Regulation

The volume of natural gas consumption in Moldova in February 2026 amounted to 154.2 million m³, which is 3.5% more than in the same period of 2025, the press service of the state enterprise Energocom said.

The Council of the Association “Forța Fermierilor” approved Alexandru Slusar as the executive director of the organization.

For Ukraine, as for other Central and Eastern European countries outside the eurozone that are already largely integrated into supply chains and trade with the EU, the additional benefits of euro adoption seem limited, but the risks are substantial.

Economic agents should inventory groundwater wells so that, if necessary, they can be tapped to provide alternative water sources to the population.

The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will hold an emergency meeting on the situation in the Middle East. The Council will focus on the impact of the situation in the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf region on shipping and seafarers, particularly in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

The government has given a negative response to a parliamentary initiative to extend the benefit involving deferral of income tax received for tax periods 2023-2026 to corrected tax reports.

The Government decided to introduce an environmental danger regime in the Dniester basin. This will allow the authorities to limit the intake of polluted water, quickly mobilize resources and ensure coordination of actions to prevent a threat to the population’s water supply.

Against the background of the crisis in the sugar beet industry and the prospects of importing agricultural products under the agreement with Mercosur, the European Union has allowed the import of transgenic corn and the production of genetically modified sugar beet.

On Friday, the governing Food Safety Agency (ANSA) issued an order authorizing the resumption of imports of frozen and chilled poultry meat from a poultry farm (Cherkassy, Ukraine) owned by Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP).

The government is meeting urgently to consider a proposal to introduce an environmental danger regime in the Dniester river basin for 15 days.

The fifth year of the war will be crucial for Ukrainians who went abroad during the war. The conditions of their stay in Europe will change. Therefore, many of those who have been hesitant so far will have to make a choice: stay or return.

A creditor will be obliged to resort to it before filing a statement of claim with a court. The innovation concerns a whole range of judicial disputes – civil, family and labor disputes, as well as criminal and administrative cases. But it will not apply to disputes in the tax, customs and administrative spheres.

Romania intends to expand cooperation with Moldova in the security and defense sector, based on the strategic partnership between the two countries, as well as on common historical and cultural ties.

The parliamentary secretariat struggles to prepare laws due to the urgency and large volume of drafts, which increases the risk of errors and forces staff to work overtime.

The renewal of the administrative board, as well as the problems of importing bee families and the quality of exported products were the focus of the general meeting of the National Association of Beekeepers of Moldova (ANARM) on March 13.

The authorities plan to introduce a national electronic system “e-Admitere” for enrolling children in nurseries and kindergartens. It should make the process of enrollment in early education institutions unified, transparent and accessible.

There is growing dissatisfaction in Brussels with Ursula von der Leyen’s behavior. Several EU countries accuse the European Commission president of acting outside her mandate in foreign policy matters, especially since the beginning of the conflict over Iran. Sharp criticism has been voiced in the European Parliament, in diplomatic circles and now in the capitals of the Union’s member states.

The government is preparing to launch a new electronic system for public procurement management to replace the current MTender platform and cover the entire cycle of procurement procedures, including contract execution and monitoring.

NEW YORK – The United States and Israel have launched a war that the Gulf states tried to avert by investing heavily in diplomacy. Now their civilian infrastructure is under daily attack.

The Parliamentary Commission on Economy, Budget and Finance has expressed its support for retaining the rules on cash payments. The commissioners, who represent the parliamentary majority, argue that restrictions on cash payments, including a €10,000 limit for transactions between individuals, which comes into effect from July 2027, are important to combat the shadow economy.