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European oil and gas companies have benefited from rising energy prices. Shell on Thursday reported a 24% rise in first-quarter profit. BP also reported higher profits, while France’s TotalEnergies said its net profit jumped 51% to $5.8 billion.
Ceadir-Lunga Municipality is planning the third issue of municipal bonds for a total amount of 8 million lei. Following an open tender, the commercial bank maib was appointed financial intermediary for the placement of the issue. Today, the sides signed a contract on financial mediation.
The planned changes imply that investors will be required to include the address of the construction project in the Report of Contributions to Standards Development in Construction (Form DNTC 25).
In April 2026, average consumer prices in Moldova increased by 6.8% year-on-year, up 4.5% YTD, confirming the acceleration trend. In March, the annual inflation rate was 5.8%, after the January minimum of 4.8%.
In May, the STS will check trade, including online, cabs, parking lots and currency exchange offices
The State Tax Service (STS) has presented preliminary results of tax audits conducted in April 2026. The agency carried out 622 controls, which revealed 349 violations of legislation. Tax sanctions amounting to 863.0 thousand lei and sanctions for violations amounting to 410.9 thousand lei were applied.
In the period of May 4-10, 2026, the Customs Service’s revenues to the state budget amounted to 1.0 billion lei, which constitutes the fulfillment of the benchmark of 107.1% for the reporting period.
In Latvia, illegal operators have a significant share in the online gambling segment. According to the H2 Gambling Capital (H2GC) agency, in 2025 the gross revenue from gambling in the unlicensed market of the country reached 62 million euros.
Europe is actively working on creating its own digital payment systems to reduce dependence on US giants Visa and Mastercard, which control about two-thirds of card transactions in the eurozone. The main goal is to ensure “digital sovereignty” and payment security, as the EU’s financial infrastructure is currently heavily dependent on the US.
The standoff between the traditional banking sector and the cryptocurrency industry has escalated ahead of a key digital asset bill being considered in a specialized committee of the US Senate next week.
Between the launch in March 2025 and April 2026, 483 micro and small enterprise projects in the agricultural sector have been financed under the Farm Credit Line (FCA) program.
The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) reported a favorable economic growth forecast for the first quarter of 2026, noting positive dynamics in industry, agriculture and retail trade. However, along with this, the National Bank decided to tighten monetary policy to control inflation by raising the prime rate to 6.5% per annum.
According to the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), the official reserve assets at the end of April 2026 amounted to 5,209.83 million euros, decreasing by 56.71 million euros year-on-year. The main factors for the decrease were the depreciation of the dollar against the euro (40.69 million euros) and payments for servicing the external public debt (21.53 million euros).
The Zcash team will introduce wallets with a recovery mechanism in case of a quantum threat within a month.
In the first 4 months of 2026, revenues from the tax on income of individuals renting out real estate increased by 28.2% compared to the same period of 2025, amounting to 38 million lei.
As of the beginning of April 2026, the volume of overdue loans taken by the population in Moldova increased by 6.9%, reaching an amount of about 631 million lei.
The National Bank of Moldova and the Central Bank of Norway became the first central banks in Europe to raise interest rates after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East.
The National Bank of Moldova increased the prime rate by 1.5 p.p. at once. – From 5% to 6.5% – to prevent inflation growth against the background of rising world prices caused a lot of questions and comments of experts.
The Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill on the exemption from taxes and fees of a part of transport temporarily imported from EU member states. The document will harmonize the national legislation with European regulations and will become effective at the moment of Moldova’s accession to the EU.
ODA will provide grants of up to 600,000 lei to young people and migrants for business development. The company’s own contribution must be at least 30%.
The guarantee fund initiated by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection will provide minimum protection of workers’ rights in case of bankruptcy or insolvency of the employer.
