The lack of coordination among government agencies leaves individuals with severe mental disorders and a propensity for violence unsupervised after discharge, creating a legal vacuum and posing a serious threat to public safety.
Transparency in decision-making was compromised during the consideration of 80% of the bills at the parliamentary session on Friday, June 26. This was the conclusion reached by the Promo-LEX association.
Moldova and Austria are preparing to host a joint economic forum. The event will focus on strengthening economic cooperation and identifying new opportunities for the business communities of both countries.
At this stage, the Ministry of Finance has decided against changing the mechanism for taxing wages. The decision was made following consultations with representatives of the Association of Accountants. Neither experts nor local authorities understood the reform.
The total value of public procurement procedures reviewed by the National Dispute Resolution Authority (ANSC) in 2025 exceeded 8.8 billion lei (approximately 450 million euros). This amount accounts for more than half of all public procurement in the country.
Moldova will legalize the use of particle accelerators for cancer diagnosis and building inspection. Parliament passed the first reading of a bill amending the Law on the Safe Conduct of Nuclear and Radiological Activities.
The Ministry of Finance is scrapping certain provisions of the tax reform following public consultations and numerous comments. Ministry of Finance officials confirmed to Logos Press that the change to the payroll tax system will not be implemented in 2027, though it is not yet known when it might be introduced.
Periods during which maternity (pregnancy and childbirth) and paternity benefits are received will be officially counted toward the length of service used to calculate pensions. This provision is contained in a bill that was passed by Parliament on its first reading.
Lawmakers voted in the first reading to require that prepaid SIM cards be activated only after the user has been identified based on a valid form of identification.
Parliament passed the first reading of a bill to ratify a loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) in the amount of 218.2 million euros. The funds are intended to support the Sustainable Growth Policy Operations Program.
The acquisition of significant stakes or shares in non-bank payment service providers will be permitted only with the prior authorization of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM). Amendments to the Law on Payment Services and Electronic Money were adopted in the second reading.
Vlad Batrincha, Deputy Speaker of the legislature, called for parliamentary hearings with the participation of Anca Dragu, Governor of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), during a plenary session. He demanded clarification regarding the monthly salaries and the actual contributions of each member of the NBM Supervisory Board.
More than 174,000 people received compensation for medications and medical devices prescribed through the electronic prescription system last month. Of these, 126,000 were patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Maya Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova, commented on the draft of a new law on a unified pay system for the public sector, noting that it provides for adjustments to the official salaries of high-ranking officials: the president, the speaker of parliament, and the prime minister.
President Maia Sandu has distanced herself from the scandal surrounding the state-owned enterprise MoldATSA. The head of state stated that she bears no responsibility for the fact that her relative received “money she did not deserve” from this company. At the same time, Sandu announced that, following this incident, large-scale audits will be conducted at all of the country’s more than 70 state-owned enterprises.
The Audit Chamber can achieve full financial independence only by establishing competitive and fair salaries for state external auditors. The draft law on the compensation system creates an increased risk of a brain drain of qualified personnel. This opinion was expressed by Tatiana Șevciuc, Chair of the Accounting Chamber (AC).
Estonia will open an embassy in Chisinau in the second half of this year. Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu welcomed this decision by the Tallinn authorities.
The road toll for trucks in Moldova has not been raised since 2014, even though the costs of materials, services, and wages have risen significantly over the past 12 years. Increasing this toll is an important prerequisite for shifting part of the freight traffic from road to rail.
Moldova has become an important route for commercial, transportation, and energy flows connecting Ukraine with the European Union, and it is ready to continue strengthening its role as a logistics hub to support the recovery of its neighboring country.
Preliminary results from this year’s bachelor’s degree program show, overall, an increase in academic performance. The overall pass rate has risen for the third consecutive year. However, the weakest results were recorded in mathematics for the science track, where the average score was only 5.36.
