News about Transportation

The Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill on the exemption from taxes and fees of a part of transport temporarily imported from EU member states. The document will harmonize the national legislation with European regulations and will become effective at the moment of Moldova’s accession to the EU.

The Parliament is considering a bill that would allow the exportation of cars for personal use under the temporary importation regime not only to the persons who have registered their importation, but also to other authorized persons.

The decision to start talks between Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the conclusion of an agreement on air services was approved today by the government.

Moldovan customs authorities stopped an attempt to smuggle commemorative coins and items of historical value hidden from inspection at the Leuseni checkpoint.

The cargo ship was struck by a missile in the Persian Gulf area, with several crew members injured.

The registration for the EU-Moldova Investment Conference dedicated to attracting investments and strengthening the economic partnership with the European Union has started. The conference will take place on June 4 in Chisinau.

The acquiring company may simply not have the money for it.

Global container shipping giant, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has announced the launch of a new Europe-Red Sea-Middle East express service linking key European ports with Saudi Arabia and other regional hubs.

The Maritime Agency of the Republic of Moldova will get new powers to assess and manage risks of foreign vessels. This is provided for by a package of changes aimed at harmonizing national regulations with EU standards.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development has developed a draft order providing for the approval of a national standard, based on the European standard, for direct remote identification of drones.

In April, the volume of Ukrainian grain shipments by rail to Poland and Romania almost halved. Whereas railroad deliveries of grain from Ukraine to Hungary remained at a stable high level. This was discussed during an online meeting between representatives of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC and participants of the agricultural market.

The state-owned enterprise Railways of Moldova resumed traffic on an important section of the Cahul-Giurgiulesti line, which provides access to a strategic port in southern Moldova. At the end of April, the company conducted test runs on the restored section near the village of Valeni.

Over 30 million euros from non-refundable European funds within the framework of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) will be directed to the construction of a new border crossing point Ungheni (Moldova)-Ungheni (Iasi county, Romania).

The increase in metro fares will not take effect from May 1. On April 29, Radu Mirutse, Romania’s acting transport minister, signed an order suspending the fare hike measure for 60 days.

Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu will pay a working visit to Dubrovnik, Croatia, where he will participate in the 11th summit of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI). In parallel with the official program, closed sessions will be held with the participation of a limited number of investors and key decision makers from the region and beyond.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who is in Kiev, has spoken in favor of the earliest possible official opening of negotiations on Moldova’s and Ukraine’s membership in the European Union. At a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, she emphasized that both Chisinau and Kiev had fully met all the necessary conditions for the transition to this stage.

The sale of tickets for women’s compartments in trains No. 7 Kharkiv – Odessa, No. 12 Lviv – Odessa, No. 92 Lviv – Kiev with departure from May 1 has already been opened, writes the Ukrainian “Economic Pravda”.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect from April 25-27.

The war in Iran has many facets. The world economy is cracking at the seams due to rising prices for energy, fertilizers, food – and on down the chain.

From May 1, 2026, the fare in the Bucharest metro will cost 7 Romanian lei instead of the current 5 lei. The 40% increase in price is explained by the rise in electricity prices.