News about Infrastructure
The wheat market has entered the weather market phase – the phase of dependence on forecasts of the new harvest. Exchange quotations are growing amid expectations of a significant reduction in production in key exporting countries in the 2026/27 marketing year. Especially as the most influential forecasters – the International Grains Council (IGC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – report a potential reduction in the crop-2026.
The Ukrainian railroad logistics market enters the 2026/27 season with a risk of shortage of grain carriers. This situation may arise even if the volume of grain exports in the new marketing season will be lower compared to the previous year.
Heavy rainfall provoked an emergency situation in Calarasi district. In the village of Hîrzauca, a local dam broke, causing a sharp rise in the water level. The formed powerful stream is moving towards the village of Palanca. The authorities warn of a real threat of flooding in the villages of Myndra and Leordoaja.
The Republic of Moldova is entering an important investment phase by investing significant financial resources in the energy efficiency of public buildings.
About 200 residents of Boroganj village, Leova district, participated in a meeting on the administrative-territorial reform and unification process. Following the discussions, the participants voted against unification. They will send an official appeal to the State Chancellery.
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) will allocate almost one million lei for the purchase of computer equipment to modernize its IT infrastructure.
Poverty, limited access to health services and difficulties with employment have a serious negative impact on the lives of people with disabilities, while the incidence of severe and irreversible disabilities is increasing. These problems are to be addressed through a new social inclusion program aimed at improving access to services, employment and support for people with disabilities.
To date, local councils in Moldovan localities have approved 608 decisions to start voluntary unification of mayoralties.
More than 74 thousand inhabitants of settlements on the left bank of the Nistru river are registered in the national system of compulsory health insurance. Of these, more than 61 thousand are insured by the Moldovan government. The data were presented by the Director General of the National Health Insurance Company (NHIC) Ion Dodon.
UPDATED. President Maia Sandu called on the government and relevant ministries to promptly assess the scale of damage and provide immediate assistance to the settlements affected by the heavy rains over the past 24 hours.
On the evening of May 22, weather conditions caused a power outage on a 400 kV line connecting Romania with Moldova and Ukraine. Moldovan residents continue to receive electricity, but authorities asked them not to waste it during peak hours. Romania is expected to supply power offline via 110 kV lines.
OPDATED. Heavy downpours on the evening of May 22 led to floods, power outages and temporary blockages in a number of regions. A critical situation occurred in the village of Hîrzauca, Calarasi district, where the breach of a local dam caused a massive flood, requiring emergency rescue operations.
In the south of Moldova, the construction of a multifunctional production workshop, which will be part of a business incubator in Cimislia, was completed. The volume of investments amounted to 15.74 million lei.
The potential of Moldovan agriculture and food industry was presented at the Moldova-Italy agri-food business forum in Rome by the head of the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, Ludmila Catlabuga. The event was organized to strengthen economic cooperation between institutions and companies from the two states.
In the period from March 2025 to May 22, 2026, 554 micro and small enterprises in the agricultural sector of the Moldovan economy were financed under the “Fund for Agricultural Credit” (FCA) program implemented by the Office for the Management of Foreign Aid Programs (OGPAE) together with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry. Of these, loans for 71 enterprises were approved by May 2026. The program covered all regions of the country.
In the coming days, repair works will start in the center of the capital, on August 31, 1989 – the section between Alexandru Pushkin Street and Gavriela Benulescu-Bodoni Street.
Russia has transferred nuclear warheads to warehouses in Belarus as part of a major nuclear exercise: this was confirmed by defense agencies both in Moscow and Minsk.
The Material Reserves Agency announced in May a series of large tenders for the purchase of specialized machinery and equipment worth more than 20 million lei. The purchases are intended to respond to emergencies, eliminate the consequences of floods and provide mobile sanitation infrastructure.
European haute couture houses are increasing their presence in the United States, choosing American cities as venues for shows and cultural collaborations. From spectacular outings in Times Square to performances in the New York subway, Old World brands are increasingly choosing iconic urban spaces rather than traditional catwalks.
Anniversary XX Conference “ANRM: Two Decades of History. New partnerships. New Horizons” is scheduled for May 29, the forum will be held in Chisinau. At the conference, producers, exporters, experts and development partners will exchange opinions on the present and future of this capital-intensive, export-oriented sector of the fruit business in Moldova.
