News about Economy of Moldova
A clear, consistent and predictable legal framework for the initiation, award and implementation of public-private partnership projects needs to be established in Moldova, as well as its compliance with legislation on public procurement, concessions for works and services and sectoral procurement.
The total volume of foreign direct investments in Moldova at the end of 2025 reached 5.4 billion euros, increasing by 2.6% compared to 2024.
Small discrepancies with the plan – excess in revenues and shortfall in expenditures – led to a 13.7% reduction in the planned state budget deficit. The report on its implementation in 2025 was approved at today’s cabinet meeting.
The legal framework for animal identification and registration will be modernized and supplemented to ensure traceability in the relevant register of the Republic of Moldova, as well as to harmonize national regulations with European Union standards.
The Government approved the draft law on ratification of the Agreement on credit support and grant for the implementation of the Integrated Agricultural and Irrigation Development Program (iDRIP) project.
Suppliers will be able to provide procurement services on behalf of and in the interests of a customer only after registration in the relevant register. This requirement is contained in a regulation drawn up by the Ministry of Finance.
The compartment will be decorated with the official symbols of the country.
The last module of the MoveUp program, dedicated to strengthening professional skills in logistics and transport, started in Moldova on May 25. At the final stage, participants are taking the course “Inventory Management and Demand Planning”.
During the last working week, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) authorized for payment to farmers subsidies amounting to LE 53.46 million from the National Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Official statistics records in the first quarter of 2026 an increase in the volume of goods transported (+15.1%) and their range (+14.7%). These indicators indicate the intensification of domestic and international trade. The growth in tonnage and range of cargo transportation is directly related to the increase in exports, where the leading exports are agro-products to the EU and Turkey.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu is convening a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday, May 26, in connection with the country’s energy security.
At the end of the Republican Olympiad in Economics, 30 pupils were awarded with commemorative badges. The competition was organized on the basis of the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova. It was attended by 134 pupils from all over the country.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu made a video message in which she said that the reform of the local public administration is one of the most difficult, but at the same time vital changes launched in the country for the development of Moldovan villages and towns.
Beginning May 25, 2026, farmers who lost their corn and sunflower crops from the severe drought of 2025 can file claims for compensation with area offices of the Agricultural Intervention and Payment Agency (AIPA).
Official inflation in Moldova in annualized terms in April 2026 amounted to 6.8%. In the previous month it was 5.8%. So the April growth was the most significant since December 2025.
The Constitutional Court declared inadmissible a request to check the constitutionality of provisions of the law that prohibit private security firms from providing security for certain state facilities, reserving this right exclusively to state enterprises.
Applications for partial compensation of excise duty on diesel fuel purchased by agricultural producers in the period from March 1 to May 31 for work in the current season continue to be accepted. Since the beginning of the application process (May 11) until May 22, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) has received 505 applications for this subsidy, reports the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry MAIA.
Chisinau’s budget for the current year will be ready for publication on Wednesday and will be put up for discussion, according to the law.
Despite the statements of some experts that money transfers from abroad to Moldova are decreasing, the statistics show the opposite.
According to the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), in April 2026, cash withdrawals from commercial banks’ cash offices exceeded receipts by 776 million lei. This cash flow imbalance continues for several consecutive months. For comparison, in March 2026, net issuance exceeded receipts by 275 million lei, and in February – by 1,028 million lei.
