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On New Year’s Eve in the city of Gelsenkirchen in western Germany, robbers drilled through the wall of the Sparkasse bank, breaking into about 3.2 thousand cells. The damage is estimated to be up to 90 million euros. This is one of the largest bank robberies in the history of Germany, reports Logos Press with reference to DW.
Forbes USA has published a global ranking of dollar billionaires. This year there were 3028 billionaires in it – and this is a new record of the list (in 2024 the number of billionaires in the world reached 2781 people). The total fortune has also increased – from $14.2 trillion last year to $16.090 trillion this year.
Moldova’s per capita income is about 3.5-4.5 times lower than the EU average, Logos Press reported.
In 2025, the title of “economy of the year” was awarded to Portugal, which topped the ranking out of 36 countries.
In 2025, the fall session of the Parliament ended later than usual, on December 31. The spring session will start in February and run until the end of July, while the fall session will start in September and run until the end of December.
An explosion and fire occurred during the New Year celebration in the Swiss city of Crans-Montana (canton of Valais). According to the police, several people were killed and dozens were injured, local publications RTS and Blick reported.
Funding for the Moldovan Karate-Do Federation will not be resumed until the shortcomings identified in the audit of the Ministry of Education and Research are eliminated, Logos Press reported.
The Monitorul Oficial of December 31 published Law No. 318/2025 amending a number of regulations, which introduces a number of amendments to the Tax Code that will come into force on January 1, 2026, Logos Press reported.
As of January 5, 2026, Lydia Ababiy will succeed Anu Luca as deputy secretary general of the Ministry of Finance, Logos Press reported.
The Moldovan government has announced a call for projects to be financed within the Program of measures for the country’s reintegration for 2026, Logos Press reports.
Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant Meta is set to buy Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup Manus for more than $2 billion to compete with strong opponents like Google and OpenAI – Logos Press reports.
Bulgaria will give up its national currency, the lev, and from January 1, 2026 will become the 21st country to join the euro zone, – reports Logos Press.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has been recognized World Leader of the Year by the British newspaper The Telegraph in the nomination “Standing up to Russia”, – reports Logos Press.
The dollar is headed for its steepest annual decline since 2017, and Wall Street predicts the currency will weaken further into 2026 as well, Logos Press reported.
On the night of December 31, Russia attacked Odessa with attack drones. As a result, several people were injured, three of them children.
The supplier of last resort for natural gas, Energocom JSC, has purchased 8.33 million MWh of natural gas, equivalent to about 782 million cubic meters, between May and December 2025 to fully meet the national gas demand until September 30, 2026, Logos Press reported.
The Organization for Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA) will be transformed into a development bank, Logos Press reported.
Well-known representatives of the cryptocommunity and major financial companies predict bitcoin for 2026 as a rise to $250 thousand and fall to $10 thousand, Logos Press reports with reference to RBC.
The amount of funding managed by the Agency for the Development and Modernization of Agriculture (ADMA) increased by more than LE 100 million in 2025, Logos Press reported.
In 2025, more than 20 thousand people were employed in Moldova – 20% more compared to the previous year.
