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Category: Moldova’s Economy
A National Risk Register will be established to assess threats to national security.
Statements made by representatives of a number of ministries during a meeting of the parliamentary commission investigating the activities of state-owned enterprises point to serious administrative chaos in the public sector management system.
The government is proposing amendments to the legislation governing the operations of a number of special economic zones (SEZs) and free enterprise zones (FEZs). This decision stems from the findings of an audit by the Accounts Chamber, which identified problems with cadastral registration, property management, and land use.
In government agencies and state-owned companies, 439 people—or 1.1% of the total workforce—receive high or very high salaries. Of these, 152 employees earn more than 80,000 lei per month. These figures were presented by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan, who announced a package of measures to reduce unjustified spending and increase transparency in the use of public funds.
State-owned enterprises and trading companies ended 2025 with sales revenue of 68.5 billion lei and a combined net profit of more than 3.1 billion lei. Compared to 2024, revenue increased by 16.9 billion lei, or approximately 33%. Total net profit grew more than fivefold, from 570.4 million lei.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NARE) has published the maximum prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, which will be in effect over the weekend of August 1–3.
Following the meeting of the Moldovan-Ukrainian Commission on the Dniester, a decision was made to reduce the water discharge from the Novodnestrovsk Reservoir downstream from 100 to 85 cubic meters per second. This is a compromise solution. Two weeks ago, the Ukrainian side proposed reducing the discharge to 70 cubic meters per second.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has published new maximum prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, which will take effect on July 31.
The rate of increase in prices for petroleum products in Moldova is accelerating.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), more than half of industrial output is sold on the domestic market. According to the agency’s latest report for 2025, the share of domestic consumption of local industrial products reached 68.6%.
The authorities are analyzing the issues raised by the business community and preparing a package of measures to streamline procedures. This was announced by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan. He instructed the relevant agencies to prepare proposals by September 9 to reduce the administrative burden on entrepreneurs.
Energy companies and Moldova’s largest business associations have called on the Cabinet of Ministers to accelerate energy market reform, stating that investors continue to be hindered by protracted procedures, a lack of grid infrastructure, and regulatory uncertainty. These issues were the central focus of the Ministry of Energy’s first consultations with market participants.
The government has no plans to launch a large-scale privatization program at this time, but it is preparing pilot sales of unused state assets to demonstrate the transparency of such procedures. This was stated by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan.
According to official reports from the Ministry of Finance for the first half of 2026, public debt figures were determined by trends in both domestic and external debt—which together rose to 142.8 billion lei. However, net financing of budget expenditures in June turned negative for the first time.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has published new maximum prices for gasoline and diesel fuel, which will take effect on July 29.
As of the end of 2025, Moldovan employers owed their employees more than 165 million lei in wages and other employment-related payments. More than 10.8 thousand workers were affected by these delays.
Fuel prices will rise significantly again tomorrow: diesel will go up by 42 ban, and gasoline by 24 ban.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), sales by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) rose by 15.5% in 2025, and their share of Moldova’s economy increased by 1.7% over the course of the year.
From July 20 to 26, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 861.5 million lei, which is 102.2% higher than the target for the reporting period.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Vasile Tofan, states that he maintains an ongoing dialogue with the business community to identify the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and to find solutions aimed at developing the economy.
