The progress of the EU accession negotiations, the challenges faced by local authorities in accessing EU funds, as well as the possibilities to increase institutional sustainability and priority regional development projects were discussed at the second meeting of the Working Group on Moldova of the EU Committee of the Regions, held in Chisinau, Logos Press reports.
The construction of the Solid Waste Recycling Center within the second phase of the municipal project “Chisinau Solid Waste” is running five months ahead of schedule, – Logos Press reports.
There is a discussion in the public space about the forthcoming changes in the labor legislation. Recently, Logos Press presented the position of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Moldova) on this issue. Its members are against the amendments to the current legislative framework regulating the work of the State Labor Inspection (SLI) and the general regime of state control in this field. AmCham Moldova submitted to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection a negative opinion on the relevant draft law.
Ensuring quality water supply, especially in rural settlements, remains one of the priorities of the authorities. Projects in this direction continue to dominate in the “European Village” program. The problems faced by local authorities in their implementation were discussed during a roundtable organized by the German Agency for International Development GIZ within the framework of the program “EU4Moldova: Local Communities” in cooperation with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Member of Parliament Diana Karaman proposes to introduce a temporary moratorium on tax inspections and sanctions against individuals carrying out independent business activities until the implementation of a personal data protection mechanism, Logos Press reports.
Bidding with an open announcement of the price for the right to conclude a contract for the placement of a street trading facility in Chisinau will be organized according to new rules, – reports Logos Press.
A new twinning project with a budget of 1.5 million euros to strengthen the capacity of the State Labor Inspectorate (SLI) has been launched in Moldova, Logos Press reports.
The National Alliance of Associations of Compatriots of Moldova intends to attract organizations from the diaspora to join its ranks in order to jointly promote Moldovan products abroad, Logos Press reports.
The European Union Border Assistance Project (EUBAP) will be launched in Moldova as an extension of the EUBAM mission, Logos Press reports.
In the period from January to September 2025, income tax revenues from individuals renting out immovable property increased by 27.2 percent compared to the same period in 2024 and amounted to 77.2 million lei, Logos Press reported.
In Chisinau municipality, investment projects worth a total of 4.5 billion lei are in the implementation stage, including within the support of various EU financial instruments, Logos Press reported.
Large-scale tax reforms in Moldova are planned for 2027 to ensure that they are properly prepared, consulted with the business community, and are stable and predictable for entrepreneurs. For 2026, the Ministry of Finance intends to promote less complex and precise, but positively affecting business adjustments. And in the short term – to extend and make permanent the mechanism for deferring income tax payment until dividends are withdrawn, at least for certain categories of business entities.
Local government leaders propose to intensify the dialog between the central government and mayoralties both on the issues of territorial and administrative reform and on the problems of European integration.
About 142 thousand people in Moldova have diabetes, of which 724 are children. About 10,000 new cases are detected every year, and the upward trend continues, Logos Press reports.
A total of 28.9 million lei was granted to 68 local enterprises, which will allow attracting additional investments in the economy worth more than 45 million lei, Logos Press reported.
The Cabinet of Ministers has reallocated the available financial resources in this year’s budget to pay pensions, salaries and allowances, as well as to replenish the fund intended for compensations, Logos Press reported.
Large-scale tax reforms are planned for 2027 to ensure thorough preparation, extensive consultation with the business community, and stability and predictability for entrepreneurs, Logos Press reported.
The mayors propose to intensify the dialog between the central government and representatives of local administrations both on the issues of territorial-administrative reform and European integration, Logos Press reported.
Employers will be allowed to provide employees with multiple vacation vouchers during the same fiscal year and order vouchers for them with a value that exceeds the deduction limit for tax purposes, Logos Press reported.
“In 2025, growth is forecasted to be no more than 1%, which is almost stagnation. It was worse only in the 1990s, when the Soviet system collapsed”, the expert said, commenting on the results of the study “100 most acute socio-economic problems of Moldova in 2024”, Logos Press reports.
