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.
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.
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.
The difficulty of mining bitcoin has increased by 15%. This is the largest increase since 2021, according to Logos Press.
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Defense Department to release government documents on extraterrestrial life and UFOs, Logos Press reported.
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.
In 2025, the volume of construction works carried out in Moldova increased by 32.2% (in comparable prices) compared to 2024, Logos Press reported.
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.
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.
Bitcoin trading remained volatile on Thursday, rising to around $67,000 after briefly falling to around $65,900, according to Logos Press.
An urban agglomeration approaching one million inhabitants is clearly taking shape in Chisinau, including the municipality and the districts of Straseni, Ialoveni, Anenii Noi and Criuleni, Logos Press reported.
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.
