News about Regulation

Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Polish opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), called on the Polish government to block negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union. He made this statement amid a sharp deterioration in relations between Warsaw and Kyiv, according to the Financial Times.

Opposition lawmakers have joined the initiative launched by the National Alternative Movement (MAN) Party to hold a referendum on local government reform.

On Sunday, June 28, a protest against the proposed new budget and tax policy will take place in front of the parliament building. The organizers are demanding that the VAT increase on essential goods and services be suspended. Participants are urged to attend the demonstration without any party symbols.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko recently met with representatives of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Transparency in decision-making was compromised during the consideration of 80% of the bills at the parliamentary session on Friday, June 26. This was the conclusion reached by the Promo-LEX association.

Although arrears owed to local budgets have exceeded 220 million lei over the past five years, the draft tax policy for 2027 does not include effective tools for city halls to enforce the collection of tax debts.

The list of jurisdictions with which Moldova automatically exchanges information on financial accounts will be significantly reduced. The relevant draft order has been developed by the Ministry of Finance and is open for public comment through July 6, 2026.

At the meeting of the secretaries-general on June 22, a draft resolution of the Moldovan government was reviewed and approved, exempting the state-owned enterprise Moldelectrica from paying to the budget income tax on revenue received in 2025 in the amount of 26,997,786,25 lei.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law increasing government fees for migrants.

At this stage, the Ministry of Finance has decided against changing the mechanism for taxing wages. The decision was made following consultations with representatives of the Association of Accountants. Neither experts nor local authorities understood the reform.

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen has demanded that the Donald Trump administration provide Congress with detailed information on the costs of winding down approximately 5,600 programs and contracts of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). She estimates that closing these projects could require up to $19 billion in previously approved budget funds.

The total value of public procurement procedures reviewed by the National Dispute Resolution Authority (ANSC) in 2025 exceeded 8.8 billion lei (approximately 450 million euros). This amount accounts for more than half of all public procurement in the country.

The largest cryptocurrency exchange was unable to obtain a license in any of the EU countries where it applied, but it will keep trying.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs if any European country decides to impose a digital services tax on American companies.

The U.S. launched strikes against Iranian military targets following an attack on a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz. As a result, the situation has sharply escalated since the ceasefire;

Moldova will legalize the use of particle accelerators for cancer diagnosis and building inspection. Parliament passed the first reading of a bill amending the Law on the Safe Conduct of Nuclear and Radiological Activities.

Ilie Bolojan, Romania’s acting prime minister, assigned staff members from the oversight body under the prime minister’s office to the Department for Relations with the Republic of Moldova (DRRM).

A total of 731 organized crime networks have emerged in the European Union, actively involved in drug trafficking, fraud, and cybercrime. This is stated in a new Europol report, which documents the rapid transformation of criminal organizations and the growth of their technological capabilities.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has approved amendments to the Atomic Energy Act that lift the previous ban on the import, production, storage, and use of nuclear weapons within the country. The document has been published on the Finnish Parliament’s website, and the changes will take effect on July 1.

Anna Paula criticized the ban on the use of the Russian language in public spaces. She posted her opinion on social media.