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US President Donald Trump reacted to the announced opening of the Strait of Hormuz and thanked the Iranian leadership in a post on his Truth Social platform.

According to the data of the Ministry of Finance, during the first five days of subscription (April 13-17, 2026), about 59 million lei were invested on the eVMS.md platform during the April round. More than fifty individuals carried out 635 transactions, reaching a record level of interest in investment instruments since the beginning of the year.

The head of Kering announced plans to bring to the market smart glasses of luxury class, which will be created in partnership with Google. The project envisages the release of the device under the Gucci brand as early as 2027, which could be one of the first examples of the integration of artificial intelligence in the segment of high fashion.

Moldova plans to increase defense spending to 1% of GDP by 2030. They are now about 0.58% to 0.65% of gross domestic product, up from 0.3% in 2020.

Under the Farm Credit Program (FCA), the Agricultural Working Capital (AWC) line of credit is allocated, which provides soft loans to farmers to cover current production costs.

The Competition Council plans to purchase equipment for the data processing and analysis laboratory, worth about 1.6 million lei, excluding VAT. These are high-performance workstations needed to analyze large amounts of economic information and to conduct competition investigations.

In the first quarter of 2026, the Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (MDED), continued the implementation of grant programs to support entrepreneurs. During this period, the total amount allocated by the Entrepreneurship Development Organization to 135 grantee companies amounted to 23.74 million lei.

The Moldovan government will consider on Wednesday, April 22, the draft denunciation of the Agreement on the division and joint use of freight cars and containers of the former USSR Ministry of Railways.

In 2025, the Moldovan wine sector showed growth in the main indicators. The harvest of technical grape varieties amounted to 259 thousand tons, which was higher than the initial forecast of 220 thousand tons. This was reported by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Andrian Digolian.

The fourth season of Mercedes-Benz Bucharest Fashion Week was held at the National Museum of Arts of Romania. Designers from Moldova also participated in it: it was not only a way to reach the regional level, but also a chance to make a louder statement.

Major Wall Street banks, including Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo, believe that the dollar’s rise is over. The reason is the decline in tensions around Iran and the return of investors to risk.

The State Tax Service reports: almost 10 thousand real estate lease agreements were registered in the first quarter of 2026. This is 31.8% more than in the same period of 2025.

In early April 2026, the international agency Moody’s Ratings upgraded Moldova’s long-term sovereign credit rating from B3 to B2 with a “stable” outlook. This decision, which became the highest rating in the last 25 years, caused a lot of enthusiastic comments from the country’s authorities.

Germany’s largest lender Deutsche Bank has notified European financial regulators of its own violation of EU sanctions relating to Russian clients.

Bitcoin traded near $74,700 in Asian morning hours on Friday, down 0.4% in 24 hours but up 3.5% for the week as a 10-day rally in global stock markets paused ahead of the expiration of a truce between the U.S. and Iran next week.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (NERA) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be in effect from April 18-21.

An active group of smugglers involved in the transportation of goods between Moldova and Romania was dismantled thanks to information provided by the Romanian border police, leading to the arrest of four suspects and the confiscation of thousands of packs of cigarettes.

There are great opportunities for cooperation between Moldova and Azerbaijan in the energy sector. This was mentioned during the meeting of Presidents of the two countries Maya Sandu and Ilham Aliyev in Antalya on the margins of the annual diplomatic forum.

US President Donald Trump said it “looks very good” that the United States and Iran will reach an agreement to end the war and that US and Iranian representatives could meet this weekend.

The requirements for public-private partnership projects will be changed. Their launch will be possible only after the approval of a preliminary comprehensive study – the so-called project justification (studiu de fundamentare), in addition to the traditional feasibility study (studiu de fezabilitate).
