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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has published updated data on poverty measurement according to a new methodology, according to which last year’s figures look much better than those presented earlier. Both monetary and non-monetary poverty, according to the NBS, are retreating, but not losing ground in Moldova.
The FIC 2026 Creative Industries Festival will be held at Artcor and Mediacor, between June 3 and 7. During the five days of the festival, events dedicated to design, music, media, animation and contemporary art will be organized.
Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea, which owns a 20% stake in the Constanta Sea Ports Administration, continues its court battle against the acquisition of the Giurgiulesti port in Moldova.
The State Tax Service of Ukraine (STS) has revealed a large-scale scheme to transfer money abroad. We are talking about more than 2.3 thousand companies that made foreign economic transactions for more than 198bn hryvnias ($4.47bn or 77bn Moldovan lei) and then virtually disappeared.
Subsidies totaling 178.49 million lei were paid to Moldovan farmers in May 2026, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) said.
From May 25 to June 2, 2026, representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visited Moldova to evaluate the new loan agreement “Modernization of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment” (MAME 2).
Within the framework of the V stage of application for grants under the Agricultural Governance, Growth and Resilience Investment Project (AGGRI), held from March 2 to May 29, 2026, 29 requests were received from agricultural producers from all regions of Moldova.
Finland has confiscated 3.7m euros of Russian funds at the request of Ukrainian state-run company Naftohaz.
Parliament initiates public hearings to find solutions to combat phone and online fraud.
The UK government is considering introducing a national blacklist of airline passengers that could deny violent offenders the right to fly on any airline.
In January-March 2026, the volume of investments in long-term assets in Moldova significantly decreased. In annual terms, capital investments amounted to 6.2 billion lei, decreasing overall by 2.4%. This statistic reflects the general decline in the investment activity of businesses at the beginning of the year, despite the stimulus programs included in the state budget.
The data of the National Communications Regulatory Agency (ARCOM) show that from the launch of the number portability service (2013) until the end of 2025, about 732 thousand users in the Republic of Moldova used the number portability service, keeping their existing numbers, which confirms the usefulness and relevance of this mechanism for consumers and for the development of competition on the electronic communications market.
The indicator significantly exceeded the ECB’s target of 2%. The main reason was energy price inflation, which rose by 10.9% year-on-year. The preliminary data paves the way for an ECB interest rate hike at next week’s meeting. Before the conflict in Iran, inflation in the eurozone was below 2%.
The European Parliament has agreed on a new migration law that will allow the establishment of centers for deporting migrants outside the EU. The document will also expand the authorities’ powers to search for migrants and increase the terms of their detention. Critics have already called the document a “xenophobic turn” in the bloc’s migration policy.
The euro’s share of the global market rose slightly to around 20%, lagging far behind the dollar despite inconsistent US policy. Investors are refocusing on gold and smaller currencies, with gold’s share of total reserves exceeding the euro and government bonds. ECB President Lagarde is calling for reforms in the EU to make the euro more attractive and sustainable globally.
The revenues of the Customs Service (SMC), transferred to the state budget last week, amounted to more than 863.4 million lei.
The 2026 Baccalaureate examinations have begun for thousands of graduates under the sign of academic excellence. The National Commission for Examinations announced a record number of candidates who will receive a mark of “10” “automatic” 3,791 graduates in foreign language, 1,136 in computer science and, for the first time, 112 candidates in Romanian language and literature for foreign-speaking students.
The new Minister of Agriculture Uldis Augulis believes that the reduced VAT rate for essential products should be made permanent.
The General Director of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), Elena Cibyrne, will make a working visit to Spain between June 12 and 17, 2026. The purpose of the visit is to hold meetings with representatives of the Moldovan diaspora to inform citizens about their social rights, including in the context of the application of the Social Security Agreement.
Puig executive chairman Marc Puig said at the May 29 general meeting of shareholders that the company is “not for sale” and reaffirmed the Puig family’s long-term commitment to the business. This was stated in a statement sent to Spanish regulator CNMV.
