Press reports.

    12 June 2025
    Demographic data will become better

    Natural population growth remained negative at minus 9,900 in 2024, compared to -9,700 in 2023,” Logos Press reported.

    11 June 2025
    Depopulation continues in Moldova

    New financial instruments and modern infrastructure will become attractive for portfolio investors, contributing to the development of the Moldovan capital market,” Logos Press reports.

    11 June 2025
    The capital market has come into focus

    Average consumer prices in May increased by 7.9% year-on-year, including food products – by 9.7%, non-food products – by 1.8%, services to the population – by 14.5%, – reports Logos Press.

    10 June 2025
    Food inflation is not backing down

    The National Employment Agency (ANOFM) has employed more than 9 thousand people since the beginning of 2025. Among them are both the unemployed (35%) and people in search of new jobs,” reports Logos Press.

    10 June 2025
    Finding a job is getting easier

    The e-Democracy platform e-Democracy may launch a digital complaint book, which will be a single technology solution to interact with the aggrieved and bring together all consumer protection organizations – Logos Press reports.

    9 June 2025
    The complaint book is going digital and will be available online

    In May, the state’s official reserve assets decreased by another 80.94 million euros. At the end of the month, their value was estimated at 4.848 million euros, compared to 5.484 million euros at the end of 2024,” Logos Press reported.

    9 June 2025
    Foreign exchange reserves are melting

    The need for domestic borrowings and the possibility to buy back expensive instruments makes the Ministry of Finance constantly maneuver and search for the most pragmatic approaches to work with government bonds. The policy of government debt management in the domestic market, as experts believe, will proceed from necessary and sufficient, cooling the demand for profitable government securities.

    8 June 2025
    Downgrade game for government debt management

    A growth plan or a spending plan? This is a question that experts are increasingly asking about European aid to the country. Apart from critical remarks, there are also constructive suggestions. Expert-Grup believes that investment funds are the main condition for accelerating economic growth.

    7 June 2025
    How to spend European money?

    The National Bank has accepted a rotating offer to head the Central and Southeast European Banking Supervisors Group,” Logos Press reports.

    6 June 2025
    The NBM will chair the BSCEE in 2026

    The process of public procurement is completely moving to the virtual space. The launch of the new electronic procurement system is scheduled for the end of 2026,” Logos Press reports.

    6 June 2025
    Public procurement will be fully digitized

    In the first quarter of 2025, of the 33,000 job vacancies – 40.4 percent are in the public sector,” Logos Press reported.

    5 June 2025
    In the public sector, there is a staffing shortage

    At the auction on June 3 the demand for SS exceeded the volume of announced issue by 50%, but the cost of liabilities is decreasing. GS yields are going down, – informs Logos Press.

    5 June 2025
    Demand for SS reached a maximum

    The scope and procedures of public procurement have changed significantly in recent years, making their accounting require updated monitoring technologies,” Logos Press reported.

    4 June 2025
    Monitoring of public procurement has become more complex

    In the first quarter of 2025, the national public budget was implemented with a deficit of 313 million lei,” Logos Press reported.

    4 June 2025
    Budget deficit in the first quarter exceeded 300 million lei

    An external audit by the Court of Auditors has revealed multiple irregularities regarding the reliability of data submitted in the information systems managed by the National Health Insurance Company (CNAM),” Logos Press reports.

    3 June 2025
    Insurance medicine – budget surplus and “extra” patients

    As of May 31, 2025, the domestic public debt increased by 4,817.7 million lei compared to the situation at the beginning of the year and amounted to 48,778.9 million lei, exceeding the target for 2025,” Logos Press reported.

    3 June 2025
    Domestic government debt in May “exceeded the plan”

    The National Bank of Moldova has analysed potential challenges to the stability of the country’s financial system and concluded that there are no global risks to the financial sector, but there are geopolitical risks, according to Logos Press.

    2 June 2025
    There are no systemic financial risks in Moldova

    Let’s work together to create a culture of accountability where every audit report is a step forward toward a government that serves the citizens!

    1 June 2025
    Strategic allies of the Court of Accounts of the Republic of Moldova – media and civil society