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Starting from the summer of this year, Moldova may be able to receive electricity free of charge in certain cases. Moreover, sometimes the producer will even pay the consumer extra for its use.
In three months, the volume of smuggled Moldovan cigarettes in Romania decreased by 13 p. p., amounting to 10.5%. But this had little effect on the overall “disaster picture”.
The demand for eco-vehicles is growing in Moldova: over the last seven years, more than 57 thousand electric and hybrid cars have been imported into the country.
In Moldova, women own more bank cards than men (1.9 million pieces against 1.6 million) and make more non-cash payments (139.5 million transactions against 134 million). This was announced by the president of the National Bank, Anca Dragu, during the “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality”, in which the financial sector participated.
Supermarket chains are taking over the sales of household chemicals from specialized stores: this trend has become particularly noticeable in Moldova over the last year. This was reported to Logos Press by the director of Bonus, Local and Foxi chains, Dmitri Razloga.
The abolition of excise duty and implementation of VAT on car imports may be delayed for another year or more.
For small producers of beer, wine, fermented beverages other than beer and wine, as well as small ethyl alcohol production enterprises, the excise duty rate will decrease from the moment of Moldova’s accession to the EU. The benefit implies almost a double reduction (by 45%) compared to the standard rate that large and medium-sized producers will pay.
Serhiy Kotelnik will become the new director-general of the state-owned Moldovan Railways. This was announced to journalists by Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Vladimir Bolia.
Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Dmytro Alaiba has resigned as deputy prime minister and head of the department. As it is fashionable lately, he announced this on social networks, without stating specific and understandable reasons for his decision. At the same time, he made it clear that he would “continue to serve the interests of the country.” This immediately gave rise to various speculations about the reasons for the resignation and the future fate of the minister.
Ukraine’s reconstruction after the war needs a broad dialog at the international level. In Moldova, it should focus on how our country can economically contribute to the process. And how Moldovan business can find its place and role in the reconstruction. The participants in the Moldova-Benelux Economic Forum (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), which took place in Chisinau on March 11-12, talked about these issues.
Roaming tariffs with EU countries for Moldovan citizens will be gradually reduced, and in maximum 5 years they will be completely canceled. This is stipulated by the draft law on regulation of roaming tariffs with EU countries, approved by the Government.
According to the Ministry of Finance, the budget deficit jumped again in January 2025. Last year it was reduced, including by cutting expenditures. But in the first months of this year, the revenue and expenditure parts of the budget again went in different directions.
