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Igor Fomin

Igor Fomin

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

    Moldovan prosecutors are searching the Chisinau headquarters of Fly One airline, which also operates on the Romanian market.

    15 May 2026
    Fly One is being searched

    Thermal Power Plant CET-Nord S.A. (formerly Balti CHP), has announced a tender for the installation of a 70 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at the thermal power plant in Balti.

    15 May 2026
    CET-Nord has issued a tender for the installation of 70 MW of battery storage for electricity storage

    In the first quarter of 2026, exports of goods amounted to 848.5 million euros, up 10.2% compared to the corresponding period of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

    15 May 2026
    Export growth slowed down

    The Romanian car ARO is being revived under the name e-ARO 25. The model defies imagination. It is an all-electric SUV, optionally with a range extender, designed to compete with the Hummer EV or G-Klasse EQ.

    15 May 2026
    Romania will again produce ARO cars priced from 100,000 euros

    The quality of the Moldovan stratum called “elite society” is deteriorating year by year.

    15 May 2026
    Moldova has again fallen in the Index of Quality of Elites

    A major analytics company spoke about the reasons for bitcoin’s rise in mid-May, as well as the factors holding back further growth

    15 May 2026
    What caused bitcoin’s rise in May

    Chipmaker Cerebras Systems raised $5.55 billion in an initial public offering, the largest IPO of 2026 amid growing demand for semiconductors, Bloomberg reported.

    15 May 2026
    Largest IPO of 2026: chip maker Cerebras Systems raises $5.55 billion

    US President Donald Trump has said that Washington and Beijing managed to strike several significant trade deals during his visit to China.

    15 May 2026
    Trump said the U.S. and China have made “fantastic deals”

    Ukraine and Moldova have signed five international certificates, which open new opportunities for exporting Ukrainian products and simplify the access of Ukrainian producers to the Moldovan market.

    14 May 2026
    Ukraine expands food exports to Moldova

    During the parliamentary session, the chairman of Our Party faction Renato Usatii commented on the draft law on the denunciation of the Agreement on the distribution of freight car and container fleets of the former USSR Ministry of Railways between the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

    14 May 2026
    Usatii became interested in the fate of thousands of railroad cars taken out of Moldova

    The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect tomorrow, May 15.

    14 May 2026
    Gasoline price rushes up, diesel price pulls back down

    The National Center for Sustainable Energy (CNED) reported that in the first quarter of 2026, an additional 58.75 MW of new green energy generation capacity was commissioned in Moldova, bringing the total renewable energy capacity to 1,039.74 MW.

    14 May 2026
    Moldova continues to increase renewable energy production capacity

    Experts have assessed the cryptocurrency’s chance of growth through the summer.

    14 May 2026
    What will happen to bitcoin in May

    The U.S. Senate on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s authority to use military force against Iran.

    14 May 2026
    U.S. Senate rejects seventh attempt to limit Trump’s authority on Iran

    Romania’s economy contracted by 1.7% in unadjusted terms in the first three months of the year compared to the same quarter of 2025 and by 0.2% compared to the previous quarter, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

    14 May 2026
    Romania’s GDP fell by 1.7% in the first quarter, inflation approached 11% in April

    Fraud continues to evolve in the global economy. Criminal networks now operate faster, larger and more efficiently than ever before, utilizing digital systems. Businesses face increasing pressure from identity theft, cybercrime, financial fraud and other organized crime. At the same time, countries vary dramatically in their ability to prevent and respond to these threats.

    14 May 2026
    Moldova is less vulnerable to fraud than Romania

    Russian travelers are actively reconsidering their preferences when planning foreign trips in the coming summer.

    13 May 2026
    Russians started booking hotels in Romania 3 times more often

    The degree of wear and tear of Moldova’s transmission grids ranges from 70% to 90%, and the service life of many of them has already been exceeded. Approximately 8 billion lei will be invested in their rehabilitation over the next 10 years.

    13 May 2026
    Jungietu: 8 billion lei will be invested in repair, expansion and modernization of Moldovan power grids

    In April 2026, 1.44 million Moldovans visited the World Wide Web at least once, reports the Bureau of Audit of Circulations (BATI), citing the research company Gemius. This is 0.7% less than in March.

    13 May 2026
    Men spend more time on the Internet, although there are more women among users

    While diesel prices in Moldova have been decreasing for a week already, gasoline is becoming more expensive.

    13 May 2026
    The price of gasoline has passed 30 lei