News about Regulation
U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized Spain on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, stating that he did not want to continue trade relations with that country because of what he considered to be its insufficient participation in the alliance’s activities.
The regulations on bus passengers’ rights will establish new obligations for market operators and strengthen the protection of passengers’ rights. The draft will soon be approved by the government.
The State Fund for Subsurface Information will be launched in August. The relevant regulations governing the acceptance and storage of materials in the fund have been published and will take effect on August 7, 2026.
Romania has approached Ukraine with a proposal to change the operating algorithm for maritime drones. Bucharest is also in talks to strengthen its air defense system following a recent drone incident.
Chinese authorities are considering restricting foreign users’ access to cutting-edge Chinese artificial intelligence models. This issue has been discussed over the past month during meetings between representatives of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and the country’s largest technology companies.
Constantin Cuiumju, a member of the “Our Party” faction in the Moldovan Parliament, is demanding that the leadership of Energocom appear before Parliament after the company spent approximately 18 million lei on a billing information system that was supposed to go live on June 1, but has not yet been put into operation.
German rare-book and antique-book stores have encountered an unexpected customer. Companies developing artificial intelligence have begun buying up old editions in large quantities to train language models and chatbots. After being digitized, many of these books are simply taken apart.
According to the State Tax Service (STS), the agency no longer accepts applications from individuals seeking to register as independent business operators.
The European Parliament has put an end to a long-standing dispute over air passenger rights. After more than a decade of negotiations with EU member state governments and airlines, lawmakers have finally approved updated rules that maintain free carry-on baggage and the right to compensation for long flight delays.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova (AmCham Moldova) proposes imposing sanctions proportional to the material severity of the violation and its actual tax consequences. It also recommends reviewing certain mechanisms for holding parties accountable.
The financial management of the Grape and Wine Fund may change. A new bill provides for the transfer of the fund’s treasury account to the direct management of the National Grape and Wine Bureau (ONVV).
The authorities will revise the rules governing hiring and integrity oversight, as well as the code of ethics for the civil service. The corresponding draft amendments are currently being reviewed by parliamentary committees.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization is continuing its policy of reducing excessive regulation in the private sector by streamlining the permitting system. The ministry has developed a major initiative that includes amendments to 29 government resolutions. The document has been released for public consultation.
In Moldova, it is perfectly legal for construction workers and general laborers to live in mobile housing units, and this is specified in the Classification of Economic Activities (KEDM 5590). However, in practice, employers face a conflict of legal provisions.
On June 26, 2026, the Iași Court of Appeals handed down a final ruling in a major case involving the smuggling of cigarettes from Moldova. The most serious charge, involving an organized criminal group, was dropped against all 21 defendants. Eight of them will not face criminal charges. The rest received reduced sentences on the merits of the case, some of which were suspended. The case lasted ten years.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted the sanctions against Russian athletes.
A French appeals court has modified the sentence imposed on Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party, in a case involving the misuse of European Parliament funds. The court reduced the length of her ban from holding public office from five years to 15 months, which opens the door for her to run in the 2027 presidential election.
An initiative raising questions about the independence of FIFA’s decision-making process is gaining support in the European Parliament. A group of lawmakers circulated a letter among their colleagues calling for an investigation into the circumstances under which the automatic suspension of U.S. national team forward Folarin Balogun was lifted after he was sent off during the World Cup.
The German government intends to establish a national strategic natural gas reserve for use in emergencies. The project, costing up to 1.5 billion euros, is designed to ensure the stability of the energy supply in the event of disruptions to fuel imports or attacks on critical infrastructure.
Romanians’ pension savings continue to grow at a record pace. In just one year, the assets of mandatory private pension funds (Pilonul II) increased by 37% and reached 227.5 billion RON (about $49.7 billion) by the end of May 2026.
