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The Chisinau City Hall announces the start of work on the renovation and restoration of a building in the capital’s city center, located at 5 Veronica Micle Street, which will be transformed into the Eugen Doga Cultural Center.
A hearing in the Oakland court is scheduled for today, August 18, in a major case against Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Corporation. Authorities in California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey accuse the company of intentionally using features on Facebook and Instagram that encourage children to spend as much time as possible on the platforms.
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection are establishing a coordination group to improve the methodology and process for determining disability. The agencies signed a joint order today establishing the group.
After the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant in Romania was shut down due to low water levels in the Danube, Russian gas supplies to the country increased.
The number of children and adolescents on the left bank of the Dniester, as in Moldova as a whole, continues to decline. Over the past year, the figure has fallen by approximately 6 percent. The number of children is expected to decline further over the next five years.
A 50% reduction in tariffs for freight transit through Moldova could restore the competitiveness of the rail route and increase freight traffic to the port of Reni.
Since 2022, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Moldova has mobilized more than $20 million to respond to the refugee situation. This is stated in the “Independent Assessment of UNFPA’s Humanitarian Capacity for 2019–2025: A Thematic Study on Moldova.”
The hot weather in August will bring forward the start of the mass harvest of early-ripening walnut varieties bred in Moldova (“Peschansky,” “Kazaku,” and others) by about a week. It is tentatively scheduled to begin in early September. Just a few years ago, the walnut harvest in commercial orchards began in the second half of the first month of fall.
Moldova and Kazakhstan intend to intensify their economic cooperation and hold a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation in the near future. The issue was discussed at a meeting between Corina Calugaru, State Secretary of the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Almat Aidarbekov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan.
This year, Romania will remain the largest sunflower producer in the European Union, despite forecasts that the area planted with this crop will shrink to 1.1 million hectares. Thanks to higher yields, sunflower production in Romania could increase to 2.2 million metric tons (compared to 2.1 million metric tons in 2025).
The Ministry of Defense has planned 14 capital construction procurement procedures for the first half of this year to develop military infrastructure at the military camp in Băcioi, for a total estimated amount of approximately 434.9 million lei, excluding VAT. According to the monitoring report, only three procedures had been completed by the end of this period.
Nearly half of the tourist vessels selected for inspection by the Greek tax authority on the island of Santorini were found to have violated tax laws.
In early August, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga stated that Kyiv is holding consultations with Warsaw regarding the possible transit of grain. Among the options is the use of the Polish ports of Gdańsk, Szczecin, and Gdynia for the onward export of Ukrainian products to third-country markets. However, Polish farmers fear that a significant portion of the transit shipments will remain in their country, as was the case three years ago. The reason for these concerns is a lack of transparency in the decision-making process.
Moldova has begun accepting applications for the 2026 National Prize. Authors of outstanding achievements and teams whose work received recognition at least one year ago are eligible to compete for the honorary title, a medal, and a cash prize of 100,000 lei. Applications will be accepted through September 18.
Starting September 15, customs clearance services provided by TS specialists will be available to businesses every day, including weekends. This measure is intended to make the procedures more convenient and accessible for businesses.
Moldovan firefighters returned to the Republic of Moldova after a month-long mission to fight wildfires in Greece. As part of the GFFFV-MD team, they participated in 10 operational missions between July 14 and August 15, 2026, under the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism.
The eligibility criteria for receiving support under the “Regional State Aid Scheme for Investments in Moldova” program will be revised.
OpenAI has introduced a special version of ChatGPT for teenagers—ChatGPT for Teens—which includes enhanced safety features, parental controls, and educational tools. The new version is automatically activated if the system determines that the user is under 18, or if the user specifies that they are between 13 and 17 years old.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization has revised downward its economic growth forecast for the country in 2026 and for the medium term. The growth rate for 2026 has been lowered to 1.8% (previously expected to be 2.2%). Total GDP will amount to approximately 388 billion lei.
Following the easing of tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, the price of jet fuel has fallen and stabilized. To some extent, this contradicts the negative forecasts made two or three months ago, at the height of the crisis.
