News about Social sphere

A special parliamentary investigative commission will investigate the causes of the increase in telephone and digital fraud. Its tasks include assessing the damage caused and identifying legislative gaps that allow criminals to operate with impunity on the territory of the Republic of Moldova.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered the Republic of Moldova to pay 560,000 euros to the company Seksimp Group SRL in a case on the enforcement of a court decision that led to the forced auctioning of the company’s assets.

Currency strategists predict that the US dollar exchange rate will remain in a certain range in the near future and then weaken by the end of the year. Although analysts expected it to weaken, their confidence has waned in recent months and they now forecast a smaller decline or even a rise in the exchange rate. This is due to optimism about the imminent end of the conflict in the Middle East and its temporary impact on inflation.

After a difficult winter, which caused the deterioration of the condition of roads and sidewalks, the municipal road services in the capital have become more active. The city authorities report almost weekly on repair works on the transportation arteries of Chisinau.

The Spanish authorities in 2025 granted citizenship to almost 300 thousand foreigners – the highest figure in the history of observations, according to data from the National Statistical Institute of the country (INE).

The Moldovan state budget envisages funds related to vacation days not used by public sector employees. In particular, this year the amount of over 192.4 million lei is planned for these payments.

The unemployment rate in the first quarter at the national level amounted to 10.4% against the previously declared 3-4%, calculated according to the ILO methodology. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) cited the data, arguing that the new figures are based on the transition of the agency from 2026 to the labor force survey instruments according to the standards of the European Union.

The State Road Administration of the Republic of Moldova is planning to carry out a detailed technical inspection of bridges located on the Dniester River in June and July this year. The purpose of these activities is to assess the current state of the road infrastructure and to plan the necessary repairs to ensure road safety.

A Guarantee Fund will be established in Moldova. It is established to transpose the EU Directive, which sets minimum standards for the protection of workers’ rights and the prevention of losses in the event of employer insolvency.

The Cypriot Chairmanship started preparations for the official opening of the 1st cluster of negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the EU.

The Palace of the Republic (SE Palatul Republicii) ended the fiscal year 2025 with a sharp drop in net profit. According to the presented financial statements, the profit for the reporting period amounted to 123,211 lei, which is almost six times lower (-82.5%) than the previous year’s figure, when it reached 703,061 lei.

The Agency for Research and Development (ANCD) has submitted for public consultation a package of documents for the Young Researchers project competition for 2027-2028 with a total budget of LE 27 million.

Ukrainian parliamentarians have expressed “categorical opposition to the separation of the European integration paths” of Moldova and Ukraine. This was said at a meeting between the deputy chairman of the Commission for European Affairs of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Ovidiu-Vasile Cimpian, and a delegation of the Commission for Foreign Affairs and Interparliamentary Cooperation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, headed by its chairman, Oleksandr Merezhko.

Italian Ferrari became the first team in the history of Formula 1, whose spending on pilot salaries exceeded 100 million euros a year.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19, will be the largest in the history of the tournament: 48 national teams will take part in it. The total transfer value of all players is estimated at €17.57 billion, and four national teams have squads worth more than €1 billion.

Patients in several European countries are facing unprecedented waiting times for medical care, according to a major Euronews Health analysis based on fresh OECD data. In some categories of planned treatment, they reach almost two years. Unlike many European countries, the Moldovan legislation does not have a clear regulation strictly limiting the maximum waiting time for planned services. And they are still deliberately shorter.

The European Commission warns of the possible loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in the EU years amid high energy prices, industrial restructuring and the transition to a “green” economy.

About 9% of workers in the European Union are in a situation of forced non-standard employment, when people work on temporary contracts, part-time or short-term assignments due to the lack of opportunity to find a permanent job. This is stated in a study by Eurofound – the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.

The Chisinau Municipality Mayor’s Office launched the Municipal Program of Entrepreneurial Education, 2026 edition. It is implemented by the Municipal Center for Entrepreneurship Development.

A recent study on the poverty rate presented by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) does not give a clear answer as to whether poverty is increasing or decreasing in Moldova.