News about Small and medium-sized businesses

Austrian company TUV, specializing in cybersecurity and compliance analysis, has opened a division in Moldova, the national investment attraction agency said.

The Organization for Enterprise Development (ODA) held today, May 26, a training event on building renewable energy communities as part of the European project REC4SMEs (Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through the creation of renewable energy communities).

The last module of the MoveUp program, dedicated to strengthening professional skills in logistics and transport, started in Moldova on May 25. At the final stage, participants are taking the course “Inventory Management and Demand Planning”.

“Flower City” of Uzbekistan Namangan is hosting the 65th International Flower Festival from May 24 to July 12.

At the end of last week, the process of discussing tax changes planned for next year de facto started. The Minister of Finance familiarized representatives of business associations with the main proposals of the ministry.

In the south of Moldova, the construction of a multifunctional production workshop, which will be part of a business incubator in Cimislia, was completed. The volume of investments amounted to 15.74 million lei.

The State Tax Service conducted a survey among taxpayers and presented its results. In general, it showed that the STS is increasingly perceived by them as a consultant and partner of business, rather than a controlling body.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) supports the development of education as a basis for sustainable economic growth, with a special focus on the training of qualified personnel.

The Government of Moldova will continue its commitment to strengthen partnership with the business community and promote a more applied dialog focused on effective solutions. The authorities’ priorities are aimed at reducing bureaucracy, speeding up administrative processes, digitalizing public services and ensuring clear and predictable rules for entrepreneurs and investors.

Yesterday, the IMF Mission and the Government of Moldova reached an expert-level agreement on a new policy coordination instrument (PCI) for the next 3 years, without financing.

More than 30 searches took place in Chisinau in a case of tax evasion and money laundering worth about 7 million lei.

Experts from Moldova and Romania, representatives of authorities and business associations discussed in Chisinau on May 19 the readiness of Moldovan companies to integrate into the European market and adapt to EU rules.

“Internationalization” of Moldovan business, its digitalization and non-repayable loans – updated support measures approved today by the government. By 2027, the executive branch plans to increase the number and contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises to GDP production, to attract more than 17,000 pairs of workers, including from foreigners, and to more actively support businesses “with a female face”.

In the fruit-growing sector, where export depends more on the quality than on the quantity of production, the director of Biyaz Salkim company, Vera Iabanji, has created an agricultural business worthy of becoming a model for farmers from Gagauzia. Especially those who expect in the future to create a stable channel for exporting their products to the highly marginal fruit market of the European Union.

The largest retailers and importers belonging to the Moldreturo Association ask the Moldovan government to suspend the draft decree on the launch of the deposit system for packaging (SDA). According to the entrepreneurs, the tender commission for selecting the administrator of the SDA worked in a non-transparent way. That is, it is not the purpose of the reform that is being challenged, but the way in which the state chose the operator of the future system.

Until June 30 of this year, taxpayers must decommission and deregister expired cash register equipment and replace it with machines connected to the IS “Electronic Sales Monitoring”.

Moldovan citizens living abroad will be able to get acquainted with job offers in their home country within the second Online Career Fair for the Diaspora. It will take place on June 11, 2026 from 14:00 Moldovan time.

Moldovan entrepreneurs met with the Minister of Environment to discuss the launch of a system of packaging deposit value (SDA). This is a mechanism whereby containers (glass, plastic and aluminum bottles) can be refunded at the point of sale.

Moldova’s e-commerce market reached 640,000 active shoppers in March 2025, and the number of active online stores reached around 2,800 in the first half of the year. The growth is structural – estimated at 7-9% p.a. in 2025-2026 – and comes exclusively from generational shifts and gradual adoption of digital habits. The EU accession process is gaining momentum. A major Romanian retailer has publicly stated that it is considering entry.

Almost 5 million lei in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to the amount of fines and sanctions imposed during operative tax audits carried out by the STS.