2026 in Moldova

• 17 January – A crashed drone believed to have originated from Russia is discovered in Nucăreni, Telenești District.^[1]
• 31 January – A technical malfunction affecting power lines running between Ukraine, Romania and Moldova causes extensive power outages in parts of Moldova, including Chişinău.^[2]

• 6 February – A crashed drone believed to have originated from Russia is discovered in Sofia, Drochia District.^[3]

• 3 March – Ludmila Vartic dies by suicde after jumping from an apartment block in Chișinău. Her death receives press attention and triggers protests after family members allege that her husband, Party of Action and Solidarity local politican Dumitru Vartic, had subjected her to years of domestic abuse.^[4]
• 15 March – The government declares a 15-day environmental alert in the Dniester River basin after a Russian attack on the Dniester Hydroelectric Station in neighboring Ukraine leads to a oil leakage that threatens water supplies.^[5]

• 8 April – President Sandu signs a law withdrawing the country from the Commonwealth of Independent States.^[6]
• 22 April – Oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc is sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment for embezzlement.^[7]
• 28 April – Two Moldovan nationals held by Belarus are released at the border with Poland following a prisoner exchange facilitated by the United States.^[8]

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• 1–2 January – New Year's Day
• 7–8 January – Orthodox Christmas Day
• 8 March – International Women's Day
• 12 April – Orthodox Easter Sunday
• 13 April – Orthodox Easter
• 20 April – Easter of Blajini
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 9 May – Victory Day
• 1 June – Children's Day
• 27 August – Independence Day
• 31 August – Romanian Language Day
• 25 December – Catholic Christmas

• 26 January – Alexei Simașchevici, 96, physicist, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.^[11]
• 24 February – Nicolae Andronati, 90, politician, first deputy prime minister (1992–1994).^[12]
• 31 March – Nicolae Proca, 77, politician, deputy (1990–1994).^[13]