News about Infrastructure
One of the most convenient illusions of modern administrative policy is the notion that digitalization can replace development. Whereas in the past, a poor region was promised roads, water, schools, factories, a labor market, and jobs, it is now increasingly promised e-services, platforms, digital offices, online applications, integrated registries, and a reduction in administrative burdens.
From January through May 2026, slightly more than 1.42 million metric tons of cargo passed through the terminals of the Giurgiulești port complex. This cargo volume was distributed very unevenly across months, shipping destinations, and product categories.
500 million Romanian lei (nearly 2 billion Moldovan lei) have been allocated for the electrification of the railway between Iași and the border with the Republic of Moldova. Half of the project will be financed by European funds (under the Connecting Europe Facility program), and the remainder will be covered by Romania’s national budget.
The 400-kV Bălți–Suceava power line, dubbed the “Line of Sustainability,” will be built by the Turkish company SA-RA, which won an international tender; the contract between SA-RA and the state-owned company Moldelectrica was signed last Friday.
In Venezuela, rescue workers continue to clear debris following two earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale. According to official figures, the death toll has exceeded 1,450, and thousands remain missing. The 72-hour “window” during which people were most likely to be rescued from the rubble has now ended.
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly acknowledged for the first time that the country is facing a fuel shortage due to Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries and energy infrastructure facilities. He emphasized, however, that the situation is not critical.
The Chisinau City Hall has launched the EduMap digital platform, designed for parents and the educational community. The new online solution provides access to up-to-date and verified information about educational institutions in the capital and simplifies communication between parents and schools.
This simplification of the transit procedure is provided for in the new transit information system (NCTS), which, overall, significantly improves customs procedures.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to expand the existing golf course in Washington, D.C., near the White House, with the aim of making it “the best in the world.”
A new video message explaining the local government reform being undertaken by the government has been circulating in Moldova.
The Ministry of Justice will spend nearly 3 million lei on major renovations of the restrooms in its administrative building. The ministry has announced an open tender, and the project is included in its annual plan.
An official letter from the Association of Grain Exporters and Importers “Agrocereale” addressed to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, the Ministry of the Interior, the General Inspectorate of Police, the National Road Transport Agency, the Customs Service, and the State Road Administration.
Another training session as part of the “BERRIES: Organic Methods and Efficient Irrigation to Reduce Risks in Agriculture” project took place at a berry farm in the village of Mana, Orhei District. Participants discussed sustainable farming practices in the berry sector, the use of weather stations, pheromone traps for monitoring and controlling pests, as well as new subsidy opportunities for farmers for the period 2026–2031.
In May, the Moldovan grain market took on a pattern typical of the final months of the marketing season. The list of items in the “export basket” shrank from seven or eight to two main commodities: corn and wheat.
The Republic of Moldova could become the country with the fastest-growing air traffic in Europe in the coming years.
The International Grains Council (IGC) has raised its forecast for global corn production in the 2026/27 marketing year to 1.31 billion metric tons. This is 10 million metric tons higher than the organization’s May estimate. However, the current forecast for the global corn harvest in the upcoming season is still lower than last year’s harvest of this crop (1.339 billion metric tons).
From June 16 to 26, 2026, the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) organized a professional development program for inspectors of animal-derived products. The goal was to strengthen their skills in verifying that food industry operators comply with the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) safety and quality standard.
At the meeting of the secretaries-general on June 22, a draft resolution of the Moldovan government was reviewed and approved, exempting the state-owned enterprise Moldelectrica from paying to the budget income tax on revenue received in 2025 in the amount of 26,997,786,25 lei.
The death toll from the devastating double earthquake in Venezuela has risen to 920, with another 3,360 people injured. More than 50,000 people remain missing, and the international humanitarian relief effort continues to expand. The updated figures were provided by Jorge Rodríguez, president of Venezuela’s National Assembly, while the estimate of the number of missing persons was cited by Tom Fletcher, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, in comments to AFP.
The plane crashed into one of the upper floors of CITIC Tower—Beijing’s tallest building, also known as China Zun.
