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What opens, what closes and what changes for businesses in Chișinău: new addresses, opening hours, services.
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OTP Bank to lend up to €50 million to SMEs under EBRD guaranteeOTP Bank Moldova and the EBRD have signed the second phase of their Risk Sharing Programme. The EBRD provides the bank with a €25 million portfolio guarantee, allowing it to issue up to €50 million in new loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. The mechanism has partial first-loss risk cover through the “Financial Inclusion” […]Customs assesses 2.46 million lei extra after import auditsMoldova’s Customs Service has assessed 2.46 million lei in additional payments after post-clearance audits completed between 5 and 30 October 2026. Inspectors checked whether imported goods had been declared correctly and whether duties had been applied properly. The main irregularities were undervaluation of goods, incorrect tariff classification and unjustified use of preferential tariff treatment, under […]European gas prices up 40% in a month, to €103/MWh40% — that is how much natural gas prices have risen on the European market over the past month. On 30 October the TTF benchmark reached €103.58/MWh, up from €74–77/MWh at the start of the month, according to Trading Economics data. TTF futures for December 2026 delivery closed on 30 October at €103.505/MWh and January […]
Business week: October 26 – 30, 2026Five stories that mattered for business this week. START: small businesses could be opened from a phone — with no bookkeeping or tax returns; the project targets small activities. World Bank expects Moldova’s economy to grow 1.9% in 2026 — a reason to plan investments with caution. Government eases business rules for pharmacies, waste management, […]Customs adds staff and opens reversible lanes at Leușeni to ease truck queuesTruck traffic at the Moldova–Romania border has reached about 3,000 vehicles a day, roughly 50% above normal, the head of the Customs Service, Radu Vrabie, said on 30 October. The causes are seasonal grain exports, rerouted trade flows, transit of Ukrainian goods and some legislative changes in Romania. In the last 24 hours, 3,098 trucks […]New cadastral values for property apply from 1 January 2027From 1 January 2027, houses, apartments, land plots and other real estate will have updated cadastral values. The Agency for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre (AGCC) is notifying owners of the results by 31 October, but data can still be checked and corrected after that date. The revaluation covered about 6.5 million properties; the previous general […]Chișinău apartment sales rose 48% in Q3 compared with Q1+48% — that is how much apartment sales in Chișinău grew in the third quarter compared with the first: 1,203 more homes sold. The capital’s housing market is picking up, but remains below last year. In the first nine months of 2026, 9,225 deals with completed homes were registered — 1,865 fewer than a year […]Chișinău Airport may get a new EUR 500 million terminal by 2031The government plans a new terminal at Chișinău Airport for up to 10 million passengers a year. The EUR 500 million project is at an early stage.Construction of MallDova Park, a EUR 250 million project, starts in StăuceniSUMMA and FIBA have started building MallDova Park in Stăuceni, the largest shopping centre in Moldova, estimated at EUR 250 million.e-Factura: API accounts to be deactivated on 30 October from 17:00On 30 October from 17:00 the State Tax Service deactivates all e-Factura API accounts. Firms with automated accounting links must create new ones.