News about Infrastructure

Ukraine and Moldova will continue to collaborate on projects in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made this statement following a meeting with Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mihai Popșoi.

At least in recent days, regarding the capital’s water supply, Prime Minister Vasile Tofan and Mayor Ion Ceban have focused on resolving the issue without undue politicization.

The Romanian Navy carried out a controlled blast of a rock formation on the Danube to increase the water flow to the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant. Due to a severe drought, the river’s water level had dropped significantly, posing a threat to the operation of one of the reactors.

Patients with cancer can receive chemotherapy at district hospitals. As of August 3, this service is also available to patients from the Anenii Noi and Soroca districts.

Romanian authorities are beginning consultations with major industrial enterprises to reduce the strain on the power grid amid the declared energy alert. On August 3, the Ministry of Energy will hold an online meeting with the largest electricity consumers, during which it will ask them to voluntarily shift some of their energy-intensive production to hours of lower demand. 

Against the backdrop of the aid announced by the central government for the capital, municipal services demonstrated the readiness of the vehicle fleet used for water supply.

Prime Minister Vasile Tofan stated that the government will provide the Chisinau City Hall with high-capacity motor pumps to boost the capacity of the water intake station in Vadul-lui-Vodă, amid a severe drought and falling water levels in the Novodnestrovsk Reservoir.

Approximately 12 million lei were invested in the modernization of health care services for women and children in the Republic of Moldova as part of projects implemented with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Solar-powered parking lots are popping up all over Europe, but not all countries consider them a profitable investment.

The Cabinet of Ministers will consider the release of material assets from state and mobilization reserves with a total value of nearly 5.9 million lei. These resources will be used to support emergency rescue operations carried out by the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in the districts of Călărași and Ungheni, which were hardest hit by the torrential rains that struck the country in May.

Real estate owned by the state is to be inventoried, demarcated, and updated in the cadastral registry. The process will include surveying, the preparation of geometric plans, the creation of new real estate parcels, and the provision of information from the cadastral archives.

From June 20 to 28, a powerful heat wave swept across Europe, creating conditions that led to the wildfires currently raging across vast areas of France and Spain.

The Dniester River promenade in the Vadul-lui-Vodă recreation area is becoming increasingly popular. Residents of the capital and tourists can enjoy the Summer Theater, walking paths for fresh-air strolls, sports areas, family-friendly recreation spots, and children’s playgrounds.

The All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council and the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Business Club are asking Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky to postpone the increase in Ukrzaliznytsia’s freight rates—scheduled for August— by 30% and to review its pricing policy. Otherwise, the cost of shipping Ukrainian grain to the Romanian port of Constanța could rise to $60–70 per metric ton.  

The National Instant Payment System (MIA) from the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) is becoming increasingly popular due to its cost-effectiveness and ease of use. These advantages have been particularly appreciated by the public when paying for utilities and other services. The system has over 985,000 registered unique users—nearly one in every two adult residents of the country.

Following the meeting of the Moldovan-Ukrainian Commission on the Dniester, a decision was made to reduce the water discharge from the Novodnestrovsk Reservoir downstream from 100 to 85 cubic meters per second. This is a compromise solution. Two weeks ago, the Ukrainian side proposed reducing the discharge to 70 cubic meters per second.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which owns the terminal and pipeline, issued a statement announcing another shutdown just two days after resuming oil loading onto tankers in Novorossiysk following a week-long hiatus.

Wheat prices in Moldova did not rise in July; in fact, they even fell by 0.30–0.40 lei/kg over the past week. On the Moldovan market, wheat costs an average of 1.5 lei/kg less than at the port of Constanța. On this basis, the Association of Grain and Oilseed Producers is requesting that the Competition Council be convened.

This week brought some bad news for Moldovan farmers. Despite serious disruptions in port logistics in neighboring Ukraine, prices for first-group agricultural crops have fallen to a greater or lesser extent.

The Chisinau City Council today approved the Local Action Plan for creating a more environmentally friendly transportation system.