UN Cartography & Representation: The UN General Assembly backed Togo’s “Correct the Map” push to promote equal-area projections like Equal Earth, passing 164-1 with the US the only no vote; Moldova, along with Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Serbia and Ukraine, abstained. The resolution is non-binding but encourages governments, schools and tech platforms to move away from Mercator when accurate relative size matters. Moldova Security & Governance: Moldova’s agenda also stayed dominated by security and state capacity issues, including Russian-linked recruitment concerns, a Transnistria election dispute over polling stations, and a Criuleni case that exposed failures in electronic monitoring for domestic abusers. Budget & Business Rules: Parliament advanced changes to Moldova’s 2026 budget and approved reforms affecting public administration and school governance, while the government tightened the rules around Transnistrian business tax privileges and discussed stricter energy compensation criteria. Regional Energy Trade: Moldova remains plugged into wider gas connectivity plans as the Vertical Corridor expanded into the Western Balkans, adding North Macedonia’s NOMAGAS and Serbia’s Transportgas Serbia to the network that already includes Moldova’s Vestmoldtransgaz.