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Today, at the FMF – Moldovan Football Federation (Federaţia Moldovenească de Fotbal) arena in the park “La Izvor”, the IV tournament of the “European Media Cup in Chisinau” takes place, with the participation of journalists from 8 countries.

In Latvia, illegal operators have a significant share in the online gambling segment. According to the H2 Gambling Capital (H2GC) agency, in 2025 the gross revenue from gambling in the unlicensed market of the country reached 62 million euros.

A new study estimates that by the end of 2025, some 352,000 Russian servicemen will have died in the war against Ukraine.

The situation with the Dniester’s water availability continues to be a matter of serious concern. By the end of the current working week, the flow from the Carpathians in the upper reaches of the river fell to 66 cubic meters per second. At the same time, the flow in the lower reaches of the Dniester has not changed – 100 cubic meters per second. Accordingly, the water level in the Dniester reservoir, which provides water to the Moldovan part of the river, dropped to 115.5.

Russia expects clarifications from Armenia in connection with the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to that country, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) recommends Moldova to strengthen the rules for former civil servants after leaving office (“pantuflage”) and to introduce stricter controls and sanctions to prevent them from using their former position for personal interests. On Wednesday, the Cabinet of Ministers will consider a draft on measures to implement the recommendations.

Since the announcement of the crisis on the Romanian oil and oil products market until now, the Romanian state has approved 30 applications for diesel exports, most of which are aimed at supplies to neighboring countries.

Europe is actively working on creating its own digital payment systems to reduce dependence on US giants Visa and Mastercard, which control about two-thirds of card transactions in the eurozone. The main goal is to ensure “digital sovereignty” and payment security, as the EU’s financial infrastructure is currently heavily dependent on the US.

Beginning May 11, 2026, agricultural producers may apply for partial reimbursement of excise taxes on diesel fuel purchased between March 1 and May 31, 2026.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup (2026 World Cup), which will take place from June 11 to July 19 in the United States, Mexico and Canada, is projected to be a powerful driver of the global economy, capable of bringing significant GDP growth and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. By expanding the format to 48 teams and hosting matches in 16 cities, the scale of the event promises an unprecedented economic impact.

Alexandru Versinin, MP of the “Democrația Acasă” faction, reports that a preliminary (pre-trial) application has been filed against PAS MP Radu Marian because of statements made at the last plenary session of Parliament.

In recent days, there have been reports causing increased interest of fruit business operators in Europe. In the information space of Polish agribusiness there appeared not single opinions that due to spring frosts the apple harvest in this “apple power” can be halved. Fruit traders in Poland rarely hit the bull’s-eye in their initial forecasts. However, now the market situation is so alarming that any “signal shots” have consequences.

President Maia Sandu held talks with a mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new cooperation program under the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI). The meeting took place on Sunday, May 10, during the visit of the IMF mission to Chisinau between May 7 and 20.

International online platforms, including eMag, Temu, Amazon, are actively used in Moldova as a shopping channel from abroad, but they do not work as an export tool for local producers. This was stated by businessman Mircea Baciu, commenting on the development of cross-border e-commerce in the country.

The deadline for the completion of installation works is the last week of May, while the line’s commissioning and testing phases should be completed during June. This is reported by the Energy Ministry, referring to the visit of Energy Minister Dorin Jungietu to the Vulcanesti power plant.

Iran’s record-long internet outage is hitting private businesses hard. Business owners warn that it could lead to mass layoffs and business closures. Losses from lack of access “to the net” are estimated in the billions of dollars.

Alibaba Group is preparing one of the biggest experiments in global e-commerce. The Chinese giant is integrating its Qwen AI model into the Taobao platform and actually replacing product search with a conversation with artificial intelligence.

Romanian President Nicusor Dan made a video message on the occasion of Europe Day and Romania’s Independence Day, in which he spoke about what his country has achieved during almost 20 years in the EU (Romania officially joined the Community on January 1, 2007).

According to the Environmental Performance Index, 19 of the 20 countries with the best sanitation and drinking water in the world are European. Japan is also among these 20 countries.

The Moldovan national team successfully performed at the 43rd Balkan Mathematics Olympiad (BMO 2026), which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from May 3 to 8, 2026. Moldovan schoolchildren won a total of 4 medals – one silver and three bronze. The young mathematicians won silver in the team competition.
