News about Infrastructure
The period during which companies must submit the required documents after a decision is made to grant a subsoil use permit will be extended from 90 to 180 days.
This year’s peak sales season for Moldovan plums began approximately two weeks later than the average for the current five-year period. The working wholesale price for these fruits did not stabilize until the last week of July—at about 15 lei per kilogram. Over the four weeks since then, the wholesale price for this fruit has fallen to 8–10 lei per kilogram.
A bountiful fruit harvest does not automatically mean an easy sales season. This was the central theme of this week’s meeting of the Moldova Fruct Association’s board, which was dedicated to assessing the current situation and export prospects for the 2026/27 season.
The Chisinau City Hall reports that repair work on Mitropolit Dosoftei Street in the capital’s Buiucani sector is being carried out in phases. Completion is scheduled for the end of August.
Moldova will allocate 10 million euros in European aid to strengthen border control. The funds will be used over the next two years to equip border crossing points with modern scanning equipment.
Russian strikes on port infrastructure in the Odessa area have virtually shut down the main channel for Ukrainian grain exports. And those exports accounted for more than half of the country’s export revenue.
The agency clarifies that the security measures are preventive in nature and are related to the increasing number of incidents near border crossing points on the border with Ukraine. The shelters will be equipped with everything necessary to ensure the safety of border service and customs personnel, as well as citizens crossing the border.
Moldova’s Ministry of Energy announced a delay in the commercial commissioning of the 400-kV Vulcănești–Chișinău “Energy Independence Line.” The delay was caused by a malfunction in one of the current transformers at the Chisinau substation, which will require additional time to repair.
Harnessing the potential for economic and trade cooperation, attracting investment, and developing new joint projects were the main topics of discussion between Prime Minister Vasile Tofan and Almat Aidarbekov, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Moldova, on August 21.
Today, the first meeting of the National Committee for Monitoring the Implementation of the Strategic Agricultural Policy Program for 2026–2030 was held. The committee was established by the Ministry of Agriculture as a platform for monitoring and evaluating progress toward achieving the goals of the PSPA.
In the first half of the year, the volume of construction work in Moldova declined. This is according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
A group of 12 Moldovan walnut growers will have the opportunity to learn from the experience of specialized agricultural enterprises in Spain and Portugal during a study tour to be held September 13–16 of this year.
The Ministry of Education and Research has purchased 57 new minibuses to transport schoolchildren. A total of 67.22 million lei has been allocated from the state budget for their purchase.
Grain arriving from Ukraine is not given priority during its transport by rail to the port of Constanța. This statement was made during yesterday’s meeting between the Ukrainian company Ukrzaliznytsia and railway operators from Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
No gas shortage is expected this coming winter, despite the low fill levels in gas storage facilities. The Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy believes that pipeline supplies and new liquefied natural gas import capacity will ensure a stable supply even with lower inventory levels.
Support for Ukrainian farmers will be provided through “existing mechanisms.” In essence, this is the European Commission’s rejection of a request from Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy to provide Ukrainian farmers with an additional 220 million euros in non-repayable aid from European fundsdue to Russian attacks on ports and ships, which have blocked the export of agricultural products by sea.
Passenger traffic growth at Chisinau Airport stands out both among airports in its category and within the European market as a whole.
The meeting on August 20 between the prime minister and members of the government and farmers and traders did not, by and large, change the parties’ positions on the core issues under discussion—transit and import licensing for Ukrainian agricultural products. Each side, as they say, “stuck to its own interests.” However, judging by initial reactions, the parties’ attitudes toward one another have changed—alas, not for the better.
On Monday, August 24, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development will hold public consultations on the draft state policy document titled “Reform of the Road Toll System: Transposition of Directive (EU) 1999/62/EC.”
The ammunition depot in Cobasna poses a real risk, but a potential explosion would not have the force of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and would not cause a catastrophe on a regional scale. This is the conclusion reached by the Intelligence and Security Service (SIS) and the Military Intelligence Agency, as presented in a public technical report.
