Romania has allocated approximately 4.5 million euros, from 2024 through the summer of this year, for the construction and modernization of churches in the Republic of Moldova, according to information and data from Romania’s State Secretariat for Religious Affairs.
The Turkish company ONUR Taahhüt Taşımacılık İnşaat Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş. submitted the most economically advantageous bid and is expected to be awarded the contract to build the bypass road in Cimislia However, the company has a controversial reputation: in May 2026, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) imposed sanctions on ONUR and 53 of its subsidiaries for collusion during a tender in Ukraine.
The 2026–2027 hunting season will open in Moldova on August 15, 2026.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has announced new maximum fuel prices, which will take effect tomorrow, August 13.
Moldelectrica will be transformed into a joint-stock company: the state will remain the sole shareholder, and the power grids will remain publicly owned.
The government has approved the National Program for Natural Disaster Risk Reduction for 2026–2030, which outlines measures to prevent and mitigate risks associated with hydrometeorological phenomena (drought, flooding, hail, torrential rains) and other hazardous natural phenomena.
The government has approved a draft of the new Investment Law, which will provide local and foreign investors with clearer and more predictable operating conditions in line with European Union standards.
The government has approved the National Program for the Development of the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector for 2026–2030. The total estimated cost of the measures outlined in the program is approximately 598 million lei.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ban on funding for gender reassignment surgeries and hormone therapy for minors under the federal healthcare program.
Twenty One Capital, a company controlled by Tether and the second-largest public holder of Bitcoin after Michael Saylor’s Strategy, reported a net loss of $413.5 million for the second quarter. Almost all of this was due to the revaluation of the Bitcoin on its balance sheet.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, at the beginning of 2026, the population aged 14–34 had decreased by 13,500 people, or 2.5%, compared with the beginning of the previous year.
The Republic of Moldova is implementing a cross-border project worth 1.5 million euros aimed at preventing natural disasters, in partnership with Romania.
In July 2026, Energocom purchased a total of 308,868 MW·h of electricity, from both domestic and imported sources, at a weighted average price of 133.86 euros/MWh.
Over the past six years, beer consumption in Moldova has increased by 22%.
During the first ten months of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) system’s operation in Moldova, companies and citizens in the country saved approximately 13.2 million euros.
As of today, prices for the main types of fuel in Moldova have stabilized, reflecting conditions on the global market.
The Romanian Ministry of Energy reported that technical procedures have begun at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant to carry out a controlled shutdown of the second power unit due to very low water levels in the Danube.
The Wall Street Journal noted that retail traders and hedge funds are selling off Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to shift their investments into stocks of companies involved in artificial intelligence. The newspaper reported on several traders who closed out their cryptocurrency positions. The publication suggests that Bitcoin’s stagnation at the $60,000 level may be linked to this capital outflow into AI.
Donald Trump stated that Washington will demand compensation from Iran for American service members who were killed or wounded, as well as for Iranian protesters who have died over the past few decades. The U.S. president made this announcement on August 10 on his social media platform, Truth Social.
About eight million people will be affected by the reforms that the German government plans to implement. This was stated by Ulrich Schneider, a member of the Left Party’s executive board, who has reviewed the plans of the ruling coalition consisting of the CDU/CSU and the SPD.
