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The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the state quota for training specialists at universities. In the new academic year, 9,013 students will be able to study at public expense—301 more than the previous year. The additional spots will primarily go to future teachers, engineers, and medical professionals. In this way, the authorities hope to reduce the labor shortage in key sectors of the economy.

While Moldova’s population continues to decline, the size of the government bureaucracy, on the contrary, is growing. Economic expert Tatiana Iovv reported this on her social media page.

In the first quarter of 2026, according to data from the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization, the average wage in the private sector rose by 5.9% in real terms, while in the public sector it fell by 1.5%.

Chisinau International Airport ended 2025 with a sharp increase in financial performance, becoming the leading source of revenue among Moldova’s state-owned enterprises. Its net profit reached 712 million lei—twice as much as in 2024, when it stood at 337 million lei.

By the end of this year, more than 270 elevators in apartment buildings in Chisinau are scheduled to be repaired and modernized.

The European labor market remains divided along lines of citizenship. While EU citizens are more likely to secure permanent jobs, migrants from non-EU countries are more often forced to accept temporary contracts and part-time work. Eurostat reached this conclusion after analyzing the situation over the past decade.

China’s crude oil imports in June fell to their lowest level since October 2016, despite the escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf. The sharp decline in purchases by the world’s largest oil importer served as a new sign of weakening demand and heightened uncertainty in the global energy market.

Yesterday, the global temperature record for 2026 was broken. The epicenter of the disaster (in this sense as well) is Iran.

In June 2026, independent contractors (freelancers) earned more than 41 million lei.

The rainfall that fell last week and at the beginning of this week was not heavy enough to damage the first-group winter crop harvest, but it was enough to slow down the harvest campaign in Moldova somewhat. However, the weather forecast for the near future is improving, albeit not dramatically. The harvest will pick up speed. And while there may not be a comprehensive overview, at least the official data on its interim results—as promised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Industry (MAIA)—will be released in the coming days.

Moldova’s largest pharmacy chain, Farmacia Familiei, increased its net profit by 12.7% in 2025—to 75.6 million lei—and its revenue by 13%, to 2.86 billion lei. This growth is attributed to the expansion of the chain and the growth of the pharmaceutical market as a whole.

This year, due to a relatively cool spring, the sales season for locally grown sweet cherries began about two weeks later than usual. However, it will also last longer—through this week and possibly next week—unless rainfall disrupts the growers’ plans.

Farmers in the southern part of the country have begun the large-scale rapeseed harvest. According to the leadership of the Agrocereale association, initial feedback from farmers regarding the crop’s yield is encouraging—the average yield has not yet fallen below 2.5 metric tons per hectare, but some farms are harvesting as much as 4 metric tons per hectare.

Trade volume in the Kyiv Customs District for January–June 2026 totaled $18.2 billion—$4.3 billion more than in the first half of 2025.

According to official data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the infant mortality rate in 2025 declined significantly. The decline in infant mortality, along with an overall reduction in the number of deaths in the country (to 13.5 per 1,000 inhabitants), was one of the key factors contributing to the increase in life expectancy in Moldova, which, by the end of 2025, had risen by nearly 10 months to 72.8 years.

From July 6 to July 12, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 957.9 million lei, which is 131.8% higher than the target for the reporting period.

Despite the rapid expansion of retail chains, Romania’s grocery retail market faced a slowdown in real consumption in 2025. Inflation and the opening of new stores were the main drivers of revenue growth for the largest players, while sales volumes in physical terms declined significantly.

Franzeluța, Moldova’s largest bread producer, ended 2025 with an increase in sales. However, rising operating and labor costs significantly reduced the company’s profits.

Romania’s automotive industry is having a difficult year. In the first half of 2026, the Dacia and Ford Otosan plants produced 247,972 passenger cars—12.7% fewer than during the same period last year. Moreover, the decline is accelerating: in June alone, production plummeted by 16%.

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