The process of drafting and promoting the bill on the introduction in Moldova of a new special tax regime for sole traders, known as START, is continuing.
The National Trade Union Bloc of Romania (BNS) is proposing to raise the minimum wage to 4,652 RON (around €871) per month from 1 January 2027. This is €61 more than the current level. According to trade union figures, around 1.4 million workers, or 27 per cent of all employees in the country, earn the minimum wage or €14 more.
From 1 January 2027, new rules regarding the tax burden on dividends will come into force. These provisions are set out in a package of amendments contained in the document on budgetary, tax and customs policy for 2027 and are included in Part (3¹) of Article 90¹ and Part (1) of Article 91 of the Tax Code.
New excise duty rates have been approved in Moldova. These are set out in a package of amendments contained in the document on budgetary, tax and customs policy for 2027 and will apply for a period of three years.
The General Inspectorate for Migration reported that, as at 1 November 2026, 62,262 people in Moldova had temporary protection status.
The Ministry of Defence is proposing to oblige citizens abroad to return to the country upon receiving a summons or notification requiring them to report to the military authorities. The new requirement is set out in a draft law on the rules governing the actions of the authorities and citizens in the event of war or a state of siege. If the bill is passed, it will come into force on 1 January 2027.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard announced that they were conducting internal investigations into the incident in the village of Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, near Kyiv, on 2 November.
Staff at Czech Television (ČT) and Czech Radio (ČRo) are staging a one-day strike against the government’s plans to change the funding of public service media. Rallies in support of the independence of public service broadcasting are taking place in Prague and other cities.
The Competition Council approved an agreement to settle the dispute amicably between ‘RODALS’ SRL and ‘CONDIPROD-COM’ SRL, which had fallen out over baker’s yeast. The Council’s plenary session decided to close the case at the parties’ request. The investigation concerned the actions of CONDIPROD-COM, whose products caused confusion amongst consumers and were associated with RODALS’s products.
The authorities have drawn up a draft law on special legal regimes of an exceptional nature. The document regulates the grounds and procedure for the imposition, extension, amendment and termination of a state of siege and a state of war, the powers of public authorities during such regimes, the special measures applicable, the rights, obligations and liability of natural and legal persons; the manner of securing the resources necessary for defence; the specific features of the administration of justice and enforcement proceedings; and the framework for international cooperation and external assistance
