News about Regulation

Freight rates for barge transport from the Ukrainian Danube ports of Reni and Izmail to the Romanian port of Constanța have risen twice since the beginning of July. At the start of this week, they averaged about $28 per metric ton. Two factors contributed to the price increase: natural conditions and the logic of war.   

Self-employed individuals will be able to voluntarily purchase a full package of state social insurance coverage. Currently, they are subject to fixed contribution rates, and they are guaranteed only an old-age pension and a funeral allowance.

The Moldovan advertising market exceeded 654 million lei in 2025, with online advertising accounting for the largest share—at least 280 million lei. These figures were provided by the Competition Council of the Republic of Moldova.

The new prime minister, Vasile Tofan, has already indicated that the agri-food sector will be a key focus. Meanwhile, MAIA Minister Radu Musteață has already outlined a list of priorities for the ministry.

A police station has opened in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, located in the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889. Authorities hope that housing the police station here will strip the building of its former symbolic significance and make it unattractive to neo-Nazis.

The authorities are proposing to introduce a mechanism for gradually tightening sanctions in the context of criminal prosecution—ranging from fines, disqualification from engaging in certain activities and receiving government support, to the closure of a division and the liquidation of a company.

At its meeting on July 22, the Moldovan government approved a bill aimed at protecting journalists, human rights defenders, civic activists, whistleblowers, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations from lawsuits used to exert pressure on them or restrict their activities in the public interest.

Following an investigation that lasted more than two years, the tech giant faces another round of serious sanctions for violating EU rules governing large technology companies.

Sergey Ivanov, a member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, reported that he managed to contain a fire near his wheat field in time. In his opinion, the cause was not the hot weather, but an act of arson.

The Ministry of Finance has approved four professional standards, including the professional standard for “accountant.” It replaced the previous standard, which had been revoked.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Bolea did not rule out the possibility of establishing maritime academies in Moldova. However, this will not happen until the country’s legislation has been harmonized with the relevant European Union regulations.

The State Tax Service has updated the Catalog of Applicable Penalties.

The timeframe for public discussion of regulatory and legislative acts submitted for public consultation is being extended. The government has approved a corresponding decision, enacting it as a new law, “so that interested citizens and organizations have more time to analyze the proposals and submit recommendations.”

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a $1.15 trillion defense budget despite sharp disagreements between Republicans and Democrats. The bill, which sets Pentagon funding for the next fiscal year, passed by a narrow margin of 216 to 212. Six Democrats supported the measure, while seven Republicans voted against it.

This new measure will allow citizens to avoid additional consular legalization procedures, reduce the time required to process documents, and lower the associated costs.

The Republic of Moldova wishes to retain 17 of the 140 international treaties concluded through the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Although official data indicate relatively small volumes, a UNDP-funded study estimates that approximately 35,000 metric tons of textile waste are generated in the country each year. Most of it ends up in landfills, where it takes up space and, over time, leaches substances into the soil that result from the processing and dyeing of the materials.

The National Road Administration (AND) has announced a tender for the construction of more than 5.2 kilometers of sidewalks in seven localities in Moldova. The estimated cost of the project is 9.57 million lei, excluding VAT, which translates to an average cost of approximately 1,840 lei per linear meter of sidewalk.

Hungary refused to approve the results of the review of Clusters 2 and 3, concerning Moldova and Ukraine, at a meeting of the EU Council’s Working Group on Enlargement (COELA).

Government Secretary-General Alexei Buzu has been instructed to urgently submit, by the end of July, a “package of proposals and specific measures” that will reduce the excessive salaries of certain officials and “give people a sense of fairness,” until order is restored to the overall system of public sector pay.