News about Economy of Moldova
Medpark, Moldova’s largest private clinic, ended 2025 with impressive growth in its financial performance. The medical facility’s revenue increased by 10% to 871 million lei, compared to 793 million lei a year earlier. Net profit grew even more—by 15%—to 131.5 million lei.
The European Investment Bank will provide a preferential loan of 150 million euros to fund the “Livada Moldovei II” project. The government ratified the financing agreement between Moldova and the EIB today.
Moldova will receive loans and grants totaling 130 million euros from the European Union and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to implement the “Moldova – Sustainable Water Supply for Irrigation Project.” This is provided for in the draft loan agreement approved by the Moldovan government at today’s meeting.
Romania remained Moldova’s largest trading partner: in 2025, trade between the two countries reached €3.9 billion, an increase of approximately 15%. These figures were cited during a meeting between Prime Minister Vasile Tofan and Romanian Ambassador Cristian-Leon Țurcanu.
Ukraine’s state-owned railway carrier, JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia,” has launched a series of talks with logistics market operators aimed at increasing the throughput capacity of railway border crossings. The first phase begins on July 29 with a meeting on crossings with Poland, followed by meetings with Romania and Moldova on July 30, Hungary on July 31, and Slovakia on August 4. The Moldovan side would be wise to decide by tomorrow whether it has any interest in this dialogue.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), more than half of industrial output is sold on the domestic market. According to the agency’s latest report for 2025, the share of domestic consumption of local industrial products reached 68.6%.
Finance Minister Victoria Belous discussed possible changes to tax policy with representatives of the agri-food sector — 2027.
Employers participating in the dual education system will be reimbursed for half of the costs of training students. The government has approved a corresponding state support mechanism for companies that invest in vocational training for young people.
The fields of study in higher education will be expanded to include six new programs: “Furniture Design”, “Geographic Information Systems (GIS)”, “Geography of Tourism”, “Bioinformatics”, “Pharmaceutical Care”, and “Sports Travel and Tourism”. The corresponding decision was approved today, July 29, at a government meeting.
The authorities are analyzing the issues raised by the business community and preparing a package of measures to streamline procedures. This was announced by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan. He instructed the relevant agencies to prepare proposals by September 9 to reduce the administrative burden on entrepreneurs.
Water resource management on the Dniester River, in light of the current hydrological situation, was one of the topics discussed at the meeting between Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan and Paun Rogovei, Ukraine’s ambassador to the Republic of Moldova.
The World Bank has classified the Republic of Moldova as an upper-middle-income country.
The National Bank of Moldova (BNM) attributes the high salaries of its senior management and the increase in personnel expenses to the need to maintain competitive compensation given the complexity of the tasks facing the regulator.
The introduction of a special fixed fee of 0.48 lei per liter of diesel fuel sold in Moldova has been postponed for one month. Prime Minister Vasile Tofan announced this during a press conference.
It didn’t take long for former Finance Minister Andrian Gavriliță to land a new position. He has been appointed senior advisor in the office of Prime Minister Vasile Tofan.
Chisinau City Hall has once again reassured residents of this. It also notes that design work is continuing at the water intake station on the Dniester River in the Vadul Lui Vode area to improve the capital’s water supply.
Amendments to laws and regulations governing the rules for informing consumers about the origin of food products were discussed today at a meeting between the leadership of the National Food Safety Agency and representatives of Moldova’s food industry.
The government has no plans to launch a large-scale privatization program at this time, but it is preparing pilot sales of unused state assets to demonstrate the transparency of such procedures. This was stated by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan.
According to official reports from the Ministry of Finance for the first half of 2026, public debt figures were determined by trends in both domestic and external debt—which together rose to 142.8 billion lei. However, net financing of budget expenditures in June turned negative for the first time.
Anatol Shalaru, former minister of defense and transportation, believes that President Maia Sandu should revoke the Moldovan citizenship of Dan Dungaciu, first vice president of the Romanian party AUR.
