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Strengthening cooperation mechanisms to ensure more effective control of environmentally harmful goods entering the market and strict compliance with EU regulations by economic operators was discussed on May 21 by the leadership of the Customs Service and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The members of the National Council for Integrated State Border Management held an extraordinary meeting on May 21, during which they approved the decision to establish a Working Group for Quality Control in preparation for the Schengen conformity assessment.
The state will buy 80 square meters on the first line of Stefan cel Mare Boulevard for 3 million lei
The Public Property Agency estimates the value of the two remaining private premises in the building of the Prosecutor General’s Office in Chisinau at about 3 million lei. This amount will be paid by the state as part of the expropriation procedure.
Parliament approved in the first reading the reform of the National Anti-Corruption Center. The bill expands the Center’s powers, introduces a third deputy director position and allows the head of the agency to be elected for two terms. The initiative was hotly contested due to rising budget costs and institutional risks, and the vote itself took place amid a scandal in the session hall.
Moldova will introduce a mechanism of temporary suspension of state registration of motor vehicles that do not meet technical requirements or pose a threat to road safety. The relevant draft law was adopted by the Parliament in the first reading.
The list of subjects of the law on day laborers will be expanded. Individuals providing forestry services will also be included.
More than 30 searches took place in Chisinau in a case of tax evasion and money laundering worth about 7 million lei.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu, while in Strasbourg to receive the Order of European Merit, held a meeting with David Meyer, chairman of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).
In Moldova, especially in Chisinau, the market of public parking lots has not been regulated for many years, which leads to numerous inconveniences for drivers and pedestrians.
As of January 31, 2025, the countries with the highest incarceration rates were Turkey (458 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants), Azerbaijan (271), Republic of Moldova (245), Georgia (232), Hungary (206), Montenegro (200), Albania (192), Poland (189), Latvia (189), Czech Republic (178), Serbia (174), Lithuania (154), and Slovakia (151).
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.
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.
The public service agency said it is “in active contact with law enforcement and is providing all necessary support” to fully investigate the criminal case of corruption within the agency’s ranks in the issuance of driver’s licenses and wants it to go to trial.
The Republic of Moldova is in the “resistance” phase and is trying to institutionally counter hybrid threats by strengthening cooperation with the European Union and implementing internal reforms.
Consolidation works of the General Prosecutor’s Office building in Chisinau will be declared public works of national importance, which will allow expropriation of the last remaining private premises in the building. The relevant draft law was elaborated by the Public Property Agency and is currently under consideration in parliamentary commissions.
The protection of fundamental rights, combating hate speech and bias crimes, as well as the implementation of the Roadmap for the Rule of Law were discussed in Brussels during the 10th meeting of the EU-Moldova Sub-Committee on Justice, Freedom and Security.
Surplus unutilized military surplus assets of the state could be sold, donated, exchanged or leased. This is stipulated in the draft law on the definition of unused surplus military assets and procedures for transferring the right of ownership or the right to use them. The draft has been developed by the Ministry of Defense and is now being considered in parliamentary committees.
The authorities are discussing a bill that would allow construction work carried out illegally or with serious violations to be stopped immediately, without waiting for the completion of legal proceedings.
The Moldovan authorities continue to draft laws “for the future” and develop mechanisms that will become applicable only when the country joins the EU. A new draft will allow Moldovan embassies and consulates to issue temporary travel documents to EU citizens abroad without passports.
The compatibility with an adequate competitive environment and the effectiveness of state aid will be checked according to new rules. Since May, a new Instruction on the evaluation of state aid according to European standards has been in force in Moldova. The Competition Council draws the attention of providers and beneficiaries of state aid, whatever form it may take.
