News about Infrastructure
At the annual NATO summit being held in Ankara, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states will announce the expansion of the Cold War-era oil pipeline network to Eastern Europe and Turkey, which will ensure a supply of oil to military bases in the region in the event of a crisis.
The Investment Agency, in collaboration with partners in Moldova and India, is organizing a business forum to be held on July 20 of this year in Chisinau. The event is timed to coincide with the official visit to Moldova by Indian President Drupadi Murmu. The Indian delegation will include about 40 businesspeople from India. Moldovan companies interested in participating in the Moldova-India Business Forum can register by July 17.
Romania has approached Ukraine with a proposal to change the operating algorithm for maritime drones. Bucharest is also in talks to strengthen its air defense system following a recent drone incident.
The Trans-Oil Group of Companies denies allegations against its founder, Vazha Jashi, regarding an alleged scheme to ship Ukrainian grain to Iran through a company it controls. This information was published by the newspaper *Ukrainska Pravda*.
The Chisinau City Hall signed a grant agreement for the project “Energy Efficiency in Chisinau’s Kindergartens” in the amount of approximately 140 million lei.
A discussion organized by PAS lawmakers during a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Economy, Budget, and Finance regarding the situation surrounding the public utility Apă-Canal Bălți, Apă-Canal Soroca S.A. and Acva-Nord S.A.—operators providing water supply to the municipalities of Bălți and Soroca, as well as a number of settlements in the north of the country—sparked a scandal in Parliament.
The Ministry of Health proposes to reorganize the system of secondary medical education by merging (absorbing) medical colleges into the N. Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (GUMF). Following the merger, the university’s budget will exceed one billion lei.
In the context of World Rural Development Day, the Agency for Agricultural Interventions and Payments (AIPA) highlighted the role of the Republic of Moldova’s authorities in supporting investments aimed at improving living conditions and enhancing the well-being of the country’s rural population.
On Wednesday, July 8, the Agency for Agricultural Interventions and Payments (AIPA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA), will hold the first four seminars for operators in the agri-food sector in the districts of Orhei, Criuleni, Șoldănești, and Rezina, the first four seminars explaining the principles, objectives, and methods for implementing the Strategic Program for Agricultural Policy 2026–2030 (PSPA).
Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania are jointly developing a new multimodal transport corridor that will connect ports on the Aegean and Black Seas to the Danube via a network of roads, railways, and seaports. The project will be part of the EU’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and is expected to strengthen the region’s transport connectivity.
In the first half of 2026, Italy maintained its leading position in the European tourism market: the number of tourist arrivals rose by 4.43% compared to the same period last year. Foreign tourists were the main driver of this growth.
Large-scale wildfires in southern France have forced the organizers of the famous “Tour de France” multi-day cycling race to change the conditions for the race’s third stage. Despite the threat of cancellation, the stage will go ahead, though the French portion will take place without spectators so as not to divert emergency services from fighting the fires.
The export season for last year’s sunflower seed harvest from Argentina is nearing its end with a record volume of nearly 1.3 million metric tons. The geography of shipments shows that the Black Sea region—specifically Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey—is the epicenter of these exports. Indirectly, but significantly, this also affects the oilseed market in the Republic of Moldova.
A region develops not when it adopts a new administrative structure, but when it develops its own economic function. In other words, a clear answer to the question: what does this region produce, and how can it finance its future? The budget, the council, the autonomy charter, and even the university—these are all just a shell.
The Ministry of the Environment, in collaboration with the World Bank, will begin working on preparing the documentation for the approval and implementation of the “Moldova Green Shield” project.
The record number of graduates who earned an average score of 10 on this year’s national bachelor’s degree exam is clear evidence that the reforms initiated in the education system are moving in the right direction. This view was expressed by Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu during a ceremony honoring students who achieved exceptional results.
Work on its modernization has entered a new phase. According to the city government, the project calls for reorganizing traffic flow through the creation of a smart transportation corridor, which will increase road capacity.
The inflow of water from the Carpathians into the Dniester Reservoir (Ukraine) has been below 30 cubic meters per second for several days now. As a result, the water level in the reservoir has dropped below 114 meters above sea level and continues to fall. At the same time, the outflow from the reservoir to the lower reaches of the river—including the Moldovan section—remains at the previous rate of 100 cubic meters per second.
The Chisinau City Hall is initiating discussions with teachers and school principals regarding the implementation of the Restart reform in the education sector. This was announced by Andrei Pavalo, head of the Chisinau City Hall’s Main Department of Education, Youth, and Sports.
A widespread power outage occurred this morning on the southern coast of Crimea and in Simferopol. The outage was caused by damage to a high-voltage power line. Several cities and towns on the peninsula were left without power.
