Сергей Моисеев
In June 2025, the project to rehabilitate the 233-kilometer-long Bender-Causeni-Basarabeasca-Etulia-Giurgiulesti railroad section was to be completed. This is the most important and largest track repair project in the history of independent Moldova. However, back in August 2024, the works were extended until 2027 – due to the increased volume. Some sections of the road turned out to be in much poorer condition than thought and needed major repairs.
The Patronage Association of Road Transport Operators (APOTA) has reiterated the problems that are threatening the functioning of the bus and minibus passenger transportation industry on routes in the country.
The municipality of Balti may receive 10 second-hand Volvo low-floor buses in working condition from the Romanian twin city of Resita (administrative center of Caras-Severin). Thus, the “northern capital” will get its own municipal buses, which the local authorities have been unsuccessfully seeking for the last few years.
At the end of its activity in 2024, Termoelectrica SA generated 4.437 billion lei in revenues and made a profit of 5.644 million lei. In 2023, the income of the 100% state-owned enterprise was estimated at 5.615 billion lei, while losses of 43 million lei were registered.
From June 1, 2025 in Moldova, technical inspection of personal vehicles less than 10 years old will be carried out every two years instead of annually. For buses, cabs, ambulances, and cars more than 10 years old, it is mandatory to have a technical inspection once a year, instead of after six months, as now.
On May 31, 2025, the capital’s air harbor celebrates exactly 30 years since it became an independent enterprise and certified as an international.
In Romania, from July 1, 2025, there will be a full liberalization of the electricity market. This will directly affect the market in Moldova, as recently the main electricity supplies have been coming from across the Prut River.
In 2025, about 600 km of regional and local roads are scheduled to be repaired in Moldova. Many of these roads have never been renewed in the last 30 years, and some have never had an asphalt surface.
At the end of May, Moldova celebrates the annual Dniester Day. This event is an occasion to inform about the importance of the largest waterway in our country.
From July 1, 2025, in urban and intercity buses in Tiraspol, the fare is paid through a validator. Its presence is mandatory. In the absence of a validator, minibuses are not allowed to go on a trip.
In Balti municipality, the price of bus, trolleybus and minibus fares has been equalized: from June 1, 2025, the price of a bus ticket will increase from 5 to 6 lei.
The National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) published a report with key market indicators for the past year.
