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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.
Forvis Mazars Group, one of the world’s top ten audit firms, enters the Moldovan market through integration with the Moldovan Taxaco Group.
Two auctions of state assets, held on March 13 and 18, 2025, brought almost 5.7 million lei to the treasury.
The European Court of Human Rights has issued a sweeping ruling on a number of lawsuits over Ukraine’s inaction during a clash between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian activists in Odessa on May 2, 2014, when 47 people were killed, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
Romania’s presidential election has become an international scandal. Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau (CEB) refused to register as a candidate opposition politician Calin Georgescu, who had soundly won the first round of last year’s election, which was canceled before the second round. The country’s Constitutional Court upheld the CIB’s decision. According to numerous polls, Georgescu would most likely have won the new elections, which are scheduled for May 4 this year.
Moldova achieved a historic success at the Paralympic Games in Paris. For the first time, Moldova’s representatives won 2 medals: Ion Basoc became silver medalist of the Paralympic tournament in para-judo in the weight category over 90 kg, and the 2008 Paralympic champion Oleg Cretsul won bronze medal in the weight category up to 90 kg. Three more athletes – Gheorghe Spinu, Larisa Marinenkova and Inna Cernei – did not win medals, but they also represented our country with dignity. By the way, for Larisa Marinenkova the last Paralympics became the fifth in her sporting career, and Inna Cernei made her debut at the main Games of the 4th year.
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) inspected 88 wineries in 2024 (82 in 2023) and 40 specialized warehouses (39 the year before). A total of 186 state control inspections were carried out, including 58 unannounced inspections, not counting participation in joint inspections with other bodies.
Overall wine consumption is currently declining worldwide. And this trend will continue. However, there are some types of wines for which demand is growing. Among them is pet-nat. Why don’t we produce and sell what is fashionable and in demand?
