News about Infrastructure
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.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry has approved a list of agrochemicals “for specialized use in accordance with the provisions of the legislation governing the marketing of plant protection products.”
The city administrations of the two capitals have assessed the financial impact on local budgets of the Ministry of Finance’s proposals included in the draft budget and tax policy for 2027. They warn that local authorities will be unable to perform their functions and fulfill their responsibilities to citizens to the same extent with drastically reduced budgets.
In the last ten days of June, currants hold the top spot in terms of price in the seasonal berry segment of Moldova’s fruit market. The price for this berry in small-scale wholesale ranges from 90 to 110 lei per kilogram, while retail prices reach up to 150 lei per kilogram (for black varieties).
Moldovan regional thinking follows a simple pattern: the farther away from Chișinău, the worse it is; the closer to the border, the better the prospects. This holds true on the map, but not in the economy.
Work on the reclamation of the former illegal landfill in the Ciocana sector, which was established between 2010 and 2017, is 91% complete. This was reported by the Chisinau City Hall.
On June 26, Crimean Head Sergey Aksyonov and Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev jointly declared a state of emergency in the region.
This week, during a working visit, international expert Vlatka Vrdoljak Goossens assisted the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) in developing the National Program for the Modernization of Processing Facilities in Moldova’s Dairy and Meat Industry.
Following a meeting on June 25 between representatives of “Forța Fermierilor” and the Speaker of Parliament, a decision was made to suspend the farmers’ protests. This is because the farmers “received a signal… indicating a willingness to consider the possibility of not adopting the budget and tax policy with a 20% VAT rate.”
Residents of the village of Batyr, in the Chimishlia district, oppose the merger. At a village-wide meeting, 1,024 people signed a petition addressed to the Office of the President, Parliament, the government, and the Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM).
A Category C industrial park with investments exceeding 40 million lei will be built in Sîngerei. According to a decision by the Cabinet of Ministers, the project will be located on eight plots totaling 6.37 hectares, which have been transferred to the municipal enterprise “Apa Canal Singerei” for long-term use for a period of at least 30 years. The park will be developed under the brand name “Sîngerei-Centru-Europei.”
Today, June 26, a contract will be signed at the Government House for the design and construction of the Moldovan section of the 400-kV Bălți–Suceava overhead power line, the second of three lines connecting the country to the European ENTSO-E grid.
Reports have emerged in the Moldovan media that farmers participating in a peaceful protest are attempting to block roads near border crossings with their farm equipment. There have been instances where certain checkpoints temporarily suspended operations. The editorial staff of Logos Press asked two former ministers of agriculture to offer their assessment—not from a legal perspective, but from a civic one—of these actions by farmers.
The road toll for trucks in Moldova has not been raised since 2014, even though the costs of materials, services, and wages have risen significantly over the past 12 years. Increasing this toll is an important prerequisite for shifting part of the freight traffic from road to rail.
As of the end of June this year, approximately 10,000 metric tons of apples from the 2025 harvest remain in the cold storage facilities of Moldovan fruit-growing and trading companies.
