Women in Moldova are building careers, creating businesses, and participating in politics, but “gender” barriers still remain. They still receive, on average, less than men. To “catch up” with the average man, a woman would have to work until February 27 next year.
UNICEF expressed deep concern over the mass deaths of children in Iran following a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab on February 28.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, employment of the population decreased and the number of jobs decreased. This is evidenced by the data of the National Bureau of Statistics.
Hungary intends to bring the Moldovan-Hungarian cooperation in the defense sector to a new level. This was stated by Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovnicki after a meeting with Moldovan Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii, who paid a visit to Budapest.
During his first official visit to Azerbaijan, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Mihail Popşoi signed with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov a plan of interdepartmental consultations for 2026-2027.
The Giurgiulesti Free International Port will have a new legal regime, which simplifies the management of the territory, stimulates investments and protects the rights of residents.
UPDATED. Every tenth child in Moldova, living with only one parent, receives alimony with a delay or does not receive it at all. The authorities propose to toughen the responsibility for parents who evade the maintenance of their children.
Moldova takes another step towards freedom of capital movement. The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) has drafted a law amending the Law on Foreign Exchange Regulation – the so-called draft law on partial liberalization. The draft is currently at the stage of public consultations and will soon be submitted by the Ministry of Finance to the government for consideration.
UPDATED. At the March 5 parliamentary session, an amendment was passed by PAS votes, according to which the members of the Commission for the Vetting of Prosecutors are appointed by at least 51 votes of deputies. Previously, this required a minimum of 61 votes. The amendment was necessary because last time the majority faction did not have enough votes to appoint Herman von Hebel, a Dutch citizen, to the commission.
The National Anti-Corruption Center presented deputies with video materials demonstrating the Center’s work in detecting corruption. The video presentation mainly focused on electoral corruption.
Azerbaijan remains a key transit point for foreign nationals staying in Iran. The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges compatriots who “could be in Iran” to keep in touch with the embassy in Baku to coordinate possible transit options.
In 2026, 76 million lei is allocated from the state budget for the rehabilitation of veterans’ health in sanatoriums. The National Social Insurance Fund distributes health resort treatment vouchers through the territorial social insurance funds.
In Moldova, “televised justice” is widely practiced. Public and political pressure on police, prosecutors and judges can influence decisions, and suspects are often publicly framed as guilty before a court verdict. Human rights activists warn that this undermines the independence of the judiciary and jeopardizes citizens’ rights.
As a result of leaving the CIS, Moldova’s state budget will save about 3.1 million lei in annual contributions. Moldova will pay almost the same amount this year to the Convention on the Danube Navigation Regime (Danube Commission).
There is an acute shortage of judges in Moldovan courts, caused by mass resignations. This seriously hampers the handling of insolvency cases.
The Moldovan authorities say that the situation with wine exports to Ukraine is under control, there will be no violations, and “solutions for unblocking” are being sought.
On the initiative of the National Crisis Management Center and in accordance with the appeal of the Ministry of Energy and the National Energy Regulatory Agency, the government imposed a 60-day high alert regime in the energy sector.
The heads of parliaments of the states of the “Odessa Triangle”, which includes Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, advocated further strengthening of sanctions pressure on Russia, in particular with regard to its “shadow fleet”.
UPDATED. Moldova will be the subject of a special briefing on the European Union enlargement, which will be held on Wednesday, March 4, in Berlin. The meeting will focus on the progress of the country’s EU accession negotiations and reforms after the 2025 parliamentary elections.
Turkey has been making intensive efforts through its peace-oriented diplomacy “to achieve just and equitable solutions to problems through dialogue and negotiations” against the backdrop of the war in Iran.
