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As of mid-May, there were no significant changes on the Black Sea freight market. Deficit of new cargo transportation requests remains, especially in coaster segment. As a result, freight rates are decreasing.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 20.

The national electricity transmission system operator, SE Moldelectrica, will be reorganized into a joint stock company with fully state capital.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has received the Order of European Merit. This is a new award established on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. Its goal is to recognize an outstanding contribution to the European integration and protection of the EU values. The head of state called the award a great honor.

Until June 30 of this year, taxpayers must decommission and deregister expired cash register equipment and replace it with machines connected to the IS “Electronic Sales Monitoring”.

The role of the Food Bank of Moldova in optimizing food chains – reducing the number of food losses – was discussed during a study meeting between the founder of this organization Igor Belei, its executive director Oleg Parasciv and MAIA Minister Liudmila Catlabuga.

The forthcoming reform of local public authorities continues to agitate the villages. On Sunday, May 17 this year, a general meeting of the village was held in Petresti commune, Ungheni district. Two important topics were discussed: the results of the 2024 census and the initiative of voluntary unification.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has admitted during talks with US President Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin may eventually regret invading Ukraine.

The number of cars registered in Moldova in 2025 exceeded 1.38 million, increasing by 210 thousand units over three years. Dense traffic is especially felt in the capital. In Chisinau, about 400 thousand cars travel daily, which provokes constant traffic jams, worsens the environmental situation and overloads the city’s infrastructure.

During the annual session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, held in Chisinau on May 15, the foreign ministers of 46 member states of the Council of Europe adopted the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Money Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (“Warsaw Convention”).

Grain futures on the largest commodity exchange in Chicago rose sharply at the beginning of the current week. This happened after the White House administration announced new commitments by China to purchase American agricultural products. This gave the market hope for growth in exports of not only U.S. soybeans, but also other agricultural products.

Crypto exchanges allow speculating on shares of companies that have not yet gone public. Trading interest in such instruments already amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was postponing a planned new strike on Iran on Tuesday at the request of Gulf states because “serious negotiations are now underway.”

The current copyright reporting system is recognized as untenable: “no restaurant can physically account for whose songs it has played. Deputies and representatives of collective management organizations once again discussed the issues of transparency, efficiency and possible violations in this area.

Pedagogical staff and managerial personnel affected by the reorganization of state institutions of general education will be able to receive a one-time allowance for “relocation” in the amount of 300 thousand lei. The Ministry of Education and Research has developed the relevant regulation.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has submitted for public consultation a draft law concerning new rules for the assignment of pensions.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization will expand its central apparatus by 33 staff units. The aim of the reform is to strengthen the ministry’s capacity to implement EU legislation and manage new areas transferred to the institution, including tourism and technological innovation.

Almost one million lei is planned to be spent this year from the state budget to create a new information system that will monitor the international restrictive measures applied by Moldova and will allow reporting online about attempts to circumvent them.

Portugal’s Jose Mourinho has been appointed head coach of Real Madrid.

Star singer Shakira (full name – Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol) won in court against the tax authorities in Spain. The Spanish court ordered to return Shakira more than €60 million in taxes and penalties, which the singer paid during the proceedings because of her income in 2011. The previous tax burdens imposed on Shakira were declared invalid.
