Moldova’s designated natural gas supplier, state-owned Energocom, does not intend to accumulate large gas reserves in foreign underground storage facilities. The company’s director, Eugeniu Buzatu, said that the supplier will limit itself to a minimum gas reserve of 15%.
The Chisinau International Airport named after Eugeni Doga has topped the European ranking for passenger traffic growth in the first half of 2025. In the first half of 2025, the Chisinau International Airport named after Eugeni Doga topped the European ranking in terms of passenger traffic growth. This is evidenced by the report of the European branch of the International Council of Airports ACI Europe.
International experts from North Macedonia, Croatia and Great Britain presented the results of the feasibility study for the modernization of Termoelectrica SA. According to preliminary data, the cost of construction of the new CHPP is estimated at approximately 200-250 million euros.
For the first time in Moldova it was decided to carry out an inventory of gas distribution networks, although the need for this step has been talked about for many years. At the end of August 2025, the Ministries of Energy and Finance, by a joint order, launched a pilot project for the inventory of gas networks in one rural settlement and one city in Moldova.
Termoelectrica JSC continues to implement the project “Optimization of the district heating system in Chisinau”, with financing of 326 million euros in the form of loans and grants. And is actively preparing for the upcoming heating season.
The works on the construction of the highway bridge in Ungheni are on schedule and should be completed on time. This is important for the Moldovan and Romanian authorities, as the completion of the project will be a historic moment – for the first time in the last 60 years, a new highway bridge will be built across the Prut River. That is why it has a symbolic name – “Bridge of Flowers”.
On August 4, 2025, the Board of Directors of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) approved the decision to revoke the license of 06.11.2018 issued to JSC “Moldovagaz” for natural gas supply activities. The obligations to provide services to consumers are assigned to the state-owned enterprise Energocom JSC.
Marculesti International Airport is entering a period of active development. Large-scale infrastructure modernization works will start here, a passenger terminal will be built, specialized equipment for cargo handling and passenger service will be installed, meteorological and air navigation systems will be installed.
The unexpected happened: electricity tariffs for consumers in Moldova decreased.
After the expiration of the guarantee period, three years after the commissioning, the final acceptance of the bypass road of Comrat city took place.
A 25 km long section of the railroad on the Iasi Ungheni line, including a bridge over the Prut River, will be modernized and electrified with European financial support. The total cost of the project will amount to 33.8 million euros.
On July 10, 2025, the Moldovan Parliament approved, in the second reading, a draft law exempting from customs duties used passenger buses intended for replenishing public transport in Balti. Previously, these buses operated in Resita (Caras-Severin county in western Romania), but the municipal authorities of the Romanian twin city decided to donate them to Balti.
On July 9, the state-owned company Railways of Moldova (Railways of Moldova) published an invitation to participate in an open tender to select a contractor to perform rehabilitation works on a section near the village of Valeni in Cahul district. Bids will be accepted until July 29, 2025. The tender will be conducted without electronic bidding, in the form of an open auction.
In Bender, 85 out of 89 urban and suburban minibuses did not go on the line. Minibus drivers refused to switch to the new automated fare payment system (AFC) from July 1, 2025.
Two major electricity suppliers have submitted a request to the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) for tariff reductions.
The State Highway Administration (ASD) enterprise was transformed into the National Highway Administration Joint Stock Company (AND) on June 26, 2025.
On June 30, 2025, the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) approved OPEM (“Operatorul Pieței de Energie M”) as the designated electricity market operator in Moldova, responsible for achieving interconnection in the international day-ahead and intra-day market.
In June 2025, the project to rehabilitate the 233-kilometer-long Bender-Causeni-Basarabeasca-Etulia-Giurgiulesti railroad section was to be completed. This is the most important and largest track repair project in the history of independent Moldova. However, back in August 2024, the works were extended until 2027 – due to the increased volume. Some sections of the road turned out to be in much poorer condition than thought and needed major repairs.
The Patronage Association of Road Transport Operators (APOTA) has reiterated the problems that are threatening the functioning of the bus and minibus passenger transportation industry on routes in the country.
The municipality of Balti may receive 10 second-hand Volvo low-floor buses in working condition from the Romanian twin city of Resita (administrative center of Caras-Severin). Thus, the “northern capital” will get its own municipal buses, which the local authorities have been unsuccessfully seeking for the last few years.
