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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 National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 7.

    6 May 2026
    Gasoline has become more expensive than diesel fuel again

    In April, state-owned Energocom purchased electricity at an average price significantly lower than in March, recording a decrease of almost 20 euros per MWh.

    6 May 2026
    Energocom purchased cheaper energy in April

    In 2026, traders and cryptocurrency hedge funds are switching en masse to trading traditional assets such as gold, oil and stocks.

    6 May 2026
    How cryptocurrencies have opened up access for everyone to trade SpaceX and OpenAI shares

    US startup Panthalassa, which is developing autonomous floating data centers powered by wave energy, has raised $140 million at a valuation of about $1 billion.

    6 May 2026
    US startup Panthalassa has raised $140 million to build data centers in the ocean

    Oil prices are down for a second straight day amid expectations of a resumption of crude supplies from the key Middle East region, after US President Donald Trump hinted at a possible peace deal with Iran.

    6 May 2026
    Markets are stormy. Trump’s statement changed the price of oil again

    Work has begun on laying pipelines for Romania’s Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea, one of the European Union’s largest energy fields with estimated reserves of 100 billion cubic meters of recoverable gas.

    6 May 2026
    Pipeline laying work has begun for Romania’s largest offshore gas project in the Black Sea

    Shortly after arriving in Canada in the early 2000s, after initially settling in Toronto, Ontario, Alex Bodishtian and his wife Lilia made their first trip to Niagara to see the Niagara-on-the-Lake wine region. What they saw reminded them a lot of their homeland.

    6 May 2026
    An emigrant from Moldova opened a winery in Canada

    The number of payments made with cards issued in Moldova continues to grow.

    5 May 2026
    The number of payments by bank cards is growing in Moldova

    Starting from the third quarter of 2024, Moldova entered an unprecedented zone: food imports exceeded exports.

    5 May 2026
    Moldova has become a net importer of food. Why this is catastrophically bad

    The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 6.

    5 May 2026
    Fuel prices continue to rise

    The Romanian leu weakened to a new historic low against the euro on Monday, according to the National Bank of Romania (NBR).

    5 May 2026
    Romanian leu hits historic low against euro amid political instability

    Western Union issued its own “stable coin” USDPT on the Solana blockchain. The issuer of the coin was cryptobank Anchorage Digital.

    5 May 2026
    Western Union has launched a Solana-based stablecoin

    US President Donald Trump has promised that Iran will be “wiped off the face of the earth” if the Iranians attack US ships participating in Project Liberty, a US initiative to escort merchant ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.

    5 May 2026
    Trump threatened to “wipe Iran off the face of the earth” in case of attacks on U.S. convoys in the Strait of Hormuz

    The acquiring company may simply not have the money for it.

    5 May 2026
    Romania may refuse to buy Giurgiulesti port

    The number of newborns in Moldova continues to steadily decline, and this is increasingly affecting the health care system.

    4 May 2026
    Maternity hospitals are being closed in Moldova due to declining birth rates

    Moldova has saved almost 7 million euros in 6 months after joining the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), as the commission for transfers has been reduced to 0-3 euros, Anca Dragu, Governor of the National Bank of Moldova, said at the official opening of the event “Bucharest Leaders’ Summit: United for a Better World”.

    4 May 2026
    Anca Dragu: Moldova saved almost seven million euros in six months after joining SEPA

    The Kitik family from the village of Calmățui, district Hincesti, raising 9 children, was able to significantly reduce the consumption of firewood for heating and maintain a stable temperature in their house thanks to energy efficiency works carried out within the framework of the state program “Fund for Energy Efficiency in the Residential Sector of Moldova” (FEERM), administered by the National Center for Sustainable Energy (CNED).

    4 May 2026
    After insulating the house, the family reduced their firewood consumption by half

    In the morning of May 4, the bitcoin (BTC) rate updated the maximum for three months. The price of the first cryptocurrency rose above $80.6 thousand for the first time since January 31, according to Coinmarketcap. The total capitalization of the crypto market is at a two-month high, rising above $2.65 trillion.

    4 May 2026
    Bitcoin exchange rate exceeded $80,000 for the first time since late January

    The actors and writers who will be competing for the 99th annual Academy Awards must be human.

    4 May 2026
    Oscar organizers have banned AI-generated actors and scripts

    A political standoff is escalating in the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s authorization for a military operation against Iran.

    4 May 2026
    U.S. congressmen try to limit Trump’s war powers on Iran