News about Social sphere

“A “thorough discussion with the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry” was held this week by representatives of the Forța Fermierilor association. Judging by the softened tone of the organization’s assets in the announcement of the results of this dialogue, something is changing – there is a hint of constructiveness.

In the first five months of 2026, the National Health Insurance Company (AOAM) accumulated revenues of more than LE 5.7 billion in the compulsory health insurance funds.

Chisinau City Hall announces the renewal of the cultural project “There is art in Moldova. There is art in Chisinau”.

Women and children who took refuge in Moldova because of the war in Ukraine have successfully integrated into local communities, having guaranteed access to education, health care and social protection. Currently, more than 140,000 citizens of the neighboring country remain on Moldovan territory, said the chairwoman of the Foreign Policy Commission, Doina German.

The large-scale digitalization of public services in Moldova is associated with serious risks of social exclusion and discrimination. This was stated by the People’s Advocate Czeslaw Panco during the presentation of a report in Parliament, emphasizing that the rapid transition to digitalization requires the immediate implementation of mechanisms for the protection of citizens’ rights.

International tourism remains inaccessible to much of the world’s population: new data highlight significant differences in overseas travel experiences between major economies.

During the three years of implementation of the national program “Cultural Voucher” in Moldova (2023-2025), only 15-20% of the total number of eligible youth were able to use state funds. Because of this, the annual amount of funding allocated from the state budget is not utilized.

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.