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.
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.
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.
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.
Recently, citizens have been informed about fines via Viber and Telegram. But these messages are false. The State Tax Service warns about this.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A state-of-the-art mobile scanner was officially tested at the Tudor customs point. It was installed by the Customs Service (CU) as a pilot project and represents the next step towards full digitization and optimization of the customs control procedure.
The volume of car imports from China to the European Union for the first time exceeded the export of European car products to China, Ernst & Young (EY) – one of the world’s largest audit and consulting companies – reported.
Officers of the Main Department for Combating Fraud of the State Security Service (SIS), led by prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS), uncovered a money laundering scheme. It is estimated that the damage to the budget amounted to more than 173 million lei.
Brussels has urged EU states to lower their gas storage fill targets and begin gradual replenishment of reserves amid a surge in energy prices due to the war in the Middle East.
Orban, speaking to reporters after blocking a 90 billion euro loan to Kiev, said he and his government “have other tools” besides withholding the financial aid Ukraine needs.
To transfer at least 10,000 people from the shadow economy to the legal economy within four years and to provide more than 100,000 people with stable jobs – these are the targets set by the government under the national employment program.
Property owners can check and challenge the valuation of their house or apartment until April 30 this year, using the online platform geodata.gov.md.
