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Светлана Руденко

Светлана Руденко

Journalist. Specialises in social and political issues. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moldova State University. Completed the Intercultural Communication programme at the European University Viadrina and Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. Worked in the press services of both state and private structures, including the Presidential Administration, the Parliament Secretariat, local government bodies, and MAIB. Collaborated with Moldova's largest news agencies, magazines, and newspapers, including foreign ones. She has experience in organising interaction between political parties and the media, as well as in translation and publishing. She has been awarded the Meritul Civic medal and other professional awards. At the newspaper, she is responsible for covering the work of parliament, the government and other state institutions.

Articles

    The state provides financial support to families who decide to adopt a child. The monthly allowance amounts to 800 lei (less than 40 euros) for each adopted child until he or she reaches the age of 18, Logos Press reported.

    23 February 2026
    The state is looking for adoptive parents

    Businesses in Moldova will be able to avoid having their accounts blocked due to tax debts if the debt was caused by the state. Such a norm will come into force if the parliament adopts a new law on supporting entrepreneurial activity, Logos Press reported.

    23 February 2026
    The tax authorities will not block the accounts of companies because of debts due to the fault of the state

    The Ministry of Finance of Georgia has published statistics on the state debt for January 2026, according to which its total volume is $9.5 billion, which is $200 million more than a year earlier, Logos Press reports.

    23 February 2026
    Georgia’s public debt reached a record $9.5 billion

    A new law is being prepared in Moldova, which should change the rules for concluding and executing distance contracts on consumer financial services. One of the key innovations of the project is the guaranteed right to cancel the contract online, without paper applications, phone calls and office visits, Logos Press reports.

    23 February 2026
    Financial companies will be required to introduce a cancel button

    Moldova needs about 20 billion euros until 2030 for rehabilitation and development of road infrastructure. This amount exceeds the entire state budget many times over, Logos Press reported.

    22 February 2026
    Winter became a serious “stress test” for Moldovan roads

    The Moldovan authorities are intensifying their policy to promote cashless payments among the population and businesses. The National Strategy for Financial Inclusion is currently being developed: the document envisages the creation of a sustainable and trustworthy financial ecosystem in the next five years, Logos Press reports.

    22 February 2026
    A new financial ecosystem is forming in Moldova

    The Moldovan police continues to modernize its vehicle fleet. The vehicles will be equipped with modern GPS systems that will allow monitoring the movement and driving style of drivers in real time, Logos Press reported.

    22 February 2026
    Police will be monitoring themselves via GPS

    There are only about 20,000 Catholics in Moldova, but they are actively involved in society – helping the poor, running social projects, supporting kindergartens and refugees from Ukraine, including in Transnistria, Logos Press reported.

    22 February 2026
    Vatican media noted the role of Catholics in the life of Moldova

    More than a million Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube accounts belonging to Australians under the age of 16 have been deactivated since the national ban came into effect. The figure was markedly higher than the authorities had expected. The social networks face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars ($32 million) for violating the law.

    21 February 2026
    Moldova decides how to protect children from social networks?

    Moldova is canceling the 1990 Soviet norm that regulated the translation of clocks on the territory of the former Moldavian SSR and officially introduces UTC+2 time on a permanent basis, Logos Press reports.

    21 February 2026
    Moldova abandons the “Soviet era”

    This year, 1.82 billion lei will be allocated from the state budget to the Road Fund for the maintenance and repair of 5,993 km of national roads and their engineering structures. The program for the allocation of funds will be approved at a cabinet meeting on February 25, Logos Press reported.

    21 February 2026
    The government has distributed the Road Fund money

    US President Donald Trump said at the first meeting of the Peace Council that nothing is more important than peace and described how Armenia and Azerbaijan have achieved peace, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Trump told how he established peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan

    The Ministry of Education and Research has finalized the public procurement procedure for services to prevent and respond to incidents of bullying in schools and high schools, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    2 mln. lei allocated for the fight against bullying

    The judicial year 2026 of the Constitutional Court was officially opened during a ceremony presenting the results of the institution’s activity and priorities for the coming period. The central message of the event was voiced by the Chairperson of the Commission for Law, Appointments and Immunities, Veronika Roška, who stated that “the Judicial Year 2026 begins under the sign of strengthening the rule of law”, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Veronica Roșca: The judicial year 2026 begins under the sign of strengthening the rule of law

    National Wine Day will be celebrated in Georgia for the first time. It is planned to spend at least 2 million GEL (about $630,000) to organize the festivities, Logos Press reports.

    20 February 2026
    The first National Wine Day will cost Georgia $630,000.

    In Moldova, many child sexual abuse cases take an extremely long time to be heard because of the “sophisticated techniques” of suspects and their lawyers, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Suspects and their attorneys delay child sex abuse cases

    Moldova does not buy Russian gas, and the volumes coming through the Turkish Stream pipeline from Russia to Southeastern Europe are sent exclusively to Serbia, Hungary and Slovakia, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Jungietu: Moldova does not receive a single molecule of Russian gas

    American industrial conglomerate Honeywell International will design and license oil refining facilities in the Georgian Black Sea village of Kulevi. A corresponding agreement has been signed with Black Sea Petroleum (BSP), which is implementing the project of Georgia’s first oil refinery, Logos Press reports.

    19 February 2026
    US Honeywell enters refinery project in Georgia’s Kulevi amid discussions of EU sanctions

    In January this year, 194.4 million cubic meters of gas were supplied to Moldovan consumers – about 50 million cubic meters more than in December 2025 and the same amount more than in January last year, Logos Press reported.

    19 February 2026
    Energy Ministry laments the “Soviet system”

    Parliament voted in the final reading in favor of a bill according to which the threshold for registration as a VAT payer was raised from 1.2 million lei to 1.7 million lei per year,” Logos Press reported.

    19 February 2026
    VAT payers’ registration threshold up to 1.7 million lei finally approved