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Dmitry Kalak

Dmitry Kalak

Editor-in-chief, journalist and analyst. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moldova State University and the Faculty of International Relations at the Academy of Public Administration under the Government of the Republic of Moldova. Over 40 years of experience in journalism. For more than 20 years, he wrote about Moldova's foreign economic relations. One of the first in Moldova to write about European integration. Since 2016, editor of the newspaper Economic Review Logos Press, and since 2024, editor of the Logos Press portal. Twice named one of Moldova's top 10 journalists. In 2018, he received the ‘Person of the Year in Mass Media’ award from the Personalitatea Foundation. He taught ‘Investigative Journalism’ at the International Free University (ULIM). He is the co-author of the textbooks ‘Economic Journalism’ and ‘Investigative Journalism’. He is the author of the book ‘Statesman’ from the series ‘Personality of the Country’ about former Minister of Defence and former Ambassador to Poland Boris Gamurar.

Articles

    Japanese Nissan Motor has abandoned plans to produce components for electric cars in the UK. It is about the project of JATCO, a subsidiary of Nissan’s powertrain manufacturer, which planned to build a facility for the production of electric powertrains in Sunderland. The project was officially unveiled in January 2025 with the support of the British government.

    24 May 2026
    Nissan has abandoned a $65 million EV project in the UK

    Turkey’s state-owned banks were forced to make large-scale currency interventions following a court ruling against a Turkish opposition leader, and the stock market collapsed 6.1 percent in a short time.

    24 May 2026
    Trial against opposition raises risk indicators for Turkey’s economy

    Zoom Video Communications has received about $1 billion in unrealized gains from an early investment in artificial intelligence developer Anthropic.

    23 May 2026
    Zoom’s investment in Anthropic brought the company nearly $1 billion in revenue

    U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is making a visit to India from May 23 to 26, a major step in the U.S. effort to strengthen relations with India amid growing rivalry with China.

    23 May 2026
    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to visit India amid tensions with China

    Since the transfer of star Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo to Al Nasr Club from Saudi Arabia in the 2022-2023 season, everyone has been expecting victories from the club. But they never came.

    22 May 2026
    Cristiano Ronaldo finally won the title in Saudi Arabia and exalted himself as a “knight”

    A US official will visit the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) for the first time in several years. Rodney Mims Cook, head of the US Federal Commission of Fine Arts, will come to St. Petersburg this year.

    22 May 2026
    US official to visit St. Petersburg Economic Forum

    The Agency for Competition and Consumer Protection of Georgia announces its intention to create a unified information platform for monitoring the Family Basket program.

    22 May 2026
    Georgia creates a single platform for monitoring food prices

    Germany’s economy grew by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2026 thanks to an increase in exports. According to official data, exports grew by 3.3% quarter-on-quarter, while investment fell by 1.5%.

    22 May 2026
    Germany’s economy shows signs of recovery

    Anthropic and OpenAI, considered leaders in the global generative AI market, have begun to diverge in their approaches to achieving profitability. Anthropic focuses on the corporate segment and cost control, while OpenAI continues to aggressively scale infrastructure and consumer services.

    22 May 2026
    Anthropic and OpenAI have chosen different monetization strategies for enterprise AI

    US President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order to introduce a new AI verification system after speaking with David Sachs, chairman of the US President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, SpaceX CEO Ilon Musk and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg.

    22 May 2026
    Musk and Zuckerberg got Trump to rescind executive order on AI

    US President Donald Trump’s administration is increasingly relying on informal channels and political appointees in foreign policy, resulting in a weakening of the traditional US diplomatic system.

    22 May 2026
    Trump is replacing U.S. diplomacy with informal ties – Reuters

    The 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico could bring together on the same field both players over 40 and a new generation of soccer stars who are barely 18.

    21 May 2026
    The 2026 World Cup could be a tournament of record generational difference

    Strengthening cooperation mechanisms to ensure more effective control of environmentally harmful goods entering the market and strict compliance with EU regulations by economic operators was discussed on May 21 by the leadership of the Customs Service and the Environmental Protection Agency.

    21 May 2026
    Customs and the Environmental Protection Agency will jointly crack down on imports of environmentally harmful goods

    The EU Intellectual Property Office and the European Commission in partnership with the intellectual property offices and authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Serbia and the Republic of Moldova launched the EU4IP – Western Balkans project.

    21 May 2026
    EU launched a project to strengthen intellectual property protection for the Balkans and Moldova

    Between 2021 and 2027, more than 700 projects have already been supported at European level as part of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative. Approximately 1.4 billion euros have been allocated for this purpose within the framework of European funding programs under the NEB initiative.

    21 May 2026
    “Orizont Europa” launched the program “New European Bauhaus”

    Two Chinese supertankers (VLCCs) and one vessel from South Korea crossed the strait on Tuesday. Together, they carry about 6 million barrels of crude oil, the largest daily cargo volume in more than a month.

    21 May 2026
    Oil went through Hormuz: market gained 6 mln bpd

    The members of the National Council for Integrated State Border Management held an extraordinary meeting on May 21, during which they approved the decision to establish a Working Group for Quality Control in preparation for the Schengen conformity assessment.

    21 May 2026
    Moldova prepares for Schengen compliance

    Billionaire Ilon Musk has once again provoked a discussion about double standards in Western media by publishing a comparison of coverage of the murder of British student Henry Novak and the George Floyd case.

    21 May 2026
    Ilon Musk again outraged by ‘double standards’ in Western media

    The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection is developing a new National Employment Program for 2027-2030 aimed at increasing formal employment, improving the quality of jobs and reducing social exclusion in the labor market.

    21 May 2026
    Moldova prepares National Employment Program until 2030

    Energy Minister Dorin Jungietu demanded that the critical elements of the works at the Chisinau substation under construction, which will make it possible to put the station into operation, be completed by the end of this month, while the rest of the works should be completed by the end of June.

    21 May 2026
    Energy Minister demands completion of works on Chisinau substation