In normal urban and state planning, administrative reform is a tool, not a goal, and without taking into account this fundamental principle, Moldova will get an “optimized desert” instead of an administrative-territorial reform, Logos Press reported.
A trade war with the U.S. would be a disaster for Europe, which is already suffering from stagnation, but in the long run could have an extremely negative impact on the U.S. economy as well, according to Logos Press.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose duties of 200% on French wine and champagne after an aide to French President Emmanuel Macron said France has “no intention” of accepting an invitation to join a “Peace Council” on Gaza, Logos Press reported.
In 2025, China’s birth rate fell to 5.63 per thousand people, reaching the lowest level in the history of the national statistic, which has been kept since 1949, according to Logos Press.
The heads of state and government of the European Union countries are going to hold an emergency summit in Brussels on January 22 on the situation around Greenland and the development of a common position on the introduction by U.S. President Donald Trump of additional duties of 10% against eight EU member states because of sending their military to Greenland, reports Logos Press.
In December 2025, the annual inflation rate for the EU as a whole fell to 2.3%, but Romania’s rate was unchanged from November and remains the highest in the EU at 8.6%, Logos Press reported.
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in the UK and the Institute of Environmental Geology in France have created a new map of Antarctica using a modeling technique called Ice Flow Perturbation Analysis (IFPA), Logos Press reports.
In recognition of the special contribution of the first Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicolae Țîu to the formation of Moldovan diplomacy, a conference room in the Foreign Ministry building was named after him, according to Logos Press.
Ukraine is taking an average of 40 million cubic meters of gas per day from its underground gas storage facilities (UGS), which is 18 million m3 less than the average daily withdrawal in the corresponding period over the past three years, Logos Press reported.
Based on the results of the post-customs audit and follow-up checks during the period from January 2 to January 16, 2026, the Customs Service revealed additional customs obligations of economic entities totaling 3.29 million lei, Logos Press reported.
On January 16, the Council for the Review of Investments Important for State Security decided to impose a fine of 5% of the turnover, but not more than 5 million lei, on Lukoil-Moldova Ltd. for non-compliance with the Council’s decision of December 14, as well as to set a 5-day deadline for its execution, Logos Press reported.
The first crypto-bank may appear in Belarus in six months, as stated First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Belarus Alexander Egorov, reports Logos Press.
Ukraine should approve a cooperation program with the International Monetary Fund as soon as possible to pave the way for receiving budget financing from the EU and the IMF, Logos Press reported.
Prolonged severe frosts in Europe have revealed the vulnerability of the gas supply system of EU countries without Russian pipeline gas and long-term contracts, Logos Press reported, citing an article in the Austrian Exxpress.
China will record the world’s largest trade surplus of $1.2 trillion by the end of 2025, setting a new record, Logos Press reported.
In 2025, the global average surface temperature is 14.97 degrees Celsius, 1.47 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, according to Logos Press.
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva arrived in Kyiv on the morning of January 15 with an unexpected visit, information about which had not appeared anywhere before, according to Logos Press.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed a decree activating the BRICS Bridge payment system, which some experts have already called “a revolutionary step in the global financial sphere”, according to Logos Press.
Demand for oil in the world is growing, but its production is also increasing, due to which the surplus of supply of “black gold” in 2025 will remain for the next two years, according to Logos Press.
Global sales of electric vehicles in 2025 grew 20 percent over the same period in 2024, reaching a record 20.7 million units, according to Logos Press.
