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

    Moldova is open to participation in the Caspian-Black Sea-Europe energy corridor project and is also considering the possibility of purchasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Azerbaijan, Logos Press reported.

    21 February 2026
    Junghietu: Moldova considers Azerbaijan as a potential partner for LNG supplies

    UPDATED. Amid a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found Trump’s already imposed duties illegal, the president of the United States has imposed new additional 10% import duties on all countries, Logos Press reported.

    21 February 2026
    Trump imposed additional duties of 10% on all countries

    The volume of trade between Moldova and the State of Israel will increase significantly in 2025, reaching $53.84 million, up from $27.22 million in 2024, Logos Press reported.

    21 February 2026
    Trade volume between Moldova and Israel doubled

    The rules of origin of goods applied within the preferential trade between the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Turkey, in order to align them with the modernized pan-European Mediterranean system and to facilitate international trade, have been updated, Logos Press reported.

    21 February 2026
    Rules for determining the origin of goods in trade between Moldova and Turkey updated

    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