News about Infrastructure

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development plans to launch urban passenger rail service in Chisinau, and subsequently in Balti, using the existing rail infrastructure.

On the morning of June 10, officials from the National Anti-Corruption Center (CNA) conducted searches at several locations in the Ialoveni and Telenesti districts. Investigators are conducting a criminal investigation into a case involving the director of a construction company, technical managers, construction site managers, and two representatives of the local administration, who are suspected of abuse of office in connection with an infrastructure project in the Ialoveni district.

London is currently hosting London Tech Week 2026—Europe’s largest technology forum, bringing together more than 30,000 attendees, over 400 speakers, investors, business representatives, and government officials.

Representatives of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development (MIDR), led by Minister Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Bolya, familiarized themselves on June 10 in France with the operation of modern tram systems, including issues related to the design, operation, and financing of urban transport infrastructure. The experience gained can be used in the development of sustainable urban mobility projects in Moldova.

Kazakhstan’s partners are asking it to increase oil supplies despite the OPEC+ deal’s production limits, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said. To boost oil production and supplies, Kazakhstan has postponed maintenance work at the Kashagan oil field until 2027.

Winemakers from the Republic of Moldova won 66 medals at one of the most prestigious international competitions—the 33rd Concours Mondial de Bruxelles.

Indian authorities have postponed the final approval of the commercial launch of the Starlink satellite internet service. The reason for this was additional checks by security agencies amid reports of the company’s terminals being used in areas of armed conflict, which raised concerns in New Delhi about control over satellite communications.

The City Hall reports that the Chisinau City Council has approved two projects aimed at expanding and diversifying educational services in the city.

Financial professionals are reevaluating their stance on artificial intelligence, shifting from blind enthusiasm to pragmatic criticism. An international regulatory body is calling for tighter controls on the use of artificial intelligence in the financial sector after Anthropic released Mythos, which experts say poses a serious cybersecurity threat to the banking industry.

The Republic of Moldova will begin negotiations with Romania on signing an agreement regarding the construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation infrastructure of strategic interest to both countries, including the Ungheni Road Bridge across the Prut River.

The “Nova” Group, which owns the country’s largest private postal operator, is preparing to acquire a bank and may soon become the country’s first financial inclusion bank (FIB). Negotiations are currently in full swing and could be concluded by the end of the summer, according to Ekonomicheskaya Pravda.

Owners of roadside properties will be required to demolish or rebuild the access road within one month, at their own expense if necessary.

There are currently about 11,000 electric vehicles and more than 81,500 hybrid vehicles, including plug-in hybrids, in the Republic of Moldova. If current growth rates continue, the number of electric vehicles in use in our country could double by 2030. Therefore, it is necessary to accelerate efforts to develop the infrastructure.

In the first few months of 2026, the ports of Greater Odessa were subjected to more than 180 attacks—nearly as many as in the entire previous year.

Energy Minister Dorin Junghietu stated that the Republic of Moldova has transformed from an energy-vulnerable country into a more resilient one, thanks to the diversification of its energy supply sources and the strengthening of ties with the European market.

Logos Press continues its series of articles by journalist Evgeny Perestoronin and expert Dmitry Tereburke on local self-government and administrative-territorial reform.

Representatives from 21 economic clusters, including agricultural ones, took part in the first round of the “Clusters Meet Clusters” dialogue, initiated by UNDP in Moldova. The forum’s goal is to promote the exchange of experiences, cross-sectoral cooperation, and the development of joint projects at the national level.

It may seem surprising, but it’s a fact: the government agency responsible for the state’s finances makes errors in its accounting of fixed and current assets—and these errors are quite significant.

In 2025, the Council for the Promotion of Investment Projects of National Importance (CEIISS) adopted 152 decisions following the review of approximately 300 new applications and cases carried over from previous periods. Of the total decisions, 50 were rejections.

The Chişinău City Hall announces that on the Hînceşti Highway, from the roundabout near the Ministry of Health to Lech Kaczyński Street, a large-scale project has been launched to reconstruct and modernize the road and its surrounding infrastructure.