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Category: Moldova’s Economy
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, April 23.
The Day Labor Law will be supplemented with new provisions governing the use of the e-Zilier electronic voucher accounting platform.
Economist Vladimir Golovatiuc notes that the active sale of foreign currency by the Moldovan population has recently become a significant support for the family budget. In his opinion, this indicates the forced use of currency receipts due to the fall in real incomes.
Moldova introduces the concept of “social economy” into the legislation. The relevant project is being developed by the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization. It provides for the implementation of the Recommendation of the Council of the European Union on the development of framework conditions for the social economy and building an economy at the service of the citizen.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, April 22.
According to the data of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), in March 2026, the volume of new loans issued amounted to 9,039 million lei. Of these, 70.8% of loans were issued to enterprises (business sector), and 29.2% to individuals. Lending was performed mainly in Moldovan lei (MDL).
The authorities are taking strict control over the extraction of minerals and intend to introduce European standards of subsoil monitoring. The draft mandatory reporting developed by the Ministry of Environment will affect all subsoil users and for the first time will force them to take into account even hidden valuable components in dumps.
In 2025, a decrease in the total number of vessels calling at Giurgiulesti Port was recorded, down to 1,536 against 1,769 a year earlier, when the maximum number was recorded from 2019.
The Standardization Institute of Moldova initiates the creation of the Technical Committee “Wood and finished and semi-finished wood products”. In this way, the institution aims to strengthen the standardization of wood, one of the country’s leading processing industries. The standards will be harmonized with European standards.
The largest contribution to GDP growth in 2025 was made by information technology and communications. A 12.5% increase in gross value added contributed 0.9 percentage points to GDP growth.
In early April 2026, the international agency Moody’s Ratings upgraded Moldova’s long-term sovereign credit rating from B3 to B2 with a “stable” outlook. This decision, which became the highest rating in the last 25 years, caused a lot of enthusiastic comments from the country’s authorities.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect from April 18-21.
The requirements for public-private partnership projects will be changed. Their launch will be possible only after the approval of a preliminary comprehensive study – the so-called project justification (studiu de fundamentare), in addition to the traditional feasibility study (studiu de fezabilitate).
The Mayor’s Office of Făleşti has announced that it will compensate the increase in the fare for public transport in the city at the expense of the local budget. This will allow residents not to bear in full the new costs requested by the carrier against the background of rising fuel prices.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be effective April 16.
In its April update to its forecasts for 2026, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised down its growth forecast for Moldova’s economy from 2.5% to 2.3% of GDP. The GDP growth forecast for Moldova in 2027 stands at 3.7%.
The suspension of the Prima Casa program has a negative impact on the construction sector and the population’s access to housing. According to Pavel Postolacchi, the manager of Gonvaro-Con, a significant part of development projects were implemented with loans under this program.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be effective April15.
The Republic of Moldova produces only four of the seven basic products, making it dependent on food imports.
Moldovan Finance Minister Andrian Gavrilice said on the air of one of the Moldovan TV channels that “our Tax Code is like a colander through which the money of those who know how to use these mechanisms is poured”.
