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From the beginning of next year, employers will be exempted from the obligation to fill in the “AM Occupational Accidents” questionnaire. This eliminates double reporting of incidents involving the temporary disability of an employee.
Moldova is developing a mechanism to protect workers in case an employer declares itself insolvent.
The duration of the state of emergency is proposed to be changed: instead of the fixed 60 days, it will range from 30 to 90 days – depending on the assessment of risk indicators. This will allow the authorities to “adapt actions to the specifics and development of emergency situations”.
On April 22, the Buiucani Court in Chisinau sentenced the former leader of the Democratic Party, scandalous oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison and a ban on holding public office for 5 years. Plahotniuc was also ordered to pay about $60 million to the state.
The committee for the development of the new Customs Code of Ukraine has approved the draft document, which was finalized taking into account comments from the European Commission and proposals from businesses.
The Justice Department is proposing to raise a number of rates for its services in order to “bring them in line with current economic conditions.”
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.
