Outlook for New Year's Eve and first days of 2025
IPN,
31 December 2024 11:50
The last day of 2024 and the first days of 2025 will be warmer than usual during this time of the year. The weather will be favorable for those who like staying outdoors. However, meteorologists warn that in places, especially at night and in the morning, there will be fog and ice on the roads, IPN reports.December 31, 2024The last day of the year brings relatively mild weather for
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The electricity consumption of the Republic of Moldova for January 2 was fully covered. More than half of the required volume was covered from domestic sources. At the same time, the authorities announced that the necessary volume of electricity for the right bank was also secured for Friday, even if a 10% increase in consumption is estimated, IPN reports.The Government's crisis c
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Ilan Shor's former bodyguard will stand trial. The man is accused of illegal party financing. The amount used in the illegal activity is about 5.2 million lei, the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office said, quoted by IPN.According to the police, between February and March last year, the defendant intended to contribute to the illegal financing of the political party "Chance
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The body of a young woman was detected in Dendrariu Park in Chisinau on Friday morning. The forensic doctor did not find bodily injuries on the body, Natalia Stati, head of the press service of the Chisinau Police Division, told IPN.She said that the Buiucani Police Inspectorate at 09:42 a.m. was notified about a body discovered in the park's pond.The identity of the young woman
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Fuel prices continue to rise. The reference price ceilings set for the weekend is by 0.13 lei higher for gasoline and by 0.09 lei higher for diesel fuel, IPN reports.Thus, a liter of gasoline will cost 23.28 lei, and a liter of diesel fuel - 20.27 lei.For the first half of 2025, the National Agency for Energy Regulation set the specific commercial margin for the retail sale of the m
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The National Agency for Energy Regulation on Friday approved higher heat charges for consumers in Chisinau, Balti and Comrat, IPN reports.In the capital city, the charge for the consumers served by Termoelectrica was increased by 686 lei to 2,510 lei/Gcal.For the residents of Balti served by CET-Nord, the price of centralized heat was raised by 307 lei to 2,126 lei/Gcal.In Comrat,
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Starting with 2025, the prices of cigarettes and tobacco products could increase in the Republic of Moldova following the rise in excise duties on tobacco products, IPN reports.According to the tax changes that came into force on January 1, 2025, the excise duty per thousand pieces increased from 1,318 lei to 1,450 lei. The same increase applies to all products containing tobacco, but
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The National Agency for Energy Regulation approved higher electricity charges on Friday. The new charges do not include VAT, IPN reports.Thus, 4.10 lei/kWh is the new charge for the electricity delivered by Premier Energy, lower than the 5.13 lei charge requested by the distributor.Meanwhile, the inhabitants in northern Moldova will pay 4.68 lei/kWh for the electricity delivered by
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In the Transnistrian region, bread grew more expensive on January 1. Prices were increased by 10-15 Transnistrian kopecks. The price of a loaf of bread rose at most by 45 kopecks (the equivalent of about 0.40 lei), IPN reports, quoting media from the left bank of the Nistru.According to the quoted source, on January 1, the price of first-quality bread grew by 15 kopecks, of high-qualit
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The wholesale price of gas has risen to its highest level in more than a year after Russian supplies stopped flowing to rest of Europe via Ukraine at the end of December 2024. Benchmark prices rose on Thursday to the highest level since October 2023, a day after a longstanding transit contract between Russia and Ukraine expired. The price of gas for February delivery rose as much as 4.3%
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The power supply in a number of localities will be turned on during the day, Premier Energy has announced. The decision is not related to the energy crisis as maintenance, renovation and modernization works on electricity networks need to be carried out there, IPN reports.According to a press release issued by Premier Energy, temporary interruptions in the electricity supply on Januar
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The price of commemorative and jubilee coins ranges from a few hundred lei to over 13,000 lei. The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) issues and sells commemorative and anniversary coins of ten series, IPN reports.According to the Bank, the most expensive jubilee coin can be bought for 13,550 lei. That's how much the gold coin, dedicated to the anniversary of the national currency, co
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A case of illegal felling of three oak trees was discovered during Thursday's raids carried out to combat illegal logging and poaching by environmental inspectors at the Mandresti Forest District, IPN reports.The environmental inspectors drew up the necessary documents and remitted the materials regarding these violations to the relevant authorities for further investigations and
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The Government will immediately come up with clear support measures for the people and, next week, for businesses, stated the spokesman for the executive Daniel Vodă, referring to the National Agency for Energy Regulation’s expected decision to approve higher electricity charges, IPN reports."Today, on the right bank of the Nistru, we have electricity and gas thanks to the r
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The crisis in the Transnistria region, caused by the halt in the supply of gas from the Russian Federation, continues to give headaches to the people in the region and to the authorities. According to local media, the cessation of gas supplies led to the closure of industrial enterprises, except for food factories, IPN reports.The so-called minister of economic development of the regio
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The Ministry of Energy says that there are a number of viable alternative solutions for the purchase of natural gas by Tiraspoltransgaz. According to secretary of state Constantin Borosan, making purchases on the BRM EST Moldova natural gas exchange is one of the solutions. Acquiring from exchanges in the region, such as the Bulgarian exchange Balkan Gas Hub and others, and transportatio
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The central and local public authorities must explore possibilities of reducing electricity consumption, especially during peak hours – 07:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. and 06:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. - but without affecting the safety and health of citizens or the functioning of essential services, says an ordinance issued by the Commission for Emergency Situations (CES), IPN reports.Also, to
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The year 2025 is not a leap year and so it counts 365 days, of which 113 are rest days on weekends and holidays. Of the 13 national holidays stipulated in the Labor Code, only nine will be during the working week, IPN reports.According to the Labor Code, the Republic of Moldova has the following bank holidays with fixed days off for all public sector employees:January 1 - New Year
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The Transnistrian region is experiencing an energy crisis, local media headlined. In a chain, the halt in gas supply generates major humanitarian problems, the Transnistrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky said with concern, IPN reports.“Respectively, thousands of people remained without a job. Meanwhile, it is cold in 150 kindergartens, in 130 schools and in as many budgetary insti
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"The houses in the Transnistrian region were disconnected from the heat supply, but electricity is supplied, possibly in January and February," said the Transnistrian administration. In private homes, people can heat themselves with solid fuels, and natural gas continues to be supplied to apartment buildings so that the people can prepare food. The administrative and educati
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The "Come Home for Christmas" campaign, launched by the Government on the occasion of the winter holidays, continues in a series of localities until January 16, with local artists, ensembles and bands, IPN reports.According to the organizers, the next concerts will take place in localities in the districts of Bălți, Ialoveni (January 3, 14 and 16), Criuleni, Taraclia, Sor
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A terrible fire occurred in Coșnița village of Dubăsari district, where a house burned to the ground in a strong fire. Five firefighting crews intervened and firemen fought the flames for several hours. The charred body of the 76-year-old owner was found in the house, IPN reports.The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations said that the fire was reported on the night of Januar
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The gross external debt of the Republic of Moldova in the first nine months of 2024 increased by 0.5 percent and on September 30 totaled US$10,173.20 million, which is 57 percent of the Gross Domestic Product, IPN reports.According to the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), the long-term debt represented the largest part of the gross external debt balance (74.5%), amounting to US$7.578,
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A number of roads that connect Chisinau City with the 18 suburban localities of the municipality were repaired in 2024. Thus, safer and more comfortable access for public and private transport was ensured, IPN reports.According to the municipality, capital repair works were carried out last year on the access roads to Colonița village, from the direction of Tohatin commune, to Bude
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On January 2, 2025, the euro officially became the reference currency for setting the exchange rate of the Moldovan leu, replacing the US dollar. This decision, announced by the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), represents an important step for the country's economy and reflects Moldova's growing orientation towards the European Union, the main trading partner, IPN reports.NBM
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The Government is preparing the authorization of two photovoltaic power stations. The Strășeni power station, with a capacity of 50 megawatts, will be managed by a local company based in Rădeni commune. The 40-megawatt station in Telenești will be installed in Negureni commune, under the management of "Revenco Logistic" SRL, based in Chisinau municipality, IPN reports.Acc
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The electricity suppliers requested the National Agency for Energy Regulatory to more than double the power charge. For example, Premier Energy, which serves consumers in the center and south of the country, asked for a charge of 5.13 lei/kWh, IPN reports.According to the request submitted to the Agency, final consumers whose installations are connected to high-voltage power distrib
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The criminal case started over the gang rape committed in Strășeni was remitted to court. The three men are accused of forcing a woman to have sex with them at the home of one of them, using physical and mental violence. The abuses continued on the shore of a lake, where the individuals transported the victim in an unconscious state, IPN reports.It happened on September 6, 2024. Th
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Fuels are getting more and more expensive. The forecasts formulated earlier by the National Agency for Energy Regulation will be felt from Friday, IPN reports.Specifically, on Friday, January 3, the price of gasoline will 23.15 lei per liter, by 0.15 lei higher. Diesel fuel will be sold for 20.18 lei per liter, up 0.12 lei.For the first half of 2025, the National Agency for Energy
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The narrative actively promoted by the Transnistrian and Russian media claims that Russia has decided to cut off gas supplies to the Transnistrian region because of Moldova, which is said to have accumulated millions of dollars in debt to "Gazprom." IPN explains why these narratives are misleading.ResponseThe Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova receives gas f
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A man asked for €18,000 from two people to help them get hired as foresters at the Strășeni Forestry-Hunting Enterprise. The individual was fined 300,000 lei and the money he received was confiscated, IPN reports.According to prosecutors, between May 2016 and January 2017, the convict asked for and received money, promising to influence public figures of the Strășeni Forestry-
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A woman and a man were sentenced to 9 and 10 years in prison, respectively, for making a young woman and a young man from Călărași to beg in Russia. The defendants are from the same district as the victims, IPN reports.They knew the young woman, who worked as a day laborer and who in 2013 was 18 years old, as they were from the same village. The two took advantage of her precarious
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Moldovagaz and Energocom are willing to provide assistance, including technical and commercial one, to Tiraspoltransgaz in organizing the purchase of gas on any European platform, based on market conditions, in order to provide the people living on the left bank of the Nistru with energy resources in the current crisis situation, IPN reports, with reference to the information publishe
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Electricity consumption in the Republic of Moldova is fully ensured for today. According to the Crisis Cell, after MGRES stopped supplying electricity to the right bank, neither on the first day of the year nor today there was no need to activate breakdown contracts or unintentional flows.For January 1, the highest import of consumed energy was secured from Romania, namely 49.27%. T
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The National Social Insurance House informs that today the payment of allowances for families with children has been financed, totaling 228.3 million lei.These are one-time childbirth allowances, allowances for the upbringing/care of a child, allowances for the upbringing of twins and paternal allowances, IPN reports.Beneficiaries can withdraw the money after the payments are proc
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A 40-year-old man died in hospital after he fell from a building site on Sprîncenoaia Street in the capital on the night of January 1. The information was confirmed to IPN by Natalia Stati, head of the press service of the Chisinau Police Department.The task force of the Center Police Inspectorate went to the construction site, which was alerted about the incident via 112.The man
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The maintenance allowance, set by the court at a fixed amount, will be at least 50% of the minimum subsistence amount (annual average). It will be paid in subsequent years in accordance with the annual amount updated by the National Bureau of Statistics, without the need for a new court judgment. The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has drawn up a draft to supplement the Famil
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For tomorrow, January 3, "Energocom" has covered 100% of the electricity needs for the Republic of Moldova, IPN reports.Unlike today, January 2, for Friday, January 3, electricity consumption is expected to increase by 10%."Even so, Energocom has managed to reserve the commercial capacity at the border with Romania in order to cover the consumption needs," the
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As of January 1, prostate cancer patients benefit for the first time from compensated drugs for the treatment of prostate cancer. These are bicalutamidum and cyproteronum - drugs that are fully compensated, IPN reports.The National Health Insurance Company estimates that more than 3,700 patients will benefit from these preparations, which will be compensated from the compulsory heal
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The decision of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) to increase electricity tariffs, scheduled for January 3, could have profound effects on the economy and the population. Suppliers have called for a 2.2-fold increase in tariffs, which would lead to a substantial rise in consumer spending on electricity, IPN reports.Economic expert Veaceslav Ionita explains that this incr
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