News about Legislation
Today, during a meeting of the Chisinau Municipal Council, Svetlana Dogotara was elected vice mayor of the capital. Councillors of the PAS faction consider this decision illegal.
The Romanian Parliament has passed a bill banning the sale of state-owned shares in companies and credit institutions, including shares in companies listed on the stock exchange, until December 31, 2027, regardless of the size of the state stake.
The Court of Appeal of South Gagauzia has canceled the decision of the Comrat Court to declare the former chairman of the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia, Dimitri Constantinov, wanted. Earlier, the Comrat Court sentenced him to 12 years of imprisonment.
Skuleni Customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle a shipment of drones and drone accessories out of the country.
EU authorities are making vigorous efforts to strengthen technological sovereignty and reduce dependence on external suppliers of critical components.
The Moldovan legislation was supplemented with norms concerning the provision of state support. It is specified that the support is provided only to enterprises – entities that carry out economic activity.
The current tax regime applicable to companies undergoing mergers, demergers, asset transfers and share swaps established by the Tax Code will be amended.
Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions on the import of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, green crops and strawberries originating and shipped from Armenia from May 30, 2026 “until the development of an appropriate algorithm to ensure the safety of shipped products”.
By the end of 2025, about 60% of judges included in the integrity verification (vetting) procedure have been assessed. These are figures from the final report of the Ministry of Justice on the implementation of the Justice Sector Independence and Integrity Strategy 2022-2025.
Russian universities may return to the practice of oral defense of diplomas amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence. Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, said that traditional written work is becoming less and less reflective of students’ real knowledge, as modern AI services are able to create high-level texts in a matter of minutes.
Remote purchase of medicines will become legal in the Republic of Moldova. The bill, signed by MPs Adrian Beli and Anna Oglinde, proposes to establish a legal framework for the conduct of pharmaceutical activities through information society services, officially paving the way for the emergence of online pharmacies.
The pharmaceutical company Herbal Therapy Laboratories (former SA Farmaco) is under the threat of closure. The company was found to have debts to its employees exceeding 4.2 million lei, so the state authorities launched a procedure to suspend or completely revoke its license.
US President Donald Trump has re-filed a libel lawsuit worth at least $10 billion against The Wall Street Journal and its owner, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp media holding company.
The problem of financial pyramids and fraudulent schemes in the online environment is back on the agenda of the legislative body. Grigore Novak, an opposition MP and chairman of the commission for human rights and interethnic relations, demanded official explanations from the Interior Ministry’s leadership regarding the measures taken against platforms that promise quick earnings but “deprive citizens of their last savings”.
Moldova will have emergency stocks of petroleum products sufficient to cover domestic consumption for 61 days or equivalent to at least 90 days of net imports, depending on the higher figure.
Listed companies are required to ensure gender balance in their management bodies.
The Appeal Board of the Center sector announced on 28 May its decision on the examination of the appeal of the lawyers of the Bashkan of Gagauzia, Eugenia Gutsul. The lower instance’s sentence of 7 years’ imprisonment was upheld.
The European Commission has fined Chinese marketplace Temu 200 million euros after an extensive investigation that found dangerous children’s toys and faulty chargers on the platform.
On 28 May, the Ukrainian parliament ratified a 90bn-euro loan agreement to support Ukraine with the European Union. A total of 298 MPs voted in favor of the document.
Administrative reform and its necessity have been discussed in Moldova for many decades. The problem of empty villages, incapable of development and dependent on central budget transfers, did not arise yesterday.
