Exactly 20 years ago, Russia first imposed an embargo on Moldovan wines. Direct losses of winemakers are estimated at $300 to $500 million.
Russia’s wine embargo cost Moldova half a billion dollars
The U.S. president, along with aides, concluded that an attempt to deblock the strait would prolong the conflict more than originally planned. Washington also intends to demand that allies seek to open the strait.
Trump is ready to end the war without opening the Strait of Hormuz
A zero rate of income tax, a flat rate of payroll tax and a flat basic rate of VAT are key changes that will be part of the draft fiscal policy for 2027.
The Ministry of Finance is preparing a tax revolution and abolition of benefits
The Evimall shopping center was officially put into operation in Balti. This is one of the largest private investment projects and the first shopping and entertainment center of this scale in the north of Moldova.
The largest shopping center in the north of the country opened in Balti
Moldova occupies a unique place in European economic geography – and not a place to be proud of. The country is both peripheral to Western Europe and a donor of human capital to countries that are themselves peripheral. This is not a rhetorical exaggeration – it is a structural diagnosis that follows from a body of theoretical and empirical work on regional development, institutions and spatial economics. This article is an attempt to synthesize these works in relation to the Moldovan reality – without illusions, but also without hopelessness.
Territorial development of Moldova
The IFAD Joint Implementation Unit (UCIP) announced a limited credit line for targeted financing of productive activities of young farmers and women entrepreneurs in rural areas. The maximum amount “per hand” is up to 150 thousand euros.
Money from IFAD for rural youth and women’s projects
A daring robbery has taken place in Italy, targeting works by world-famous artists. Unknown persons stole paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse from a museum near Parma. The total value of the stolen works is estimated at about 9 million euros.
The theft of three works by famous artists was recorded in Italy
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmokescu received the bulk of his income outside the country in 2025, including more than half a million dollars in the form of a pension. He started receiving his salary from the Moldovan government only after November 1, 2025.
Eugeniu Osmokescu declared a $587k pension from the WB.
Russian natural gas supplies to Serbia will be carried out on the basis of the extended former contract for another three months. The price of fuel will remain at $320 per thousand cubic meters, although gas costs $645 on the market.
Serbia will continue to buy gas from Russia at $320 per 1,000 cubic meters
Maya Sandu considers the European Union “the best place in the world” – that is why so many countries want to become part of it. For Moldova, the key goal is to obtain a “certificate” of the European Union, i.e. full membership, which will ensure the country’s security and sustainable development.
Maia Sandu: “EU is the best place in the world”
On the last Saturday in March, Earth Hour is an annual global event in which millions of people and institutions in all countries turn off their lights for one hour to draw attention to climate change and energy conservation.
Government calls for lights to be turned off
WTO reform is a top priority for most member states, including the Republic of Moldova, and is considered necessary to adapt the organization to the new global economic realities and strengthen its core functions.
Moldova reaffirmed its commitment to the multilateral trading system
In March, business sentiment among businesses and consumers in the eurozone is sharply downgraded as the conflict in Iran exacerbated already volatile European business sentiment.
Economic sentiment in the eurozone has deteriorated sharply
The national reforestation program provides for the expansion of forest areas by 145 thousand hectares, with the share of acacia not exceeding 15-20% of the total area, in order to preserve the ecological balance and diversity of forests.
Acacia’s share in the forest expansion program will not exceed 15-20%
The increase in gasoline and diesel fuel prices has a direct impact on the growth of investment costs and at the same time changes the structure of investment priorities. This conclusion was reached by researchers of the National Institute of Economic Research Alexandru Ceban and Tatiana Yatsyshyn.
Rising fuel prices change priorities
After announcing that the Iranian military was “gone,” U.S. President Donald Trump asked Britain, France, Japan and South Korea, as well as China, Iran’s strategic partner, to send minesweepers and naval forces to open the Strait of Hormuz. When the allies refused, the request turned into a warning: NATO faces a “very bad” future if it refuses.
Where have all the allies gone?
Each state agency will revise its planned procurement requirements for 2026 due to the crisis situation by at least 10% of their originally approved cost in order to save money.
Public procurement will be cut by at least 10%
Against the backdrop of slowing economic growth, a lack of long-term capital and intense competition for investment between countries in the region, Moldova clearly needs new sources of capital inflows into the real economy. One potentially effective instrument is the investment residence permit.
Investor without status: Why a residence permit in Moldova does not attract capital
The sugar market is not about “sweetness”, but about economy in its purest form: excess supply, rising costs and managerial mistakes are instantly converted into price. That is why there is always a lot of information noise around sugar – slogans “let’s provide the market with our own”, “the market needs protection”, “importers are enemies”. But the noise does not change the main thing: the market does not punish imports – the market punishes inefficiency. And today this is evident all over Europe.
The end of the sweet “sugar era”
H&M continues its retail transformation amid changes in the fashion industry and consumer behavior. In the first quarter of fiscal 2026, the company recorded a decline in revenue while announcing plans to further reduce its offline presence.
H&M to close around 160 stores amid falling sales
The regulations governing school transportation would apply not only to students but also to teachers, including supervisory, teaching and support staff, in the event of a reorganization of an educational institution.
Teachers in reformed schools will be paid to commute to work
Moldovan athlete Oxana Diachenko won the stage of the European Cup in judo among adults, held in Dubrovnik (Croatia), reports Logos Press.
Oksana Dyachenko won the European Judo Cup
Scientists from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea have developed a technology for wireless data transmission underground at a depth of up to 100 meters, Logos Press reports.
“Underground Wi-Fi” will provide data transmission at depths of up to 100 meters
