Far-right candidate George Simion, who won the first round of Romania’s presidential election, intends to “return” popular politician Calin Georgescu to rule the country, Logos Press reports.
After 92.31% of the votes were counted after midnight on May 4-5, data from the interactive map of Sunday’s voting in Romania’s presidential election showed the far-right candidate of the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians, George Simion, winning the first round,” Logos Press reported.
Moldova was the first non-EU country to sign a cooperation agreement with the European Labor Agency (ELA), Logos Press reports.
The problems of moral and spiritual education in the modern society within Gagauzia and globally, as well as the issues of preservation and multiplication of the cultural heritage of the Gagauz people were in the center of discussion at the annual Cakirov readings in the last days of April, – Logos Press reports.
“Let’s make Moldova great again!”, – Chisinau Mayor Ion Ceban adapted to our country a well-known slogan during last year’s election campaign of US President Donald Trump, – reports Logos Press.
Ahead of the first round of Romania’s presidential election scheduled for May 4, the number of undecided and unsure voters is growing, indicating an extremely complex and tense political situation in the country,” Logos Press reported.
Stiff tariffs imposed by the United States and increased political uncertainty have dealt a blow to the European economy, creating serious preconditions for its stagnation and even recession,” according to Logos Press.
Ukraine has signed a 270m-euro loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to create strategic natural gas reserves, Logos Press has reported.
The owner and chef of the restaurant Meat & Seafood by Alexandr Tkaciuk, located on the first floor of the business center Le Roi, received the TOP CHEF 2025 award from the Italian Chefs Association on April 22, – reports Logos Press.
Ukraine’s Finance Ministry said April 24 that it has failed to reach an agreement with holders of $2.6 billion in debt obligations, making it nearly impossible to make payments due in May, Logos Press reported.
A delegation of the National Bank of Moldova, headed by President Anca Dragu, participated in the annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the IMF and the World Bank on April 23, 2025. The Republic of Moldova is a member of both these global financial institutions.
In 2024, Kazakhstan attracted 15.7 billion pounds sterling of external investments into its economy, which is 63% of all financial investments in Central Asian countries,” Logos Press reports.
The European Commission has proposed the creation of a pan-European return system that aims to reduce illegal migration and speed up the process of returning those who have been refused asylum in the EU,” Logos Press reported.
Trade in goods worldwide will decline at an annualized rate of 0.2% in 2025, although as recently as last October a growth rate of 3% was forecast,” Logos Press reported.
Turkey on April 11 commissioned the first Turkish communications satellite, Türksat 6A, and became the 11th nation in the world capable of producing its own communications satellites, Logos Press reported
Moldovan President Maia Sandu addressed the plenary session of parliament on the situation in the country for the first time since her re-election last year to the highest state post in the country. However, the opposition from the Bloc of Communists and Socialists and the now banned former Shor party left the session hall in protest against the authorities’ policy and the content of the head of state’s message.
Investors must obtain permits for the construction of renewable energy generating facilities on the territory of the unrecognized PMR within a maximum of 30 days,” Logos Press reported.
Global natural gas consumption reached a record level in 2024, totaling 4.17 trillion cubic meters, according to the new 2025 Gas Market Report by the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), Logos Press reports.
If presidential elections were held in Romania next Sunday, the winner of the first round would be the unified candidate of the far-right forces, George Simion,” Logos Press reported.
Increasing the share of renewable energy sources in national energy consumption and exports are two key goals set by the Moldovan government,” Logos Press reports.
