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.
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.
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.
The Moldovan government has approved a draft law on the entry and stay of foreign citizens in Moldova, Logos Press reported.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization has unveiled a new strategic vision for supporting the entrepreneurial environment for 2026. It envisages a reduction in grants and an increase in other forms of funding, Logos Press reports.
The Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) and border police uncovered a scheme in which a Moldovan company exported nearly 5 million lei worth of French wine to the United States over a five-year period with copyright infringement, Logos Press reported.
The first batch of 34 works of art belonging to former Romanian Finance Minister Darius Vylkov, sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering, was sold at an ANAF (National Agency for Tax Administration) auction for a total of 791,450 euros, Logos Press reported.
US fast food restaurant chain Steak ‘n Shake, which introduced bitcoin payment acceptance in May 2025, said it has “significantly” increased its sales, Logos Press reports.
The attempt of a female passenger on a Chisinau-Yerevan flight to take out of Moldova undeclared $60,000 ended unsuccessfully, Logos Press reports.
The US Army utilized Anthropic’s Claude neural network in an operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to Logos Press.
Cryptocurrencies started the shortened week in the U.S. on a downward trend, with bitcoin dipping below the $67,000 mark on Tuesday, breaking out of a narrow weekly range of $68,000-$70,000, according to Logos Press.
Romania is currently negotiating with U.S. authorities on the status of potential Peace Council members as observers, the only provision Romania can accept due to “inconsistencies” between the Council’s Charter and Romania’s existing commitments, Logos Press reported.
Moldova ended the year with a positive export balance for the first time in several years. Shipments abroad in 2025 amounted to $3.8 billion, which is 6.4% more than in the previous period. And this is probably the only good news in the country’s foreign trade balance.
Romania is a fairly large regional exporter of bananas, although the fruit does not grow in that country, according to Logos Press.
Moldova attracted a net inflow of $458.4 million in foreign direct investment in 2024, bringing total FDI to $5.471 billion, Logos Press reported.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) will finance the construction of two large solar power plants in southern Romania for a total amount of more than 85 million euros, Logos Press reports.
Beginning April 1, 2026, all large non-household customers will be required to purchase natural gas exclusively on the free market, according to Logos Press.
It is very difficult for small and small enterprises, especially newcomers from the regions, to break through not only on the external, but also on the internal market – there are no centralized instruments for this in Moldova.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed concern over the current state of prediction markets and warned that the growing reliance on uninformed speculators threatens the viability of the sector, according to Logos Press.
This year, a budget of 300 million lei has been allocated for non-refundable financial support instruments meant to finance small and medium-sized enterprises, Logos Press reported.
