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The Competition Council plans to purchase equipment for the data processing and analysis laboratory, worth about 1.6 million lei, excluding VAT. These are high-performance workstations needed to analyze large amounts of economic information and to conduct competition investigations.
Germany’s largest lender Deutsche Bank has notified European financial regulators of its own violation of EU sanctions relating to Russian clients.
An active group of smugglers involved in the transportation of goods between Moldova and Romania was dismantled thanks to information provided by the Romanian border police, leading to the arrest of four suspects and the confiscation of thousands of packs of cigarettes.
The Eco-Ret Moldova Association has been selected as administrator of the national system of collateralized packaging (SDA). The draft decision was reviewed at the meeting of the state secretaries and will be sent to the Cabinet of Ministers for approval.
Interest-free offers of stores, interpreted as “goods on installments”, and other products of lending activities hidden from consumers’ eyes will come under the regulator’s close supervision. The National Financial Market Commission (NFMC) has developed a new regulatory framework for consumer credit agreements.
A mission of TAIEX experts from the European Commission is in Chisinau on April 14-16 to strengthen Moldova’s capacity to apply international restrictive measures (sanctions).
Moldova is updating the rules for radio amateurs. The classification of licenses is introduced, the conditions for working on different types of equipment are specified and requirements for foreign operators are fixed. Recommendations are also given on the use of the international phonetic alphabet.
The Council for the Review of Investments Important to State Security has upheld the refusal to pre-approve the investment for Gara Auto Nord Ltd. As a result, Auto Nord will revert to 85% state ownership.
Moldova needs more than 600 million lei to develop and update normative documents in the construction sector. This was stated by the State Secretary for Urbanism, Construction and Housing of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Veaceslav Shipitca.
The National Anti-Corruption Center (NAC) said in a report on its work over the past week that cryptocurrencies worth the equivalent of $1.3 million were deposited into the institution’s treasury accounts.
This week’s plenary session of parliament was marked by intense debate on the draft law on amending the mechanism of voluntary unification of administrative-territorial units, but there were also issues related to the transparency of the decision-making process, which affected a significant part of the drafts considered.
The European Commission at the end of the week officially supported the initiative of a number of EU countries to introduce a tax on excess profits for large energy companies. The decision was caused by a sharp jump in energy prices due to geopolitical instability and the conflict in Iran.
The national list of restrictive measures to which the Republic of Moldova has acceded includes 5,696 entities. As the existing data storage platform does not ensure full integration and convenient processing of information, the authorities plan to implement an Information System for recording international restrictive measures.
In the period of April 7-9, 2026, working meetings of experts from the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova and the Romanian Customs Administration were held at the border customs points of Costeşti Stânca, Sculeni Sculeni and Cahul Oancea, in order to assess the implementation of the bilateral cooperation plan and to identify additional measures to optimize customs control and facilitate cross-border transport.
Specialists of the State Tax Service and PCCOCS uncovered a tax evasion scheme organized by a family engaged in business in agriculture. The damage to the budget amounted to more than 7 million lei.
Alina Chebotarev took the oath of office in the Parliament and officially assumed the position of the Chairman of the Competition Council, outlining the key areas of her future work.
Modern entrepreneurs and investors face a long list of challenges, but one of the most unpredictable and difficult to control is the issue of fraud committed by business partners and/or employees. With the development of technology, widespread digitalisation and now artificial intelligence, preventing and investigating corporate fraud requires measures and actions that are far more effective than they were 10–15 years ago. Of course, this problem may not be acute in every business, but such an understanding may be mistaken, as it is based solely on known and, possibly, incomplete information. Many cases of fraud are skilfully concealed and remain undiscovered.
The new GRECO report on Moldova requires a thorough and detailed examination if the country is to fight corruption and meet EU standards in this area.
Moldovan law enforcers and prosecutors have been trained by American specialists in investigating cryptocurrency transactions.
The sand quarry near Cosnita commune, Dubasari district, has become the subject of a public and political dispute, which is now submitted to the direct decision of citizens.
