Игорь Фомин, Author at logos-pres.md
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Игорь Фомин

Игорь Фомин

Journalist. Specialises in foreign economic activity, energy, small business, new technologies, ecology, cryptocurrencies, and investigative journalism. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Moldova State University. Has worked in various media outlets. In addition, he has been involved in entrepreneurship. Since 2001, he has been working for the economic review Logos-Press.

Articles

    The Republic of Moldova lost 28,656 inhabitants in one year. The population with permanent residence decreased from 2,415,549 on January 1, 2024 to 2,386,893 on January 1, 2025, or by 1.2%, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Moldova’s population decreased by 1.2% over the year

    The difficulty of mining bitcoin has increased by 15%. This is the largest increase since 2021, according to Logos Press.

    20 February 2026
    The complexity of bitcoin mining is squeezing its profitability metrics

    U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Defense Department to release government documents on extraterrestrial life and UFOs, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Trump instructed the Defense Department to disclose UFO documents

    A group of Moldovan startups after seven months of preparation has already managed to attract investments and grants totaling $2.4 million. The rest are at the stage of full readiness for financing, Logos Press reports.

    20 February 2026
    Moldovan startups raised $2.4 mln

    In 2025, the volume of construction works carried out in Moldova increased by 32.2% (in comparable prices) compared to 2024, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Volumes of construction works in 2025 increased by a third

    Only in one day, customs officers at Chisinau International Airport, during a specialized inspection of the luggage of passengers entering the country, discovered and confiscated a whole range of goods, Logos Press reported.

    20 February 2026
    Smuggling attempts through Chisinau airport increase

    In Chisinau, law enforcers detained two administrators of a call center engaged in fraud through fictitious investments in cryptocurrencies and financial services. In total, the damage caused to customers, mostly Romanian citizens, amounts to more than 9 million Moldovan lei, Logos Press reported.

    19 February 2026
    Call center administrators involved in cryptocurrency investments have been detained

    Bitcoin trading remained volatile on Thursday, rising to around $67,000 after briefly falling to around $65,900, according to Logos Press.

    19 February 2026
    Bitcoin lifted amid Trump’s tariff announcement

    An urban agglomeration approaching one million inhabitants is clearly taking shape in Chisinau, including the municipality and the districts of Straseni, Ialoveni, Anenii Noi and Criuleni, Logos Press reported.

    19 February 2026
    Moldova’s population is concentrated in the center of the country

    The United States may launch a military operation against Iran this weekend, but U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet ordered it, according to Logos Press.

    19 February 2026
    US ready to strike Iran, but Trump has yet to make a decision

    At least 24 enterprises will receive Swiss funding totaling 1.85 million euros under the grant agreement for the project “Increasing the energy sustainability of SMEs in Moldova”, Logos Press reported.

    19 February 2026
    Switzerland allocates €1.85 million to improve energy efficiency of Moldovan SMEs

    The Energy Ministry has started the process of reorganizing the state-owned Moldelectrica, the electricity transmission system operator responsible for the centralized operational management of the national electricity system, into a joint stock company, Logos Press reported.

    19 February 2026
    SE Moldelectrica will be transformed into a joint stock company