The war in Iran has many facets. The world economy is cracking at the seams due to rising prices for energy, fertilizers, food – and on down the chain.
Europe’s air travel turbulence: fuel crisis has driven up prices and canceled flights
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose duties on the UK if London does not repeal a digital services tax affecting US technology companies.
Trump threatens duties over UK digital services tax
From 2018 to 2025, under current legislation, the tax burden on a Spanish worker’s salary increased from 39.7% to 41.1%, although the country still lags behind the three major European economies of Germany, France and Italy.
Spain ranked in the top 10 for payroll taxes
The third program of the Tulip business incubator was launched in Chisinau. By offering a combination of training, mentoring and financial support, the incubator reduces risks in the implementation of startups.
Tulip – 3 business incubator for young people launched
The capital’s administration is looking for a consulting company to provide support and technical supervision for a project to improve the energy efficiency of preschools. At this stage, the project covers 18 kindergartens, and the program will expand to 52 institutions in the future.
Tender announced for selection of a consultant for modernization of Moscow kindergartens
At a wholesale price of 200 lei/kg, the first batch of Moldovan strawberries, grown in a heated industrial greenhouse in Soroca district, was sold at the Moldovan wholesale market in the middle of the week.
High start of berry season-2026 in Moldova and Ukraine
The decision was announced just weeks before the opening of the 61st International Art Exhibition, which starts on May 9. Five members of the jury said they would not shortlist participants from countries whose leaders are under investigation by the International Criminal Court. Although no specific countries are named in the document, the wording directly affects Russia and Israel.
Scandal at the Venice Biennale: Russia and Israel deprived of a chance for the Golden Lion
The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) opens an official representative office in Moldova.
International Development Law Organization opens an office in Moldova
The crisis in the Middle East has brought the US into the center of the global oil and gas trade. Disruptions in supplies from the region have triggered a sharp rise in demand for American energy resources, which has already reached historic highs.
Record demand: the US is strengthening its role in the energy market
Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi participated in the panel discussion “From Soft Power to Hard Reality: The Great European Rebalancing” within the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece.
Moldovan Foreign Minister participated in the “hard reality” discussion
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
The Republic of Korea is ready to deepen bilateral cooperation with Moldova in the customs field and support joint initiatives, including by providing technical assistance and organizing training programs for customs officials.
Republic of Korea to provide technical assistance to Moldovan Customs
Tensions between the United States and Europe are steadily increasing, NATO is increasingly cracking at the seams, and it is hard to think of a better gift for Moscow than a split in the alliance. The initiator of these processes is Trump, who even during his first term talked about the U.S. withdrawal from NATO.
Trump is destroying NATO: kick Spain out of the alliance, take the Falklands away from Britain!
Carbon Brief climatologists have warned that 2026 could be one of the hottest years on record due to an expected increase in global warming.
The year 2026: will there be new temperature records?
Norway’s biggest sovereign fund with assets of $2.2 trillion reported a first-quarter loss of NOK636 billion ($68.44 billion) on Thursday amid the negative impact of the war in the Middle East on global stock markets.
The world’s largest sovereign fund posted losses in the first quarter
SANTIAGO – For decades, global power has come from Europe and the United States. At least that’s what I thought when I first set foot in the Northern Hemisphere as a graduate student at Cambridge University. But the management of Chile’s international economic relations under former President Gabriel Boric has shown how much power the Global South can wield if it so chooses.
Rules for everyone else
Moldova has made significant progress in the economic integration process, reflected in the increasing orientation of exports towards the European Union market. At the same time, economic growth is fragile due to external shocks and structural vulnerabilities, including energy dependence.
Chisinau discussed the prospects of the country’s competitiveness
In early March, the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) extended until the end of June the decision to appoint Moldovagaz JSC responsible for ensuring gas supply to the Transnistrian region. Earlier, in 2023, ANRE revoked the license for natural gas transportation from the Moldovan-Russian company, giving this function to a subsidiary of the Romanian state operator Transgaz. And in 2025 – the license for supply, which is now handled by the Moldovan state-owned company Energocom.
Vadim Cheban: The energy market has not become more stable, free and predictable
In October 2025, the Moldovan government imposed a de facto ban on sugar imports from Serbia to the Moldovan market for a period of 200 days under the pretext of protecting the sector. This measure was presented as a supportive measure to give local sugar producers another hypothetical chance to “perk up”. Even at the cost of quite real sacrifices imposed on the entire food industry of Moldova. Let us assess what happened in the end.
How to clog the market: the unseemly story of one Moldovan government project
A Japanese doctor, who came to Moldova four years ago to help Ukrainian refugees, abruptly changed the profile of his activity and now sells onigiri in our country. This is a Japanese dish made of fresh rice molded in the form of a triangle or a ball. Usually onigiri is filled with filling and wrapped in a sheet of dried nori seaweed.
A Japanese doctor opened a store in Moldova where he sells onigiri
The USA Freedom 250 festival, dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, took place in Chisinau, Balti and Comrat.
A festival dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the USA was held in Moldova
Morocco has opened a new architectural symbol of the country – the skyscraper “Tower of Mohammed VI”, which already claims the status of the main attraction of the capital Rabat. The high-rise, which reaches 250 meters, has become the tallest building in the kingdom and one of the notable skyscrapers on the African continent.
“Rocket in the skies of Africa”: Morocco’s tallest skyscraper inaugurated in Rabat
In the travel industry, artificial intelligence is emerging as a key channel, jeopardizing the position of online travel agencies (OTAs).
AI is changing the travel market and the role of online agencies
A direct rail line will be built between the two airports in Istanbul, Turkey, separated by the Bosphorus Strait, which will make it much easier to travel when transferring, Logos Press reported.
Istanbul has made it easier to transfer between airports
