News about Regulation

The Republic of Moldova is hosting the 65th General Assembly of the Permanent Regional Working Group on Rural Development (SWG) of South Eastern Europe during April 21-22. The meeting will bring together officials from member countries and experts in the field from France, Hungary and Germany, which opens up opportunities for enhanced cooperation, including with non-member states.

The Council of the European Union decided to extend restrictive measures against persons “responsible for actions aimed at destabilizing, undermining or threatening the sovereignty and independence of the Republic of Moldova” until April 29, 2027.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, April 22.

In October 2025, the Moldovan government imposed a de facto ban on sugar imports from Serbia to the Moldovan market for a period of 200 days under the pretext of protecting the sector. This measure was presented as a supportive measure to give local sugar producers another hypothetical chance to “perk up”. Even at the cost of quite real sacrifices imposed on the entire food industry of Moldova. Let us assess what happened in the end.

Every fourth company in Poland plans to look for new employees abroad. This trend in the employment structure is most common among large (44%) and medium-sized (27%) companies. Only 5% of small employers intend to hire foreigners.

Along with the two state-owned publishing houses “Știința” and “Lumina”, which will be offered for sale, the state’s share (11.2%) in the printing house “Metrompas” will also be auctioned.

Azerbaijan’s relations with Belgium and the Netherlands have found themselves in a zone of high turbulence. Official Baku accused Brussels and Amsterdam of interfering in internal affairs after European parliamentarians adopted resolutions on the release of detained persons whom the Azerbaijani side considers war criminals, as well as on the continuation of the EU observation mission in Armenia.

On Monday, April 20, a refund portal went live for U.S. businesses affected by Trump’s tariffs. Applications for $127 billion have already been submitted. But the process could take months, and consumers will barely feel the benefits.

The authorities are taking strict control over the extraction of minerals and intend to introduce European standards of subsoil monitoring. The draft mandatory reporting developed by the Ministry of Environment will affect all subsoil users and for the first time will force them to take into account even hidden valuable components in dumps.

This is how the initiative of Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu to abandon the 5+2 format and create a new negotiating mechanism for the Transnistrian settlement was commented by the chairman of the Alliance of Moldovans party, Dumitru Roibu.

The municipal enterprise “Combinat of ritual services” operates ten cemeteries with the area of 160 hectares. At the same time, the problem of lack of free places in cemeteries remains acute.

The Justice Department is proposing to raise a number of rates for its services in order to “bring them in line with current economic conditions.”

The process of voluntary merger of mayoralties cannot be completed by December. The experience of already completed mergers has shown that the whole procedure takes more than a year. This is the opinion of Făleşti mayor Aliaksandr Severin.

The Entry/Exit System (EES), which began operating at EU borders on April 10, has caused hours-long queues at airports in six European countries.

Another state-owned enterprise will be offered for privatization by the Public Property Agency. It is the state-owned enterprise Izomer, specializing in the production of chemical products.
By the decision of the relevant selection commission, it was included in the list of assets to be privatized through open tenders.

If a store customer wants to make sure that the minimum shelf life of purchased chicken eggs has not yet expired, he or she will be able to do so. This week, a government decree was officially published and came into force, obliging egg producers to provide detailed information on the packaging.

Moldova is strengthening its preparedness for possible migration crises related to the regional security situation, primarily the war in Ukraine.

Users are reporting that some iPhones with the Telega app are turning into “bricks” after an iOS update.

UPDATED. In 2026, it is planned to spend about 600 thousand lei for the evaluation of school textbooks – this is about 56.3 thousand lei more than in 2025, when the expenses amounted to 543.7 thousand lei.

The U.S. has lifted restrictions on Russian oil purchases for another month, although it had “ruled out” such an option a few days ago.