News about Regulation

The amount of subsidies provided to employers for the employment of persons with disabilities may be increased by 21%. The reason is that the current limits do not cover the costs incurred, including those incurred at specialized enterprises, to ensure working conditions for employees.

Any attempt of administrative interference in religious life, be it redistribution of property or support of some religious structures to the detriment of others, is a serious violation of the norms of the rule of law.

Several U.S. states are restricting the operation of prediction markets with billions of dollars in lawsuits. The US President has also joined in the criticism.

In the age of artificial intelligence, the question of who the author is and whether a book will survive takes on new significance. The line between creator and tool is becoming increasingly blurred.

Moldova has made significant progress towards European economic integration, reflected in an increasingly pronounced orientation of exports towards the European Union market. Preliminary results and an analysis of the country’s prospects in the context of the economic policies pursued by the authorities was presented by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) within the framework of the project “Strengthening Trade and Competitiveness in the Eastern Partnership Countries”, funded by the European Union with the support of the consulting company Civitta.

The total volume of attracted investments in six free economic zones (FEZ) of the Republic of Moldova reached $1122.8 million by the end of 2025.

Employees of the Moldovan Customs Service participated in a three-day seminar on “Goods Identification to Facilitate Physical Control of Dual-use Goods”, organized with the support of international partners.

The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was cut short Saturday night after a shooting outside the Washington Hilton hotel where the event was being held. President Donald Trump and other guests were evacuated and a suspect has been detained.

The State Intellectual Property Agency (AGEPI) sent a congratulatory message on the occasion of the International Intellectual Property Day. It is celebrated annually on April 26 and is timed to the day of entry into force in 1970 of the Convention of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Private detective activity in Moldova is transferred to a strict regime of state licensing. Detectives are now required to obtain an official permit (authorization) from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will need to be periodically confirmed. The state introduces regular audits of the professional suitability and impeccable background (screening) of employees.

Moldova introduces new rules for labeling food products: now merchants are obliged to indicate the country of origin of goods. The corresponding amendments to the Law on Internal Trade were adopted by the Parliament this week.

The State Tax Service has submitted for public consultation amendments to the Regulation on the functioning of fiscal checkpoints. Their development is caused by the need to update the current norms, as well as the inclusion of proposals of taxpayers.

Tensions between the United States and Europe are steadily increasing, NATO is increasingly cracking at the seams, and it is hard to think of a better gift for Moscow than a split in the alliance. The initiator of these processes is Trump, who even during his first term talked about the U.S. withdrawal from NATO.

The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) opens an official representative office in Moldova.

Artificial intelligence tools can generate “hallucinations” by inventing non-existent cases and laws, so justice will remain a “human endeavor” for a long time to come. This was stated by the President of the Constitutional Court (CC) Domnica Manole during the international conference “The Future of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’ in the Context of Internet Development, Fake News and Artificial Intelligence: Challenges for Constitutional Courts”.

The U.S. has effectively allowed Lukoil’s network to operate until October 2026 by issuing a special license that allows the company’s gas stations to continue operating abroad despite the sanctions in place. The competent authorities in Moldova must now speak out and possibly allow the gas stations to continue operating.

At the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Republic of Moldova extradited Russian citizen Yusup Sayd-Aliev for criminal prosecution under part 2 of article 208 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the territory of a foreign state in an armed formation, not provided for by the legislation of this state, for purposes contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation), part 2 of article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of an organization, which in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation is recognized as a terrorist organization).

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect from April 25-27.

To date, the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry has not yet announced the start of the next stage of accepting applications for subsidies under agricultural risk insurance contracts concluded in the fall and winter period. While waiting for this announcement, some insurance companies are being “restrained” in the agricultural segment – they insure only livestock farms and perennial crop plantations of their regular customers.

European Council President António Costa has said that it is necessary to prepare for the official opening of the first clusters of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.