News about Legislation

The possibility of Moldova’s membership in EUROFISH was discussed today by the director of this international organization, Marco Frederiksen, and the state secretary of the Agriculture and Food Ministry, Tatiana Nistorica.

The story of Mango founder Isak Andik’s death, which Spanish authorities initially called a tragic accident, has received an unexpected continuation. The Catalan police detained his son, Jonathan Andik, as part of the investigation into the circumstances of the billionaire’s death.

The largest retailers and importers belonging to the Moldreturo Association ask the Moldovan government to suspend the draft decree on the launch of the deposit system for packaging (SDA). According to the entrepreneurs, the tender commission for selecting the administrator of the SDA worked in a non-transparent way. That is, it is not the purpose of the reform that is being challenged, but the way in which the state chose the operator of the future system.

As of January 31, 2025, the countries with the highest incarceration rates were Turkey (458 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants), Azerbaijan (271), Republic of Moldova (245), Georgia (232), Hungary (206), Montenegro (200), Albania (192), Poland (189), Latvia (189), Czech Republic (178), Serbia (174), Lithuania (154), and Slovakia (151).

Until June 30 of this year, taxpayers must decommission and deregister expired cash register equipment and replace it with machines connected to the IS “Electronic Sales Monitoring”.

The forthcoming reform of local public authorities continues to agitate the villages. On Sunday, May 17 this year, a general meeting of the village was held in Petresti commune, Ungheni district. Two important topics were discussed: the results of the 2024 census and the initiative of voluntary unification.

During the annual session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, held in Chisinau on May 15, the foreign ministers of 46 member states of the Council of Europe adopted the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Money Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (“Warsaw Convention”).

The current copyright reporting system is recognized as untenable: “no restaurant can physically account for whose songs it has played. Deputies and representatives of collective management organizations once again discussed the issues of transparency, efficiency and possible violations in this area.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has submitted for public consultation a draft law concerning new rules for the assignment of pensions.

Almost one million lei is planned to be spent this year from the state budget to create a new information system that will monitor the international restrictive measures applied by Moldova and will allow reporting online about attempts to circumvent them.

Star singer Shakira (full name – Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol) won in court against the tax authorities in Spain. The Spanish court ordered to return Shakira more than €60 million in taxes and penalties, which the singer paid during the proceedings because of her income in 2011. The previous tax burdens imposed on Shakira were declared invalid.

The public service agency said it is “in active contact with law enforcement and is providing all necessary support” to fully investigate the criminal case of corruption within the agency’s ranks in the issuance of driver’s licenses and wants it to go to trial.

The Republic of Moldova is in the “resistance” phase and is trying to institutionally counter hybrid threats by strengthening cooperation with the European Union and implementing internal reforms.

The management of a Chisinau-based construction company is suspected of tax evasion and money laundering. The scheme was based on personal sales of apartments built by the company.

The match of the final round of the French Ligue 1 between FC Nantes and Toulouse FC was prematurely stopped after the home team’s fans ran onto the pitch. The incident took place amid Nantes’ relegation to the second division. This was reported by the Associated Press, Reuters and a number of European media outlets.

Consolidation works of the General Prosecutor’s Office building in Chisinau will be declared public works of national importance, which will allow expropriation of the last remaining private premises in the building. The relevant draft law was elaborated by the Public Property Agency and is currently under consideration in parliamentary commissions.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) lifted the restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes, in force since February 2022, and allowed them to perform again at international competitions with national flags and anthems. The decision was taken at a meeting of the executive committee of the organization, held on May 16-17 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, and has already come into force.

The Ministry of Finance supports, with minor reservations, the initiative of PAS deputy Dorian Istratii, which changes the rules for acquiring large stakes in non-banking payment organizations and strengthens the control of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM).

On May 18, the Israeli Navy launched an operation to intercept Global Sumud Flotilla ships headed for the Gaza Strip. The operation is taking place in international waters near Cyprus, and some of the activists have already been detained and taken to a special vessel for onward shipment to Ashdod.

Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmochescu presented the “Reușim!” (“We Can Do It!”) program, a national campaign aimed at Moldova’s economic integration into the European Union and supporting the business environment. The program’s name symbolically includes the acronym “EU,” and its main goal is to prepare the Moldovan economy for EU accession.