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As of the beginning of 2026, servicing Moldova’s domestic public debt costs the budget significantly more than servicing external debt, often amounting to almost double the difference in expenditures.

In 2025, the number of detected offenses in Moldova will amount to 947.6 thousand, which is 7.8% more compared to 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

The authorities intend to accelerate the development of regional waste management infrastructure by recognizing the relevant works as objects of public necessity of national importance and introducing legislative measures to ensure their prompt implementation.

Poland and Lithuania offer the United States a new bridgehead: the countries are ready to accept troops withdrawn from Germany and strengthen NATO’s eastern flank. This was announced by Polish President Karol Nawrocki during a joint exercise in Lithuania.

The new counterterrorism strategy approved by the Donald Trump administration describes Europe as both a key U.S. partner and a source of potential terrorist risks.

The United States Department of Justice has launched an investigation into suspicious bets on oil futures ahead of news of a war with Iran. Traders made such transactions totaling $2.6 billion amid a periodic spike in trading activity in the oil market shortly before important announcements about the situation around Iran.

The Ministry of Economy has drafted a bill harmonizing the national legal framework with the provisions of the European directive applicable to independent trade agents. It will be considered at the next government meeting.

Parliament adopted in the first reading the draft Code on the Organization and Functioning of Parliament, which introduces new rules for plenary sessions, parliamentary debates and the activity of factions.

Former Chinese defense ministers Li Shanfu and Wei Fenghe have been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in a case of receiving and giving bribes. This is reported by the Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua News Agency).

The Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill on the exemption from taxes and fees of a part of transport temporarily imported from EU member states. The document will harmonize the national legislation with European regulations and will become effective at the moment of Moldova’s accession to the EU.

Moldova is becoming increasingly dependent on external financing. At the same time, reform-driven financial instruments are increasingly being replaced by “politicized financing”, with economic criteria taking a back seat. This can be considered the beginning of a dangerous slide for the country.

The Government of Kazakhstan decided to prolong temporary restrictions on the export of gasoline, diesel fuel and other fuels and lubricants. The corresponding order was signed by the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan. As follows from the document, “these measures are aimed at protecting the domestic market and preventing fuel shortages in the country”.

A court in Moscow has sentenced in absentia Ukrainian businessman Yevhen Chernyak, founder of the Global Spirits alcohol holding company (brands Khortytsya, Morosha, Pervak), to 14 years in prison in a terrorism financing case.

Cluster 1 “Fundamental Values” in negotiations with the European Union is considered to be the most important and at the same time the most difficult block: it opens first and closes last.

Moldova will carry out a reform of public institutions aimed at structural reorganization of the public administration system and increasing its efficiency in the context of European integration. Currently, the administrative system is fragmented, often powers are duplicated and there is no coherence between institutions.

Eurozone financial integration has made steady progress over the past few years, but the region’s stock markets remain stubbornly fragmented, lagging behind developments in the debt and banking sectors, the European Central Bank (ECB) said in a report released Thursday.

The guarantee fund initiated by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection will provide minimum protection of workers’ rights in case of bankruptcy or insolvency of the employer.

The Parliament is considering a bill that would allow the exportation of cars for personal use under the temporary importation regime not only to the persons who have registered their importation, but also to other authorized persons.

EU Defense and Space Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, on the sidelines of a defense exhibition in Athens, did not hide his concern that Russia is ahead of the euro bloc in the production of some weapons.

All new buildings, as well as buildings undergoing major renovation, will be mandatorily equipped with internal infrastructure for fiber optic Internet. This will allow housing and commercial premises to be initially prepared for high-speed connection without additional costs in the future.