News about Legislation
About 4 thousand apartments in Moldova are in the zone of illegal construction and cannot be officially registered. There are at least 8 thousand people living in them who cannot formalize their ownership.
A group of people’s deputies of Ukraine registered the draft law No. 15223 of 08.05.2026, which proposes to recognize the Gagauz as an indigenous people of Ukraine.
The Platform of Women MPs appeared in the XII Parliament of Moldova. It united representatives of all factions.
The Charge d’Affaires of the Belarusian Embassy summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has been protested against the violation of the Lithuanian state border in the airspace, the ministry said today.
Moldovan prosecutors are searching the Chisinau headquarters of Fly One airline, which also operates on the Romanian market.
Options for expanding and accelerating the judicial evaluation process and strengthening the institutional capacity of the Judicial Selection and Evaluation Panel were the subject of inter-ministerial discussions at the Ministry of Justice on May 14.
Local elections and referendums will be held on Sunday in 12 Moldovan localities. 40 polling stations will be opened for them. For this reason, almost 70,000 ballot papers have been printed.
The Republic of Moldova does everything necessary to ensure that products based on genetically modified organisms are controlled before they are imported, placed on the market or used. This includes well-developed regulations, authorization procedures, testing mechanisms and risk assessments so that decisions are taken responsibly and based on verified information.
Moldovan entrepreneurs met with the Minister of Environment to discuss the launch of a system of packaging deposit value (SDA). This is a mechanism whereby containers (glass, plastic and aluminum bottles) can be refunded at the point of sale.
The employer will be required to provide two emergency exits for employees’ living and resting areas, and to provide breathing apparatus and resuscitation equipment for areas where they may be exposed to an unhealthy atmosphere.
The expansion of Internet networks in the Republic of Moldova will become faster and cheaper if the law on access of electronic communications providers to existing infrastructure and real estate is adopted.
The number of cases of personal data disclosure on social networks is growing. The authorities warn about the risks that may arise from irresponsible publications on the Internet. This topic was discussed in Parliament during the presentation of the report on the activity of the National Center for Personal Data Protection for 2025.
The Government has defined the conditions under which car registration may be suspended. The new rules will come into force six months after they are published.
During the parliamentary session, the chairman of Our Party faction Renato Usatii commented on the draft law on the denunciation of the Agreement on the distribution of freight car and container fleets of the former USSR Ministry of Railways between the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
In April, Moldova recorded cases when fraudsters use the name of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) to deceive citizens. In 2026, this problem has worsened – new schemes and new names of state authorities are being used. The damage from financial frauds in the country has increased 5 times, reaching 20 million lei, while the recovery of funds remains extremely low.
Law enforcers in 15 countries have uncovered an international scheme to sell counterfeit cancer and diabetes drugs with a turnover of about 240 million euros.
In 2025, the public and sector procurement market has a tendency to decrease the total number of disputes while increasing their aggregate value. These indicators are reflected in the report on the activity of the National Dispute Resolution Agency for 2025. The document was presented during the plenary session of the Parliament by the Chairperson Angela Munteanu.
A heated discussion has erupted in the media about the reasons and consequences of the abolition of restrictions on trade markups on socially important goods from April 30 this year. Opposition politicians argue that this will lead to price increases and scare with the rise in the price of bread.
The problems of harmonization of the national tax system with the EU standards and, in particular, the EU VAT Directive were the subject of a training seminar held from 13 to 15 May at the Ministry of Finance.
The People’s Assembly of Gagauzia (legislative body of the autonomy) sent an official appeal to the members of the delegation of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities with an invitation to visit the autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia.
