During the international conference dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Comrat State University, the Section of Economic Sciences was held. Researchers from Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Azerbaijan, Republic of Moldova and Belorussia participated in the work of the Section “Economic Sciences,” ensuring a high level of international academic dialogue. On behalf of Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Dr. Associate Professor Liudmila Todorichi, of the section moderators: Prof., Dr. habil. Alla Levitskaia and Dr. Liubov Aricova, as well as the entire Faculty of Economics, we express our sincere gratitude to all presenters for the high academic quality of their research and their professional presentations.

• Katarzyna Łukaniszyn-Domaszewska and Katarzyna Mazur-Włodarczyk (Opole University of Technology, Poland) presented a comparative analysis of mechanisms for the promotion and preservation of cultural heritage in Poland and Albania.
• Andrea Tomášková (Ambis University, Czech Republic) explored the economic and social aspects of sustainability of intangible cultural heritage.
• Mykola Ihnatenko, Svitlana Kucherenko, and Liudmyla Levaieva (Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, Ukraine) presented strategic directions for improving the competitiveness of agricultural enterprises.
• Petro Skrypchuk and Viktor Rybak (Ukraine) analyzed the organizational and economic principles of assessing the water footprint in the context of Industry 5.0.
• Giuseppe Napoli and Benedetta Pagnotta (University of Sannio, Italy) examined the accounting and budgetary aspects of the tax credit within the framework of the construction Superbonus.
• Guido Migliaccio and Giuseppe Orsillo (University of Sannio, Italy) presented an economic and financial evaluation of leading European soccer clubs.
• Veronica Railean and Angela Timuș (Republic of Moldova) demonstrated the results of an econometric analysis of the impact of research sector financing on the country’s economic development.
• Mirko Mozzillo (University of Sannio, Italy) conducted a firm-level analysis of the performance of automotive companies in Moldova.
• Mihail Ciobanu (National Institute for Economic Research, ASEM) presented a study on the digitalization of the child social protection system.
• Natalia Turcanu (Moldova State University) analyzed the impact of marketing actions on shaping the image of the Republic of Moldova as an ecotourism destination.
• Vali Aliyev (Moldova State University, foreign PhD student from Azerbaijan) presented research in the field of neuromarketing, focusing on the influence of emotions and memory on consumer behavior through the mediating role of artificial intelligence and digital customer experience.

The section was characterized by thematic breadth - ranging from cultural heritage and agricultural economics to the digitalization of social policy and financial analysis in the sports industry. The discussions confirmed the importance of integrating sustainability, innovation, and strategic management into contemporary economic research. We sincerely thank all participants for their contribution to the development of scientific cooperation and look forward to meeting again at future academic events.