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Parliament has approved amendments to the state budget for 2025 in the first reading. The amended parameters envisage an increase in expenditures and budget deficit, as well as additional funds for salaries, social payments and compensations to citizens for energy resources, Logos Press reported.
Moldovan Finance Minister Adrian Gavrilice said that after the blocking of the last two IMF tranches, the country lost not grants, but loans for which there was an alternative. The government will “look” at the feasibility of launching a new program with the IMF, Logos Press reported.
The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which unites about 60 parliamentarians from 46 member states of the Council of Europe, will hold its meeting in Chisinau on November 21, 2025, – reports Logos Press.
The Cabinet of Ministers has reallocated the available financial resources in this year’s budget to pay pensions, salaries and allowances, as well as to replenish the fund intended for compensations, Logos Press reported.
The Moldovan government has reviewed the state budget for 2025 and confirmed that the IMF tranche was not transferred this year, but the country had sufficient sources of financing, Logos Press reported.
The mayors propose to intensify the dialog between the central government and representatives of local administrations both on the issues of territorial-administrative reform and European integration, Logos Press reported.
Moldovan trade unions are demanding a “breakthrough” in wages so that the country does not enter the European Union as the poorest. Sergiu Sainciuc, deputy chairman of the National Confederation of Trade Unions, said that the minimum wage of 5,500 lei “is not bad in principle, but it is too low,” while the required minimum should be 8,000 lei – half of the projected average wage, Logos Press reported.
The Moldovan government intends to withdraw from several more agreements within the Commonwealth of Independent States, including the agreement on visa-free travel of citizens of CIS member states across the territory of its members. This does not mean the immediate introduction of a visa regime with Russia,” the Moldovan Foreign Ministry said. Politicians and experts believe that only for now, Logos Press reports.
The functions of monitoring the quality of state policy in the context of the country’s future accession to the EU will be taken over by the Economic Council under the Prime Minister in a new format, Logos Press reports.
Members of the Congress of Local Authorities (CALM) are proposing the creation of a special fund for Contributions. These are required for local authorities to contribute to projects. As a rule, their contribution is about 10% of the total cost. Since there are many problems in the regions and the amount of state investment is limited, mayoralties try to maximize the use of funding from international and cross-border projects. And they face the fact that they do not have enough funds for contributions.
In connection with the announced start of the development of fiscal and customs policy for 2026, business associations have become more active in preparing their own proposals. The law allows their submission to the Ministry of Finance, which assesses the possibilities of application from the next year, analyzing the impact on the budget filling – on the one hand, and the investment climate – on the other. Then the Ministry of Finance prepares the final version of the document and submits it to the government and parliament for consideration. And this will happen no earlier than the beginning of December.
There are 54 parliamentary friendship groups with different countries in the XII Parliament. There was no place for Russia and Belarus in the middle of them. PAS promised to reconsider the decision to suspend these groups “only after Russia stops the war and starts respecting Moldova”. Opposition MPs believe that it is precisely the preservation of friendly relations between the deputies of our countries “that can help to end the war”.
