The parliament voted for the state budget for 2024, aimed at backing the social, education and infrastructure’s development fields, in the second reading on December 22. The document provides for the increase in the childbirth allowance, growth of the salaries of teachers by 15% and doubling scholarships of the students from the faculties with pedagogical…
Bulgaria will finance more development projects in the southern region of Moldova. A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed in Chisinau on December 20. Ambassador of Bulgaria to Moldova Maya Dobreva welcomed the signing of the memorandum and urged the beneficiaries to turn to good account the opportunities of the projects due to…
Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Andrei Spinu has launched the call for local public authorities to participate in the European Village 2 program. According to the official, the second project aims to fully support all localities for the construction of aqueducts. The European Village Program initiative was launched less than two years ago by…
69 companies will benefit from grants worth up to 2 million lei (100,000 euros) on behalf of the Moldovan state and the European Union through the Programme on Upgading and Energy Efficiency, managed by the Organization for Entrepreneurship Development (ODA). The contracts on financing were signed by beneficiaries. The overall sum of the non-refundable financing…
Small and medium-sized enterprises of Moldova will be able to access financing for the implementation of energy efficiency projects. This will be possible after representatives of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) from Poland and the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization of Moldova signed a loan agreement worth 5 million euros in Chisinau on December 19.…
Moldova will receive a loan of 41.205 million euros from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and a grant of 12 million euros from the European Union. The financial resources will be directed to the rehabilitation of the railway corridor Valcinet-Ocnita-Balti-Ungheni-Chisinau-Cainari. The financing contract was signed by Minister of Finance Petru Rotaru and Director for Enlargement…
The base rate applied to the main short-term monetary policy operations was maintained at 4.75% annually. The decision was taken by the Executive Committee of the National Bank of Moldova (BNM) on December 15. Interest rates on overnight loans remained at 6.75% annually and on overnight deposits – at 2.75% annually. BNM noted that the…