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.
A block of 2050 shares of FinComBank JSC was sold on the Moldovan Stock Exchange. The total value of the transaction amounted to 1,271,000 lei, which corresponds to the price of 620 lei per share at its nominal price of 100 lei, – reports Logos Press.

This was announced on Thursday, April 24, by the director of the Customs Service of Moldova, Alexandru Iacub, during a meeting with the leaders of the Association of International Road Carriers of Moldova (AITA), – reports Logos Press.

During its regular meeting on April 24, 2025, the Board of Directors of the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) approved the investments made in 2024 by three licensees to be recovered through the tariff,” Logos Press reported.

NN Group, which manages several pension funds, has exceeded the threshold of owning 10% of the shares of Premier Energy, a large energy company operating both in Romania and in the Republic of Moldova. According to a report submitted to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), NN funds, namely NN ACTIV, NN OPTIM and NN Privately Administered Pension Fund, now control 10.6% of the company’s shares, up from 5.92% previously, Logos Press reported.

During the period of cleaning up before Easter, many people burn old tires, which causes serious damage to the environment. To prevent and extinguish tire burning fires, environmental inspectors conducted 75 inspections. A total of 67 cases were documented. Each of them will be fined, 11 receipts have already been issued for a total of 110 thousand lei.

In Ukraine, on July 1, 2025, the voltage of 220 volts will disappear in sockets and 230 volts will replace it. This was announced by the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the spheres of energy and public utilities,” Logos Press reported.

In 2024, more than 3.3 thousand people were employed in organizations that carried out R&D activities, which is by 200 people less (by 5.8%) compared to the previous year. At the same time, expenses for R&D activities amounted to 699.1 million lei, or by 28 million lei (by 4.2%) more than in 2023, which is about 0.22% of the gross domestic product (GDP) (at the level of 2023),” Logos Press reported.

In order to prevent fish and fish products obtained from illegal, undeclared and unregulated fishing from entering the national market, the Government has adopted a mechanism to verify the origin of these products in the Republic of Moldova,” Logos Press reported.

The tender commission responsible for Moldova’s first renewable energy auction has confirmed its decision to reject the bids of four companies,” Logos Press reported.

Industrial production in Moldova declined by 0.6% year-on-year in the first two months of 2025 as manufacturing output fell by 6.1%, Logos Press reported.

The individual power ceiling for residential prosumer PV installations may be raised to 7 kW, and current beneficiaries of the net billing mechanism who have a prosumer contract with their supplier for a lower individual power ceiling will be able to request an increase to the 7 kW sustainability limit,” Logos Press reports.

One of the most important points of communication between Moldova and Romania, the Sculeni-Sculeni highway bridge, built more than 60 years ago, will be demolished and rebuilt in the coming years as part of a project aimed at ensuring the safety and continuity of traffic in the area,” Logos Press informs.

EU citizens who stay in Moldova for more than 90 days will be automatically granted a residence permit,” Logos Press reports.

In Ukraine, the scandal around one of the main suppliers of clothing for the needs of the Ministry of Defense, the company “TK-Group”, in which a Moldovan company was involved, is gaining momentum, – reports Logos Press.

Another energy efficiency project has recently been launched in Moldova: the EU has allocated about €143 million to modernize the district heating system in more than 1,600 buildings in Chisinau. The project involves the installation of 2,510 individual heating points and the conversion of centrally heated houses to a horizontal heat supply system.

The Danube Sea Ports Administration wants to buy the Giurgiulesti port in Moldova from the EBRD and needs the help of a specialized consultant, Logos Press reports.

Yesterday, on April 17, 2025, the Association of Banks of Moldova (ABM), as NASO – National Accession Support Organization, submitted to the European Payments Council the first accession documents to join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) – reports Logos Press.

The winery Domeniile Davidescu from the Republic of Moldova has quadrupled its sales on the Romanian market in five years and intends to increase them this year by another quarter – up to 17 million Romanian lei (66.3 million Moldovan lei, – reports Logos Press.

The Alliance of Small and Medium Enterprises of Moldova (AIM) has come out in favor of regulating the rules of cross-border Internet trade, – reports Logos Press.

In the first two months of 2025, Moldova’s trade deficit grew 39.9% year-on-year to $1.083 billion, Logos Press reported.
