U.S. President Donald Trump presented the Spanish national team with the World Cup trophy amid boos from the stands. He walked onto the field at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino after the final whistle. According to the White House press pool, the background noise in the stadium was about 78 decibels, and when Trump appeared on the field, the whistling and roaring raised it to 84—the level of a diesel truck driving by.
From July 13 to 19, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 847.2 million lei, representing 100.5% of the target for the reporting period.
This morning, photos and videos of the Byk River appeared on social media, showing that the waters of the Bîc River, which flows through the capital, have become murky along its entire length.
Journalists at RIA Novosti compiled a ranking of natural gas prices in Europe and calculated how much natural gas a resident of each country can buy with one average monthly salary.
A resident of one of the villages in the Anenii Noi district was growing cannabis and hallucinogenic mushrooms on his backyard plot.
The National Commission for the Financial Market and Financial Services (CNPF) imposed a fine of 250,000 lei on OCN MOGO LOANS SRL, finding that the company had only partially complied with the order issued by CNPF Decision No. 28/3 of June 9, 2025.
Major traders are betting that the price of BTC will rise to $72,000 by the end of the month, according to the latest data on options market trends.
A block of shares in Banca de Finanțe și Comerț S.A. (FinComBank), representing nearly 1% of the bank’s capital, was sold on the Moldovan Stock Exchange for more than 11 million lei.
Trump Media & Technology Group discussed charging up to $100,000 a month for faster access to U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts on Truth Social.
The National Agency for Communications Regulation of the Republic of Moldova (ARCOM) and the National Authority for Communications Administration and Regulation of Romania (ANCOM) have published a joint report on the evolution of bilateral relations in the field of electronic communications between Romania and the Republic of Moldova in 2025.
The release of an AI model by the Chinese startup Moonshot—which, according to the company, is on par with leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic—sent the stock prices of the world’s largest companies plummeting.
The political party Alianța Moldovenii (“Alliance of Moldovans”) issued the following statement: “The remarks by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz confirm that the PAS government is obligated to tell the truth about the prospects for European integration.”
The State Duma Committee on Financial Markets has finalized the draft law “On Digital Currency and Digital Rights” for its second reading. The new version proposes changes to the mechanism for blocking transfers linked to the illegal trading of cryptocurrencies.
White House Chief Donald Trump accused Canada of failing to clean up litter in its forests, which, in his view, is causing air pollution in the United States, and therefore threatened Canada with higher customs duties.
The Customs Service reports that, based on the results of inspections conducted between July 6 and 17, 2026, additional customs duties totaling 989,940 lei were identified, which are subject to collection for the state budget.
The 2026 transportation budget includes investments totaling nearly one billion Romanian lei (nearly 4 billion Moldovan lei). Nearly half of this amount will go toward the construction of a highway connecting Romania with the Republic of Moldova.
The Republic of Moldova’s borrowing on the domestic market has increased significantly over the past two years, and this is having an ever-greater impact on the state budget, warns the civic movement “Construim Încredere” (“Building Trust”).
Energocom has submitted an official request to ANRE to raise regulated natural gas prices—and, for the first time, has publicly explained the figures underlying this request.
“It would be better to keep secret” what kind of military aid Bucharest provided to Kyiv,” said Romanian President Nicușor Dan during a visit to the Ukrainian capital, noting that declassification could reveal where Romania’s own defense capabilities have been weakened as a result of military shipments to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
With financial support from Sweden and Norway, UNDP, in partnership with the Organization for Entrepreneurship Development (ODA), Moldovan business incubators will receive targeted investments totaling $386,000 to improve energy efficiency.
