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This year, Moldova’s agricultural sector is expected to achieve results similar to those of the high-yield 2021 season. Last year, 2025, despite losses due to abnormal weather conditions, was also not bad—growth totaled nearly 14% compared to the corresponding figure for the previous year. On average over the past ten years, Moldova’s agricultural sector has grown by about 2% per year. If 2026 ends without any emergencies, the country’s agricultural output will reach approximately 95% of the 1991 level.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Ukraine on Monday on his first overseas trip since taking office.
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov came in third in a closed poll on a potential presidential election, garnering 16% of the vote. This was reported by *The Economist*, which reviewed the survey results.
Ukraine is ready to negotiate with Russia on a mutual cessation of attacks on grain logistics and energy infrastructure. At the same time, Kyiv insists that these “negotiation tracks” must be considered separately. In other words, a cessation of Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy facilities cannot be a condition for ending Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and grain exports. For its part, Moscow is effectively offering to refrain from attacking Ukraine’s grain logistics in exchange for a cessation of attacks on its Russian energy sector. However, Ukraine does not consider this arrangement to be on equal terms.
On August 24, the European Commission approved new defense procurement for Ukraine totaling 6.1 billion euros as part of a 90 billion euro EU loan.
The government has issued a negative opinion on the draft resolution regarding the organization of a consultative national referendum on September 27, 2026, on issues related to the reform of local public administration and citizen participation in the reorganization of city halls. The initiative was put forward by the PSRM faction.
Romania’s National Authority for Veterinary and Food Safety is preparing a plan to resume exports of sheep and goats. Among other measures, the plan calls for a large-scale animal vaccination campaign in the counties of Tulcea and Constanța. This document will soon be presented to Romanian livestock breeders’ associations and the European Commission.
On Friday, a U.S. federal court ruled that the suspension of visas leading to permanent residency in the United States was unlawful. This measure was implemented in January for 75 countries, including the Republic of Moldova.
The U.S. president stated that Washington no longer intends to allow Canada to reap the benefits of the U.S. market without assuming corresponding obligations.
The decision announced by the prime minister to reinstate the licensing regime for imports of Ukrainian grain and oilseeds into Moldova is presented by him as a “necessary evil.” Why? After all, in theory, licensing is a means of operational monitoring and control, not a restriction—let alone a block—on imports.
Harnessing the potential for economic and trade cooperation, attracting investment, and developing new joint projects were the main topics of discussion between Prime Minister Vasile Tofan and Almat Aidarbekov, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Moldova, on August 21.
“Chisinau has overtaken Dubai”; “Moldova wanted the EU by 2030, but got gas at 8:30 p.m.”; “Prices in our supermarkets are now on par with Warsaw and Prague, but wages are not.” Politicians and ordinary citizens are discussing the new gas rate, which will rise by 41% starting September 1—to 20.30 lei per cubic meter.
Today, the first meeting of the National Committee for Monitoring the Implementation of the Strategic Agricultural Policy Program for 2026–2030 was held. The committee was established by the Ministry of Agriculture as a platform for monitoring and evaluating progress toward achieving the goals of the PSPA.
Support for Ukrainian farmers will be provided through “existing mechanisms.” In essence, this is the European Commission’s rejection of a request from Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy to provide Ukrainian farmers with an additional 220 million euros in non-repayable aid from European fundsdue to Russian attacks on ports and ships, which have blocked the export of agricultural products by sea.
The meeting on August 20 between the prime minister and members of the government and farmers and traders did not, by and large, change the parties’ positions on the core issues under discussion—transit and import licensing for Ukrainian agricultural products. Each side, as they say, “stuck to its own interests.” However, judging by initial reactions, the parties’ attitudes toward one another have changed—alas, not for the better.
Russia will restore the fee for processing citizenship applications from residents of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria to its previous level. They will pay $65 (instead of $600). Meduza reported this, citing the federal portal for draft regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.
Negotiations between Ukraine and the European Union in September will focus on increasing export quotas for “sensitive” agricultural products. The Ukrainian side is prepared to review the maximum volumes of agricultural products that the country can currently export to the EU duty-free, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotsky said yesterday during a meeting with representatives of the Ukrainian agribusiness sector.
Mihai Mîtsu, Moldova’s ambassador to Romania, will also represent our country in Serbia and Montenegro on a non-resident basis.
In the Odesa region, curfew restrictions have been lifted for transit vehicles traveling to international border crossings with Moldova and Romania. The decision applies to all modes of transportation and traffic in both directions.
At least five grain-carrying ships were attacked by Ukrainian drones near the Russian Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk and Tuapse.
