Infrastructure
The Evimall shopping center was officially put into operation in Balti. This is one of the largest private investment projects and the first shopping and entertainment center of this scale in the north of Moldova.
The 400 kV Isaccea-Vulcanesti overhead power line has been fully restored after damage caused by Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure in southern Ukraine. This was announced by the Moldovan Energy Ministry on Saturday evening.
Moldovan farmers started sowing sugar beet this week. The sowing campaign started later than usual. Taking into account the weather forecast, it is likely that sowing will be carried out in a short period of time. Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) hope that the area of sugar beet plantations for the harvest-2026 in the country will remain at last year’s level – about 11-12 thousand hectares. The pledge of hope is the direct subsidies “per hectare” provided by the new law on subsidies.
NASA head Jared Isaacman announced the launch of a project to build a permanent base on the surface of the moon, according to Logos Press.
About 100 Moldovan companies since January this year have become participants in the MoveUp program, aimed at strengthening skills in logistics and transport.
The state of table grape plantations after overwintering is assessed by experts of the Moldovan winegrowing industry as “satisfactory, but not brilliant”.
We are talking about the so-called “foodbanking” – a system that allows agri-food business entities to accumulate, sort, form into food packages and give them to Ukrainians in need.
Europe is facing near-empty gas storage facilities just as the gas stockpiling season is about to begin. As key reservoirs are depleted, this means it will have to compete with Asian buyers for supplies.
According to data provided by SA Energocom, for Friday, March 27, 2026, a significant electricity shortage is forecast for the peak hours (18:00-22:00) due to insufficient available import capacity.
Almost 1.5 thousand Moldovan farmers received agro-technological and financial assistance under the project “Emergency support for response to extreme drought conditions through sorghum promotion and animal feed distribution”. The project was implemented in the Republic of Moldova by the United Nations Organization for Agriculture (FAO) in partnership with the Government of Japan.
It is planned to transfer the administration of sectoral public procurement into the hands of private companies. This is part of a large-scale reform of the public procurement system aimed at increasing the transparency and efficiency of the process.
Ludmila Catlabuga, head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of MAIA, discussed the support of reforms in the agro-food sector and the implementation of international standards in the wine sector with the Ambassador of the French Republic Dominique Waag and Maxim Lebovici, director of the French Development Agency (AFD) representative office in Moldova.
Romania’s first private airport project near Bucharest has attracted a Swiss investor to accelerate development and finance construction. It is about the future airport in Alexeni with a total investment of about €400 million.
Over the past few days, European Union countries have stepped up their assistance to Moldova in overcoming the crisis related to the pollution of the Dniester River.
The authorities are planning to launch a new reform of the health care system, which this time will affect primary health care. It is about reorganization of the network of primary care institutions through its “consolidation”.
The Isaccea-Vulcanesti transmission line is currently the main source of electricity supply to Moldova from the European grid via Romania. The failure of this line is almost guaranteed to lead Moldova to an energy blackout.
The Moldovan Defense Ministry received a batch of Quantum System unmanned aerial vehicles from Germany. The equipment was donated as part of a project aimed at strengthening the operational capabilities of the National Army.
During the past week, May cane sugar futures (#11) on the New York exchange rose 7% to $15.86/lb or $350/t (+8.8% for the month). This is the maximum for the last seven months. White sugar (#5) at the exchange in London added 8.7% to $462.5/t (+13% for the month). In general, according to the estimates of experts of analytical agencies, in March world sugar prices increased by 9-13%. Before that, in February, they fell to a five-year low.
The needs and opportunities for the development of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) for farmers in the Republic of Moldova were identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) and the Center for Agricultural Consultants (CCAR) during a joint meeting with development partners – representatives of the PL Solidarity Fund in Moldova and the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the Republic of Moldova.
The Cabinet of Ministers today approved a Government Decision on the application of specific measures to manage the emergency in the energy sector, starting from March 25, 2026.
