Татьяна Шикирлийская, Author at logos-pres.md
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Татьяна Шикирлийская

Татьяна Шикирлийская

Journalist and analyst. Specialises in public finance and tax policy. Graduated from the Faculty of Philology at Moldova State University and completed her doctoral studies at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria). Worked at the I. Creangă Pedagogical University, Sofia Slavic University (Bulgaria) and Moscow State University of Foreign Languages (Russia). She has collaborated with various media outlets in Moldova. Since 2013, she has been working at Logos Press. For several years, she was involved in the Regional Economy project.

Articles

    The process of voluntary unification of mayoralties will become simpler, more flexible and more adapted to the needs of communities. Amendments to the current mechanism were approved today by the Cabinet of Ministers.

    25 March 2026
    Procedures for merging city halls will be simplified

    At today’s meeting, the government approved a draft, according to which pensions and social benefits will rise by 6.84% on April 1 this year.

    25 March 2026
    Cabinet of Ministers indexed pensions and benefits by 6.84%

    The growth of public sector employees’ salaries will not be postponed this year. The increase will be made, as planned, from September 1, 2026. First of all, it will affect teachers and doctors.

    25 March 2026
    Wage increases are not postponed

    Iran’s strikes on the Ras Laffan gas hub in Qatar disrupted helium production and showed how the conflict is hitting technology and medicine beyond energy markets.

    25 March 2026
    Helium outages from Qatar jeopardize MRIs

    Iran launched strikes across the Middle East on Wednesday morning, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington was holding talks with Tehran and also announced an oil and gas gift from Iran.

    25 March 2026
    Trump expects a ‘gift’ from Iran. Tehran believes the U.S. is talking “to itself.”

    European integration cannot remain just a political project,” says former PDS MP Olesia Stamate. – It must become a citizens’ project based on trust, social cohesion and concrete results.

    25 March 2026
    Opinion: “European integration should be a citizens’ project”

    Moldova is developing a legal framework for the full liberalization of currency transactions from the moment of accession to the EU. It will approve new rules for their implementation and remove provisions regulating authorizations from the legislation.

    25 March 2026
    Full liberalization of currency transactions is being prepared

    Latvia has approved a bill to reduce excise duty on diesel fuel by 15%. This will reduce the price by 8.6 cents per liter, including VAT. In addition, excise duty will be reduced on diesel fuel for farmers, which will reduce its price by 5.9 cents per liter.

    24 March 2026
    Baltic countries reduce excise duty on diesel fuel

    The Chisinau Municipal Council, with the votes of 27 councillors, approved the rates of local taxes and abolished the so-called sanitary levy, excluding it from the list of taxes that will be in force this year. This gives the green light to the procedure of adopting the budget for 2026. However, according to the councillors, in all likelihood this will not be possible until after the Easter holidays.

    24 March 2026
    Sanitary collection has reconciled the Chisinau municipal council

    The European Commission (EC) has postponed the presentation of a plan to ban Russian oil imports to the EU. The issue was to be discussed at the European Commission meeting on April 15.

    24 March 2026
    EC postpones hearing on ban on oil imports from Russia

    It is proposed to strengthen the role of the Ministry of Finance in assessing the fiscal impact of public-private partnership (PPP) projects. The ministry will approve a document justifying the financial obligations of the parties and assessing their impact on the budget.

    24 March 2026
    Authorities change the terms of public-private partnership

    Recently, citizens have been informed about fines via Viber and Telegram. But these messages are false. The State Tax Service warns about this.

    24 March 2026
    State Tax Service: do not believe reports about fines!

    The Government is “against” the introduction of exemption from real estate tax on the purchase of a first home. At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers is “in favor” of reintroducing the maximum rates for this tax.

    24 March 2026
    “First Housing” will remain without the benefit

    Until April 30, 2026 individuals-citizens must file income tax returns for 2025. The State Tax Service reminds about this, emphasizing that it refers to individuals who do not carry out entrepreneurial activities.

    23 March 2026
    It is possible to declare income until April 30

    It is planned to introduce a gender quota in joint-stock companies from 2028. Women will have to occupy at least 40% of JSC boards of directors. And in the management of JSCs, including executive directors and members of the Board of Directors, at least 33%.

    23 March 2026
    Gender balance in JSC management to be legalized

    In March 2026, citizens invested about 30.4 million lei through the eVMS.md platform. This is much more modest than in the first two months of this year, when citizens purchased state securities worth 193.13 million lei.

    23 March 2026
    In March, citizens’ interest in SS decreased

    Two earthquakes were recorded in Romania early this morning, a few minutes apart. They were recognized by experts as weak and did not cause any damage.

    23 March 2026
    Romania was shaken, but without damage

    To limit the harmful impact of substances with signs of petroleum products found in the Byk River, specialists of the Environmental Protection Inspectorate installed protective sorption barriers using special materials for their neutralization.

    23 March 2026
    The water in the Bull River is polluted, but it is not used for water supply

    The EU is limiting Hungary’s participation in confidential meetings and reducing the flow of classified information because of fears that Budapest may pass data to Moscow. This is reported by kommersant.ru with reference to Politico.

    23 March 2026
    Politico: EU pulls Hungary out of talks over fears of Russian leaks

    The presentation of Moldovan culture took place within the framework of the Minsk International Book Fair. For the 33rd time in a row, it became a platform for cultural dialog between the participating countries.

    22 March 2026
    Moldovan culture presented in Minsk