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.
Amid increased demand for credit resources, banks will have to optimize their lending policies to meet the regulator’s financial stability requirements, Logos Press reported.
“Moldova is becoming a platform for growth, a center of digital innovation, a reliable partner in the single market and a future member state of the European Union,” Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu said at the EU Enlargement Forum in Brussels on November 18, Logos Press reported.
Construction and installation works on the Vulcanesti-Chisinau power transmission line have been completed and the period of technical tests is starting, Logos Press reports.
An external audit at the national media services provider has found massive irregularities in the management of public funds and assets between 2023 and 2024, Logos Press reports.
The exclusive control over the largest distributor of IT products in Moldova is acquired by the mobile operator JSC “Moldcell”, which from 2020 is part of the Irish group GC CELL Technologies DAC, – reports Logos Press.
Drug market turnover for the first nine months of 2025 amounted to 204.39 million euros, of which 190 million euros is accounted for by foreign manufacturers, Logos Press reported.
Under the slogan “the whole economy should work for European integration”, the authorities are trying to use all internal and external resources. Mostly credit resources. And in all possible and impossible ways. But they are still catastrophically lacking. The government and the National Bank are now acting remarkably well, stimulating sources of replenishment of funds, trumpeting successes and keeping silent about failures. It is not always possible, of course, to present it under the sauce of “for the benefit of the Moldovan economy”.
A new information system “Register of Inheritance Cases and Wills” has been launched, which will allow notaries to avoid errors in authenticating inheritance cases, Logos Press reported.
The National Army, within the framework of the European Peace Fund (EPF) and on account of European aid, was donated vehicles worth 5 million euros: buses, trucks, minibuses, as well as SUVs and pickup trucks, Logos Press reported.
The European Commission will provide Ukraine with about €6bn under the G7 credit line, which will be repaid, among other things, from the proceeds of Russian frozen assets, Logos Press reported citing kommersant.ru.
The government’s desire to borrow more from the domestic market is not supported by commercial banks despite a stable supply of yields, Logos Press reported.
With the support of the World Bank Group, finances in Moldova will become widely accessible to the most diverse segments of society, presumably by 2030, when a strategic document on this subject will appear, Logos Press reports.
The situation in the economy forces the National Bank to increasingly use the “safety cushion” of the state to ensure its viability, reports Logos Press.
Citizens have become more active in lending to the government, having recently bought over 40 million lei worth of government securities through an online platform, Logos Press reported.
The functions of monitoring the quality of state policy in the context of the country’s future accession to the EU will be taken over by the Economic Council under the Prime Minister in a new format, Logos Press reports.
This year’s fall has been fruitful for forecasts of the country’s economic development. Updates followed from both international partners – IMF, WB – and local experts. All of them show cautious optimism about overcoming stagnation. However, they are unanimous that sufficient recovery growth should not be expected.