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The administrative and territorial reform proposed by the Government must be accompanied by legislative guarantees regarding the maintenance of public services in localities, sufficient financial resources and the representation of communities.
The latest figures publicly presented by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan reveal just how serious the situation surrounding the management of state-owned enterprises has become. While state-owned companies manage assets worth approximately 38 billion lei, the dividends generated over the past year amounted to just 689 million lei. The Prime Minister pointed out that the return on these assets barely reaches 1.8%, and if three major companies are excluded, it drops to just 0.7%.
Raising taxes and levies to cover the budget deficit could cause serious damage to business and agriculture. This is the warning issued by Sergei Ivanov, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and the Food Industry. The MP opposes the proposed changes to fiscal and tax policy and calls on the authorities to review public spending before placing an additional burden on taxpayers.
MP Elena Gritco, appearing on the programme ‘Na Grani’ on EXCLUSIV TV, called on representatives of the PAS parliamentary majority to pay closer attention to the views of sectoral experts and economic stakeholders when drafting and adopting laws. According to her, legislative initiatives that are adopted without sufficient preparation and consultation with specialists often prove unworkable in practice and create serious problems for businesses.
When the state leaves a village, that place does not remain empty. Someone else takes its place, says Viorel Furdai, executive director of the Congress of Local Communities (CALM).
Economic analyst Dumitru Barbalat maintains that political parties should not be funded from the state budget, as all existing parties are illegal.
Something is happening to the Dniester at the moment that is difficult to explain simply as ‘drought’. It is raining in Moldova. In places, the rain is heavy. The ground is wet; autumn is nothing like a desert. Yet the Dniester remains shallow.
“Let’s blame it all on PR and move on.” This was Ion Sturza’s ironic conclusion to his comment on the Moldova S.A. story. It was a business meeting where the country was presented as a joint-stock company and the head of Government as its manager.
Prime Minister Vasile Tofan, during a public presentation of the tax policy for 2027, touched upon, amongst other things, the situation in the property market. He noted that the government wishes to curb price rises or even bring them down. Among the factors driving up property prices, the Prime Minister cited expensive building materials, relatively high land costs and labour costs, which have also been rising.
The draft tax policy for 2027 proposes raising the corporate income tax rate for the financial sector from 12% to 18% for the entire tax year. This proposal has drawn comments from both experts and the general public.
Moldova needs to start finding common ground. Not about everything at once, and not about the past. But at least on what kind of country we are trying to build and whether there is a place in it for people with different experiences, languages and views of what is happening.
At the end of last week, the National Bureau of Statistics published a study titled “Trends in Economic Activity in the Third Quarter of 2026.” The survey results prompted comments in the press that sparked a debate.
At the next stage, strategic communication should move beyond explaining reforms and contribute to building internal partnerships, which are essential for a successful European transition.
In Moldova, a total of 1,601 thousand dwellings were counted, of which 995 thousand (or 62%) were occupied, while 38% were vacant. In Chisinau, the number of occupied dwellings is 301,942; the number of vacant dwellings is not specified, but given the stated proportion, it is not difficult to make an approximate estimate.
It was a typical hot summer month. The public seemed to be in good spirits. People had finally recovered from the winter’s hardships and were calmly working in their gardens or, if they were lucky, relaxing at resorts. But Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu announced his resignation. Trouble came to the authorities from an unexpected source—from within their own ranks—and if Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu hadn’t decided to resign on his own, it’s quite likely that others would have forced him out.
It appears that the role of trees in combating climate change has been overestimated. Trees may not be capable of absorbing as much of the carbon that is warming the planet as previously thought.
“The European Union cannot ‘kill its own industry because of climate change,'” said Manfred Weber, chairman of the European People’s Party, amid a grueling heat wave that has swept across Europe, claimed about 1,300 lives, and reignited the debate over the bloc’s climate policy.
Anna Paula criticized the ban on the use of the Russian language in public spaces. She posted her opinion on social media.
“We can’t sell a traditional blouse for 400 lei when our labor alone is valued at 400 lei,” says a craftswoman at Mirabela.
Over the past four years, the staff of government agencies and ministries has nearly doubled. As part of the administrative reform, the authorities are curtailing local power with one hand while expanding central power with the other.
