Moldova and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement on a new cooperation program for the next three years. This was announced by Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu after the IMF mission in Chisinau.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu, while in Strasbourg to receive the Order of European Merit, held a meeting with David Meyer, chairman of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).
The State Minister for European Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Günter Krichbaum, who visited Moldova to participate in a ministerial session of the Council of Europe, attracted attention with an extravagant diplomatic gesture. The German official preferred the Central Market of the Moldovan capital to the official meeting rooms, from where he recorded his final video message.
More than 20 thematic events, conferences, interactive workshops and an extended platform for dialog will set the agenda for discussions in the Moldovan education sector from May 20 to 24. The third edition of Education Week will bring together teachers, pupils, students, school principals, as well as national and international experts for five days.
“Gas will be supplied to Georgia at a social tariff for the next 20 years, and for this, of course, special thanks should be expressed to the Azerbaijani side,” Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said at a briefing at the government administration.
“Ukraine’s support contributes to the security of the Republic of Moldova and the entire region,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi said at the high-level international conference “Energy Security – Lessons from Ukraine” held in Berlin.
Chisinau Mayor General Ion Ceban presented the Chisinau municipality’s achievements, current projects and long-term vision of the capital’s development within the 13th session of the World Urban Forum held in Baku.
The government is preparing to approve the establishment of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Moldovan-Turkish College in Comrat, based on bilateral cooperation between the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Turkey in vocational education. The corresponding project was discussed at a meeting of the secretaries general.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has received the Order of European Merit. This is a new award established on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. Its goal is to recognize an outstanding contribution to the European integration and protection of the EU values. The head of state called the award a great honor.
The number of cars registered in Moldova in 2025 exceeded 1.38 million, increasing by 210 thousand units over three years. Dense traffic is especially felt in the capital. In Chisinau, about 400 thousand cars travel daily, which provokes constant traffic jams, worsens the environmental situation and overloads the city’s infrastructure.
The current copyright reporting system is recognized as untenable: “no restaurant can physically account for whose songs it has played. Deputies and representatives of collective management organizations once again discussed the issues of transparency, efficiency and possible violations in this area.
Pedagogical staff and managerial personnel affected by the reorganization of state institutions of general education will be able to receive a one-time allowance for “relocation” in the amount of 300 thousand lei. The Ministry of Education and Research has developed the relevant regulation.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization will expand its central apparatus by 33 staff units. The aim of the reform is to strengthen the ministry’s capacity to implement EU legislation and manage new areas transferred to the institution, including tourism and technological innovation.
Almost one million lei is planned to be spent this year from the state budget to create a new information system that will monitor the international restrictive measures applied by Moldova and will allow reporting online about attempts to circumvent them.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmokescu announced a public invitation to the investment conference “EU-Moldova”, which will be held on 4 June in the building of a commercial bank. According to the minister, it will be “a grandiose event that Moldova has never seen before in terms of attracting investments”.
Consolidation works of the General Prosecutor’s Office building in Chisinau will be declared public works of national importance, which will allow expropriation of the last remaining private premises in the building. The relevant draft law was elaborated by the Public Property Agency and is currently under consideration in parliamentary commissions.
The Ministry of Finance supports, with minor reservations, the initiative of PAS deputy Dorian Istratii, which changes the rules for acquiring large stakes in non-banking payment organizations and strengthens the control of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM).
The state aid program continues to attract significant investments in Moldova’s economy, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmochescu said.
Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmochescu presented the “Reușim!” (“We Can Do It!”) program, a national campaign aimed at Moldova’s economic integration into the European Union and supporting the business environment. The program’s name symbolically includes the acronym “EU,” and its main goal is to prepare the Moldovan economy for EU accession.
These days, Moldovan-German relations are experiencing a period of marked intensification of political dialog. Chisinau received a visit from the German State Minister for European Affairs, while the Moldovan Foreign Minister went on a working visit to Berlin
