● WEDNESDAY, May 8
Base rate on main monetary policy operations reduced to 3.60%
The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) decided to decrease the base rate on the main monetary policy operations by 0.15 percentage points to 3.60%. The Executive Board of the NBM also voted to decrease the required reserves ratio by 2 percentage points for both lei and foreign currency.
Premier Energy to develop renewable energy assets in Moldova
Premier Energy ÎCS, which is part of the international conglomerate EMMA Capital Group controlled by Czech businessman Jiří Šmejc, will develop renewable energy assets in Moldova, IPN reports with reference to Agerpres, which quotes a press release of the Group.
“373” Program is extended to trade sector SMEs
The “373” Program is extended to a wider group of beneficiaries. It will also be accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the trade sector (except for those selling alcoholic beverages and tobacco), but also to those operating in the field of maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
“Besides the subsidization of interest rates, new components are added, related to loan guarantee, which is important for small and medium-sized enterprises. Through these, we will stimulate the growth of investments, the creation of new jobs, will increase the added value and, correspondingly, will have higher salaries for employees,” Prime Minister Dorin Recean stated in Wednesday’s meeting of the Cabinet.
●FRIDAY, May 10
Dorin Recean: We aim to be most business-friendly state in EU by 2030
“We are debureaucratizing, digitizing, modernizing, but especially integrating into the European Union at an unprecedented speed. We aim to be the most business-friendly state in the EU by 2030,” Prime Minister Dorin Recean said at the tenth edition of the Central and Eastern Europe Investment Conference. The official invited investors to explore Moldova’s economic potential and cross the Prut River with new projects.
● SATURDAY, May 11
Romania is Moldova’s main trade and investment partner
Romania has become the main trade partner of Moldova and brought the largest foreign investments, stated Romanian Senate President Nicolae Ciucă during the Siret-Prut-Nistru Euroregion Forum, which took place in Iasi on May 10. The official expressed his belief that strengthening the partnership with Romania will increase the resilience of the Republic of Moldova, Infoprut reported.
