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Дмитрий Калак

Дмитрий Калак

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

    A complete ban on imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia by EU countries will come into force on January 1, 2027. In the meantime, Europeans are actively buying Russian LNG.

    9 March 2026
    Europe buys up Russian LNG before the ban takes effect

    Rapidly rising prices for gas and oil products are becoming a serious social problem and may result in irreparable economic losses for businesses.

    9 March 2026
    Ukraine is working on measures to support businesses due to rising fuel prices

    In recent days, the information space around the world has been stirred by sensational news: a famous American billionaire and the inspirer of “color revolutions”, as many believe, has been arrested in the United States, and his son Alexander has managed to escape to the United Arab Emirates, abandoning his father.

    9 March 2026
    George Soros behind bars: true or fake?

    Within the framework of Moldova’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, a high-level conference on social rights will be held in Chisinau on March 19.

    9 March 2026
    Social rights in Europe to be discussed in Chisinau

    Elon Musk continues to surprise and shock. In a post on X early Monday morning, the billionaire responded to X user Bojan Tunguz, who wrote that he has “a fact-based feeling that we will have a full-fledged general artificial intelligence” (AGI) by the end of this year.

    9 March 2026
    New high-profile prediction from Ilon Musk: by the end of 2026 there will be “human-like AI”

    The Ministry of Education and Research has launched public consultations on the draft Program for the implementation of the Development Strategy “Education 2030” for the period 2026-2030. The document defines concrete actions through which the reforms in the education system of the Republic of Moldova will be continued and strengthened in the coming years.

    5 March 2026
    The Education 2030 Strategy is put up for public discussion

    Google has introduced a new artificial intelligence model – Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. The developers call it the fastest and most cost-effective model in the Gemini lineup, focused on tasks with a large number of requests.

    5 March 2026
    Google has unveiled one of the cheapest artificial intelligence models available

    In an attempt to stop the fall of the Indian rupee amid rising oil prices and increasing geopolitical tensions, the Reserve Bank of India conducted a large-scale currency intervention. After the regulator’s intervention, the national currency strengthened, but analysts warn that the pressure on the market may persist.

    5 March 2026
    India’s central bank has conducted a massive currency intervention to save the rupee

    OpenAI is developing its own platform for storing and managing source code, which could become a direct competitor to GitHub, the largest service for developers owned by Microsoft.

    5 March 2026
    OpenAI is preparing to revolutionize the developer platform market

    On the evening of March 4, at a dinner in Brussels, EU ambassadors told the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that they did not support the EC’s idea of Ukraine’s accelerated membership in the EU and urged the commission to present “more realistic” plans.

    5 March 2026
    “Wild ideas” of enlargement are rocking the EU. How will this affect Moldova?

    In connection with the introduction of a high alert regime in the energy sector, the Customs Service of Moldova warned economic operators about the introduction of a number of restrictions on the export and re-export of oil products.

    5 March 2026
    Moldovan Customs imposed restrictions on export and re-export of oil products

    Ilon Musk’s transportation startup The Boring Company is among the finalists in a competition to build an experimental 1.6 km (1-mile) tunnel to solve urban traffic congestion in Tennessee.

    5 March 2026
    Ilon Musk’s The Boring Company makes it to the finals of the US tender process

    Ilon Musk has updated Tesla’s ambitious mission statement, saying on social network X that his company “will be one of the first to create artificial general intelligence (AGI) and translate it into humanoid robots.”

    4 March 2026
    Ilon Musk has raised the stakes again in the race for artificial intelligence

    At the annual Mobile World Congress, the largest mobile technology exhibition held in Barcelona from March 2 to 5, the world’s leading brands present not just another flagship, but devices that show the defining trends in the development of the industry and already claim to be the most important products of the year.

    4 March 2026
    MWC-2026: the best gadgets of the year that surprise and set the vector of the industry

    The customs authorities of Moldova and Romania intend to develop cooperation in order to optimize cross-border traffic and ensure the security of the common border. Emphasis will be placed on the implementation of coordinated controls at border crossing points, as well as on the implementation of the computerized NCTS system under the new conditions applicable to the Republic of Moldova.

    4 March 2026
    Moldovan and Romanian Customs discussed coordination of border controls

    Official Beijing has moved into a phase of active diplomatic pressure, demanding that the parties to the Middle East conflict immediately ensure the safety of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

    3 March 2026
    China Demands De-Blockade of Strait of Hormuz Amid Escalating U.S.-Iran Conflict

    Ilon Musk has initiated the largest financial restructuring in the history of his business empire. His companies X (formerly Twitter) and startup xAI are preparing to fully repay their combined debt of $17.5 billion.

    3 March 2026
    Ilon Musk to pay off $17.5 billion in debt ahead of SpaceX’s historic IPO

    South Korea’s largest wireless carrier SK Telecom spoke at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2026) in Barcelona about how it is reshaping its operations around artificial intelligence, from the core of its network to its customer support services.

    3 March 2026
    At Mobile World Congress, Korea’s SK Telecom unveiled an “AI-centric” growth strategy

    There is a poorly concealed irritation in the Trump administration amid depleting air defense missiles and negative public sentiment about war with Iran.

    3 March 2026
    Domestic discontent with war with Iran is growing in the U.S.

    E-commerce giant Amazon has closed its fulfillment center in Abu Dhabi, suspended deliveries across the region and instructed its employees in Saudi Arabia and Jordan to stay home.

    3 March 2026
    Amazon shut down its UAE data center due to drone strikes