Arina Codreanu, journalist and analyst. Specializes in investments and markets, foreign capital, retail & HoReCa, and more.
Cooperation with Yandex Travel service was terminated by a number of large networks – Azimut Hotels, Accor, Cosmos Hotel Group, “Mantera” and others, reports Logos Press with reference to RBC.

Apartment sales are booming in the Netherlands: according to the cadastral service, they jumped 25% in 2025 – the first time in the history of the market.

Forbes Real-Time Billionaires global ranking has revealed: Ilon Musk has become the first person in history to have a fortune exceeding $852 billion.

The real estate market of Turkey in 2026 has changed the leader in the costliness of housing. It was Ankara, which overtook all major cities of Turkey in terms of growth in housing prices.

The French real estate market has started to recover a bit. After a sluggish start, by the end of 2025, it has rocked within 7-8%. However, we are talking only about the buying and selling segment: the rental market is still in crisis, according to Logos Press.

Bulgaria’s Grand National Bank (BNB) has published statistics on foreign direct investment for the end of 2025, Logos Press reported.

Foreigners own a total of 202.6 thousand properties in England and Wales. Such data in January 2026 leads mortgage broker Ennes Global analyzed the records of the Land Registry.

According to the World Gold Council (WGC), the global demand for the precious metal in 2025 reached a new historic high of 5,002 tons. In particular, this happened due to geopolitical and economic uncertainty. As a result, investments in gold amounted to $555 billion, Logos Press reports with reference to RBC.

According to Energy Minister Dorin Junghietu, the outages were caused by serious problems in the Ukrainian energy system. There was a voltage drop on the 400 kV Isaccea-Vulcanesti-MGRES line, which led to its damage and disconnection.

The European Commission will provide Ukraine with 145m euros to cover emergency needs of the population. Another 8m euros will be given to Moldova to support Ukrainian refugees, Logos Press quoted DW as saying.

The construction industry in Spain – on a steep rise. Thus, 2025 was a record year: investment in real estate increased by 30% – up to 17 billion euros. Prices accelerated, in general, by 12% (“secondary” rose in price by 13.4%, “new construction” – 9.7%. The average price of Ministerio de Vivienda – 2,153 euro/m² (+12%).

American billionaire Ilon Musk intends to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX in June 2026. On that day, a rare conjunction will take place – at the time of a rare conjunction between Jupiter and Venus.

According to the International Association of Investors (YASED), Turkey recorded solid investment growth in 2025. Net inflows of foreign direct investment reached $12.4 billion – plus 28% compared to 2024.

John Dagita was involved in the theft of cryptocurrency worth more than $40 million from the wallets of the U.S. government. This is what the blockchain attack investigation specialist ZachXBT claims, Logos Press reports with reference to Kommersant.

Over the past two years, the poverty rate in Ukraine has almost doubled, inflation remains high, and the hryvnya is losing its stability. At the same time, real estate is rapidly becoming more expensive: it is one of the most expensive assets on the market. Why do Ukrainians buy more and more expensive housing when living standards are generally falling? Is there a “bubble” and when should we expect market stagnation?

The cost of silver futures with delivery in March 2026 for the first time in history exceeded $100 per troy ounce. These are the data of the Comex commodity exchange at the end of the current week.

In the morning of January 24, the Roshen confectionery factory in Kiev came under fire, Logos Press reports with reference to epravda.

The priority of the trilateral talks between Russia, the USA and Ukraine was to discuss conditions for ending the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

This week, the United States rather noisily withdrew from the World Health Organization. The reason for the withdrawal was attributed to an inappropriate response to the Covid-19 pandemic: “failure to adopt urgent reforms and demonstrate independence from the political influence of WHO member states”. The US payments, which were higher than those of other countries, also had an impact.

Abu Dhabi is hosting talks between representatives of Russia, the USA and Ukraine, which will last two days – on January 23 and 24. The first meetings devoted to security issues will be held in the most closed mode. No media representatives are expected to attend them, and the exact venue of the talks has not been announced.
