According to the Household Electricity Price Index (HEPI) for the beginning of 2026, Bucharest has risen to the first place in the ranking of European capitals with the highest electricity prices in purchasing power parity (PPP), Logos Press reported.
Moldova ranked 80th with a score of 42, down one point from 2024, in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perceptions Index published on February 10, Logos Press reported.
Non-food products on the market will become safer for consumers. The government has approved a new methodology for assessing the risk level of such goods, which will allow the authorities to identify dangerous goods faster and take prompt action, Logos Press reported.
US President Donald Trump made a post on his social network Truth Sicial in which he said that a golden age is on the doorstep for Americans, Logos Press reports.
Demand for communications professionals – journalists, copywriters, editors, writers and other text writers – has grown in the U.S. amid the proliferation of low-quality content generated by neural networks, according to Logos Press.
US President Donald Trump will instruct the Pentagon to purchase electricity from coal-fired power plants. The head of the White House continues the policy of increasing coal consumption in the country, according to Logos Press.
Solidaritatea Sanitară, the federation of Romanian medical workers’ unions, has sent a notice to the government to hold a general strike in protest against the cabinet’s intention to cut salaries in the health care system by 10%, Logos Press reported.
Mayors’ offices in Romania’s 1,300 communes have announced a warning strike to protest the upcoming administrative reform, cuts in spending on the apparatus and fiscal innovations of the Ilie Bolojan government, Logos Press reported.
UPDATE. Prime Ministers of Ukraine and Moldova Iulia Sviridenko and Alexandru Munteanu discussed trade and economic cooperation, in particular, they agreed to continue work on simplifying border crossing procedures, Logos Press reports.
Moldova Innovation Technology Park (MITP) announced a historical record: the turnover of resident companies will exceed $1 billion in 2025.
The Moldovan Internet audience in December 2025 amounted to 1.462 million unique users with a daily traffic of 1.391 million views, Logos Press reported.
For the first time in nearly a month, bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. recorded consecutive net inflows, breaking a streak of redemptions that has lasted since mid-January, according to Logos Press.
Foreigners, including citizens of the Republic of Moldova, who want to obtain Romanian citizenship, have to pass a difficult test. They have to answer 95 questions that may cause them difficulties, Logos Press reported.
In 2025, 56.3% of non-cash payments in Moldova will be made with MasterCard cards, while 43.7% will be made with Visa cards, Logos Press reports.
Moldova will get its own artificial intelligence antenna called FAIMA. It will be part of a European network of 12 other similar antennas developed under the European Union’s strategic program, Logos Press reported.
According to calculations by former Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat, Moldovan residents paid $104 million more for natural gas last year, Logos Press reported.
Bitcoin’s sharp drop – nearly 50% off the record highs reached just a few months ago – has revived discussion about the cryptocurrency’s stability. However, hedge fund veteran Gary Baude argues that the sell-off is a feature of the asset’s inherent volatility rather than a sign of a broader crisis situation, according to Logos Press.
Norway has become the first country in the world where electric cars will almost completely dominate the new car market in 2025. And just having reached that point, the country is considering cutting tax breaks and introducing a road tax for electric cars, Logos Press reported.
Moldova ranks 55th in the world (out of 175 countries) in terms of dependence on imports, Logos Press reported.
Moldova is in the penultimate place in Europe in terms of the minimum wage. Nevertheless, the “minimum wage” in Moldova is almost twice as high as in Ukraine, which ranks last, Logos Press reported.
