News about Social sphere
The state budget deficit at the end of May stood at approximately 7.7 billion lei. This represents an increase of 777.1 million lei (or 11.4%) compared to the same period last year. The Ministry of Finance reported this while summarizing the results for the first five months.
Portugal’s capital has been ranked among the least affordable housing markets in Europe: property prices there are nearly 19 times higher than the average annual household income. By this measure, Lisbon has surpassed Paris and London, trailing only Split, Croatia.
Periods during which maternity (pregnancy and childbirth) and paternity benefits are received will be officially counted toward the length of service used to calculate pensions. This provision is contained in a bill that was passed by Parliament on its first reading.
Ukrainians in the Republic of Moldova will be able to obtain citizenship through a simplified procedure. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko discussed this decision with Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu.
Lawmakers voted in the first reading to require that prepaid SIM cards be activated only after the user has been identified based on a valid form of identification.
According to media reports, Volkswagen is preparing for the most radical restructuring in its history: up to 100,000 jobs could be cut worldwide—twice as many as previously reported. Four plants in Germany are at risk of closure.
Wimbledon, one of the world’s most famous sporting tournaments, kicks off in London on June 29.
On June 26, Liliana Daria, Moldova’s ambassador to Moscow, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry following an incident involving the detention of diplomatic couriers.
On June 26, Crimean Head Sergey Aksyonov and Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev jointly declared a state of emergency in the region.
Vlad Batrincha, Deputy Speaker of the legislature, called for parliamentary hearings with the participation of Anca Dragu, Governor of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), during a plenary session. He demanded clarification regarding the monthly salaries and the actual contributions of each member of the NBM Supervisory Board.
Following a meeting on June 25 between representatives of “Forța Fermierilor” and the Speaker of Parliament, a decision was made to suspend the farmers’ protests. This is because the farmers “received a signal… indicating a willingness to consider the possibility of not adopting the budget and tax policy with a 20% VAT rate.”
“We can’t sell a traditional blouse for 400 lei when our labor alone is valued at 400 lei,” says a craftswoman at Mirabela.
Residents of the village of Batyr, in the Chimishlia district, oppose the merger. At a village-wide meeting, 1,024 people signed a petition addressed to the Office of the President, Parliament, the government, and the Congress of Local Authorities of Moldova (CALM).
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intends to restrict the ability to file asylum claims as much as possible, citing recent Supreme Court rulings. This was stated by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
More than 174,000 people received compensation for medications and medical devices prescribed through the electronic prescription system last month. Of these, 126,000 were patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Maya Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova, commented on the draft of a new law on a unified pay system for the public sector, noting that it provides for adjustments to the official salaries of high-ranking officials: the president, the speaker of parliament, and the prime minister.
President Maia Sandu has distanced herself from the scandal surrounding the state-owned enterprise MoldATSA. The head of state stated that she bears no responsibility for the fact that her relative received “money she did not deserve” from this company. At the same time, Sandu announced that, following this incident, large-scale audits will be conducted at all of the country’s more than 70 state-owned enterprises.
A missile alert was issued in the Moscow Region on June 25. The regional headquarters of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations issued the alert via the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry’s emergency notification system and a number of official information channels.
Reports have emerged in the Moldovan media that farmers participating in a peaceful protest are attempting to block roads near border crossings with their farm equipment. There have been instances where certain checkpoints temporarily suspended operations. The editorial staff of Logos Press asked two former ministers of agriculture to offer their assessment—not from a legal perspective, but from a civic one—of these actions by farmers.
European travelers are shifting sharply toward shorter trips and destinations with milder climates. This is according to a recent analysis by Trip.com Group on trends for the 2026 summer season.
