News about Social sphere
Small discrepancies with the plan – excess in revenues and shortfall in expenditures – led to a 13.7% reduction in the planned state budget deficit. The report on its implementation in 2025 was approved at today’s cabinet meeting.
An ad seeking shepherds in remote areas in northern China has suddenly gone viral on social media, garnering tens of millions of views and sparking a debate about the state of the country’s labor market.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu received in Chisinau Salome Zurabishvili, who led Georgia from 2018 to 2024.
The European Commission has unveiled the ‘One Trip, One Ticket’ initiative, which could significantly change rail travel across Europe by removing one of the key problems for passengers – the need to buy tickets from different operators for the same route.
In Eastern Europe, an annual income of 100 thousand euros leaves more “on hand” than in Western and Northern Europe. The calculations are complicated, these are only experts’ estimates, because the tax systems themselves differ: in some countries they are relatively simple, in others much more complex. But the conclusion is unambiguous. Bulgaria tops the ranking.
Latvia and Lithuania, following the European Union and a number of other EU countries, have summoned Russian ambassadors to protest against Russia’s threats to launch new massive strikes against Kiev and demands for foreigners and diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital.
In the Polish village of Konotopi, where only about 120 people live, the construction of a large-scale statue of the Virgin Mary is being completed, which may become the highest such monument in Europe.
Romania’s Culture Minister Andras Istvan Demeter resigned on Monday, May 25, following the scandal caused by the publication of an audio recording in which he reportedly makes harsh remarks about “national interests.”
An external audit revealed that more than half of the citizens obliged to self-insure do not purchase a medical policy. At the end of last year, 133 thousand people paid the insurance contribution under the compulsory health insurance (CHI) program in the prescribed amount, totaling 363.5 million lei, while more than 142 thousand people did not contribute to the CHI system. The losses incurred by the medical funds are estimated by the Court of Accounts at about 187 million lei.
According to the results of 2025, Moldova ranked 66th in the “Global Peace Index” (Global Peace Index), down from the 64th position it held a year earlier.
The authorities have abolished the condition that set a maximum distance of 25 kilometers between the administrative centers of the administrative-territorial units involved in the process of voluntary unification (amalgamation). The decision was adopted by the government on Wednesday, May 27.
There is not much time left until the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026 – the tournament starts on June 11. Many national teams have already published their bids, and passions are running high around them. Sports fans and experts are heatedly discussing the squads – who has been left out by the coaches, who is missing due to injuries, who among the stars did not make it to the championship with the team.
The external public audit of the Accounting Chamber revealed a number of serious systemic violations that can directly affect the social rights of citizens. Execution of the state social insurance budget faces a number of systemic problems that depend on the state of the economy as a whole – bankruptcy of enterprises, debts, poor financial discipline and many other things that affect the sustainability of state guarantees in the social sphere.
The European Consumer Rights Protection Center of Moldova launched the “Consumer Page” – a new tool for filing complaints.
Switzerland has been recognized as the best country to move to in 2026. This follows from the annual Remitly Immigration Index study, which covered 82 states and assessed the quality of life on 34 indicators.
A Ukrainian citizen has asked the Ukrainian government to return the “nationality” column to passports and birth certificates. The proposal concerns not only paper forms, but also digital documents.
Engineering work on the creation of fortifications, including anti-tank ditches, barriers and long-term firing positions, continues near Odessa. This was reported by the Ukrainian media with reference to the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine South.
Last week, three outbreaks of animal diseases were registered in Moldova: one case of African swine fever in wild boars (in Cioara, Hincesti) and two cases of dog rabies (in Nisporeni and in Valcinet, Calarasi).
The government is establishing territorial education agencies, which will take over the management of schools from the district councils. These agencies will report directly to the Ministry of Education and Enlightenment. The authorities explain the reform by the need to, among other things, “depoliticize” the local education system, while the opposition calls it “centralization”.
On the eve of the International Children’s Day, the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) will organize on Sunday, May 31, the event “În lumea lui Bănuț” (“In the World of Coins”). It will be held on Sunday to facilitate the participation of children and families from localities outside the capital.
