The European Central Bank (ECB) kept rates unchanged, warning that tensions in the Middle East and risks in the oil market could stoke inflation. The baseline forecast is for 2.6% in 2026, but with energy shocks, inflation could rise to 3.5-4.4% depending on the duration of supply disruptions.
Lagarde: war with Iran raises inflation significantly
Bitcoin clawed back a week’s worth of gains in just one weekend.
Bitcoin falls below $69,200 amid Trump’s ultimatum to Iran
The Iranian authorities have put into circulation banknotes with a face value of 10 million rials, the largest in the country’s history. The decision was due to accelerating inflation and a sharp increase in demand for cash among the population.
Iran introduced the largest banknote in history due to demand for cash
The state enterprise Poșta Moldovei continues to modernize its infrastructure. The company purchased 10 new Fiat Doblo Maxi 2025 vehicles.
Moldova Post continues to renew its vehicle fleet
Laboratory data show that at present the water in the Dniester does not pose a danger to the Chisinau municipality. This was stated during the meeting of the Municipal Commission for Emergency Situation. The specialists also discussed the information about the stains that appeared in the river Byc.
Water in the Dniester is not dangerous for Chisinau
For the second year in a row, Kernel Agroholding has maintained absolute leadership in the country’s two key export categories – cereals and sunflower oil – and holds the first position in the overall ranking. In the structure of Ukraine’s exports, every tenth dollar is Kernel’s contribution.
Kernel Agroholding is on the first line of the rating of Ukraine’s exporters for 2025
The winners of the 98th Academy Awards were announced in Los Angeles. The main triumphants of the evening were “Battle Beyond the Battle” and “Sinners”, who shared the key awards between them.
Oscars 2026: full list of winners and nominees
Officers of the Main Department for Combating Fraud of the State Security Service (SIS), led by prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS), uncovered a money laundering scheme. It is estimated that the damage to the budget amounted to more than 173 million lei.
Vouchers were used in a money laundering scheme worth 173 million lei
Ships that are not linked to “Iran’s enemies” can pass through the Strait of Hormuz with the agreement of security measures with Tehran. This was stated by the representative of the Islamic Republic to the International Maritime Organization Ali Mousavi, Reuters reports.
Iran has lifted the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) airplanes and helicopters will be officially authorized in Moldova. Certification and permits will be introduced for them, pilots will have to undergo updated training and licensing, including emergency helicopter flights.
Moldova will legalize vertical takeoff of airplanes
The assessment of the functioning of the Black Sea corridor to Ukrainian ports as a vital economic line will be one of the topics of the international Conference on Security in the Black Sea Region to be held in Chisinau.
Chisinau to discuss the work of the Black Sea corridor to Ukrainian ports
China is the world’s largest exporter of goods and plays a central role in supply chains for many countries. Nevertheless, Moldova is not critically dependent on imports of Chinese products.
How dependent Moldova is on imports from China
The volume of car imports from China to the European Union for the first time exceeded the export of European car products to China, Ernst & Young (EY) – one of the world’s largest audit and consulting companies – reported.
For the first time, the EU imported more cars from China than it supplied to it
European scientists are developing bio-based fertilizers that would reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian imports. One promising solution is algae grown on wastewater.
Algae grown on wastewater saves farmers nitrogen fertilizer
The $80 billion global diamond industry is experiencing one of the most serious crises in history. Demand is declining, both rough and treated stones are becoming cheaper, and market participants have less and less faith in a quick recovery.
India’s “sky in diamonds”: a priest was invited to the stock exchange
WASHINGTON, DC – The purpose of international sanctions is to inflict economic damage on an adversary. If you’re the United States, you do this by seizing assets or banning transactions with certain countries, often targeting specific people or organizations close to the targeted regime. Given the global reach of the dollar system, U.S. sanctions tend to strike fear everywhere. But now the U.S. finds itself in the shoes of the one receiving them.
Iran imposes sanctions against the U.S.
In February 2026, Moldova’s energy sector recorded a sustained deflationary dynamic: producer prices decreased by more than 5% with respect to all key comparison periods (January 2026, December and February 2025).
In February, the phenomenon of energy deflation
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”
The excitement around Chanel’s new collection proved once again that the luxury industry still knows how to create desire and manage customer attention. The launch of the accessories line was not just a fashion event, but an indication of how the right strategy can revitalize demand even in the face of talk of an overheating market.
The launch of Chanel’s collection is driving interest in the luxury market
Since the beginning of 2026, 5,083 people have found jobs through the territorial subdivisions of the National Employment Agency, of which about 1,276 are officially registered unemployed.
Since the beginning of the year more than 5 thousand people have been employed through the Employment Agency
Millwall Football Club, playing in the second division of the English Championship, has agreed with the Borough Council of Lewisham (London) to enter into a 999-year lease agreement for The Den stadium and the surrounding area, according to Logos Press.
For a century: English club leases stadium for 999 years
American billionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, is seeking funds for the development of a startup Project Prometheus, which aims to use artificial intelligence in various areas of production to improve the efficiency of specialized industries.
Jeff Bezos: $100 billion bet on buying up and moving industries to AI rails
