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Procedures to form a new government will begin next week following the announcement of Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu’s resignation. President Maia Sandu made this announcement.

UPDATED. Initial reactions to Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu’s resignation announcement were not long in coming. Opposition leaders stated that his departure confirms the crisis within the ruling PAS party, pointed to conflicts at the highest levels of government, and even called for early parliamentary elections.

Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu announced his resignation, stating that today would be his last day as head of the government.

Parliament has established an investigative commission to review the operations of state-owned enterprises. The commission consists exclusively of lawmakers from the ruling PAS party’s faction. The opposition refused to nominate its own representatives, since leadership and control remain in the hands of the ruling party.

Starting in 2027, farmers will be able to take advantage of the “zero VAT rate,” said Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu. According to him, the main problem lies not in the VAT rate itself, but in the accumulation of VAT in the accounts of economic entities and delays in its payment.

The constitutional reform initiated by Hungary’s new government has reignited the debate over the rule of law in the European Union. Although the current government is presenting the changes as part of democratic reforms following the Viktor Orbán era, the process of adopting them has already drawn criticism from human rights organizations and attracted the attention of European institutions.

“We’ll run out of money by September. We’re waiting for funds to come in so we can keep going after September,” said Chandramuli Ramanathan, Assistant Secretary-General for Program Planning, Finance, and Budget, on July 1.

This week, the heads of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Industry (MAIA) and the ANSA agency made a working visit to Brussels (Kingdom of Belgium). The visit’s itinerary included a series of high-level meetings with representatives of the European Commission.

Dan Perchun, Minister of Education and Research and Vice Chair of the PAS, issued a strong response amid recent public scandals involving resignations and corruption cases in which some government officials have been implicated.

Farmers agreed to suspend their roadside protests in exchange for a promise from ministry officials and the government as a whole to set forth a clear, official position on the proposed reform of the VAT system for agricultural products by June 30. However, no official statements on this matter were issued by the agreed-upon deadline, according to the administration of the “Forța Fermierilor” Association of Grain and Oilseed Producers.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Washington will not allow China to gain control of the Panama Canal, once again highlighting the strategic importance of one of the world’s most vital transportation arteries to U.S. national interests.

Two initiatives have been introduced in parliament to establish investigative commissions that will examine the operations of state-owned enterprises and the procedures for appointing officials to government positions.

Against the backdrop of the MoldATSA scandal, PCRM deputy and former President Vladimir Voronin recalled that, in its day, the People’s Control Committee of the Moldavian SSR kept the entire bureaucracy in check. During the hearings on the annual report of the Court of Auditors (CA), a debate ensued between Voronin and the head of the CA regarding the agency’s working methods.

Sergey K., a Ukrainian national, is believed to have played a key role in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. He has been in a pretrial detention center for several months. Now, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office has upgraded the charges against him: instead of “subversion against the constitutional order,” the charges now involve war crimes.

As Logos Press had anticipated, Radu Marian will be replaced as chair of the parliamentary committee on the economy, budget, and finance by his colleague from the PAS faction, MP Victoria Belous, who is currently the committee’s vice chair and a former finance minister. Marian will, however, remain vice-chair of the same committee.

Ukraine can leverage its strengths in the agricultural sector in its relations with third countries and opt out of the subsidy system in place in the European Union. This view was expressed by Katarina Maternová, the EU Ambassador to Ukraine.

Moldova continues to denounce agreements concluded within the framework of the CIS.

The alarming human rights situation in the Transnistrian region was the central topic of discussions between Valeriu Chiveri, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, and the EU Special Representative for the Transnistrian Settlement, Audronė Perkauskienė, Deputy Director-General for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the European External Action Service.

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to create a unified database that will compile information on all suspected foreign spies, as well as on individuals whom U.S. intelligence agencies consider to be potential recruits.

Two-thirds of Ukrainian citizens believe it is necessary to begin negotiations with Russia to end the war, while 24% of Ukrainians support continuing the fighting.
