Mark Zuckerberg’s American technology company Meta has announced its intention to lay off about 8,000 people, or 10% of its employees. This decision is related to the firm’s large investments in artificial intelligence technologies.
Moldova will develop and sign “in the coming days” a national Action Plan for the Safety of Journalists for 2026-2027.
Moldova is preparing the implementation of an electronic platform e-Notariat, which will allow access to notary services in digital format from anywhere in the world.
Norway’s biggest sovereign fund with assets of $2.2 trillion reported a first-quarter loss of NOK636 billion ($68.44 billion) on Thursday amid the negative impact of the war in the Middle East on global stock markets.
Anthropic’s valuation on Forge Global, a leading private exchange, has reached $1 trillion, up from OpenAI, which was valued at $852 billion earlier this year.
From May 1, 2026, the fare in the Bucharest metro will cost 7 Romanian lei instead of the current 5 lei. The 40% increase in price is explained by the rise in electricity prices.
Profits at Elon Musk’s Tesla surged in the first quarter amid a recovery in car sales after a slump in 2025. The electric car maker said it earned $477 million in the quarter, up 17% from a year earlier.
The Republic of Korea is ready to deepen bilateral cooperation with Moldova in the customs field and support joint initiatives, including by providing technical assistance and organizing training programs for customs officials.
Europe is actively creating innovations and launching startups, but the system fails during the growth phase. This affects the EU’s competitiveness and reduces the bloc’s economic growth potential.
Private schools and kindergartens in the Republic of Moldova will be evaluated according to uniform rules, must meet minimum performance standards and undergo periodic inspections.
Households account for almost 47% of energy consumption in Moldova, and it is not always used efficiently. In this regard, the Ministry of Energy announced on April 22 the launch of a national information campaign “Where are we wasting energy?”.
Vast Data, an American developer of infrastructure for artificial intelligence, has raised about $1 billion, bringing its valuation to $30 billion – more than triple the level of the previous round. The deal was yet another confirmation that investors continue to actively invest in the “invisible layer” of the AI revolution – data storage and processing.
Italy has joined France on the list of EU nations whose public debt has exceeded 3 trillion euros.
The People’s Assembly of Gagauzia at an extraordinary session on April 22 adopted a statement on the inadmissibility of obstructing the elections in the autonomy. The document will be sent to the Parliament and the Government of the Republic of Moldova, as well as to the Superior Council of Magistracy, the Court of Appeal of the South, judicial instances on the territory of Gagauzia ATU.
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom has asked the German government for approval to merge with its US subsidiary T-Mobile to create a new holding company.
The Agency for Interethnic Relations (ARI), in partnership with Dopomoha, hosted the first meeting for the creation of the Youth Council on April 22.
About 70 representatives of medical centers and offices of family physicians from the districts of Causeni, Anenii Noi, Stefan Voda and Cimislia participated in the final seminar on practical aspects of the implementation of contractual provisions within the compulsory health insurance (CHI) and compliance with the normative acts in force.
With the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by the United States and Iran, shipping companies are looking to expand their capacity, especially in the ultra-large crude oil tanker (VLCC) segment, which can carry about 2 million barrels of oil per voyage.
In the period of April 14-20, 2026, the Customs Service’s revenues to the state budget amounted to more than 718.1 million lei, which is 102.6 per cent higher than the benchmark for the reporting period. Since the beginning of the current year, the Customs Service has collected about 11.8 billion lei to the state budget, which is 102.8% more than the benchmark.
On April 21, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development organized a public consultation on the National Program for the Development of the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector 2026-2030, which sets out the government’s vision and priorities for the development of the water supply and sewerage sector in the coming years.
