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In January 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop the “weaponization” of federal law enforcement agencies, i.e. their use as weapons. Allegedly, the previous US administration used law enforcement and intelligence agencies to persecute political opponents. Critics called the decree a spectacle, but Trump’s supporters rejoiced at this, as they believe, bold fight against political overreach. Behind the legal spectacle, however, lies a much bigger story involving pipelines, sea lanes, global trade and financial flows.
The government has expanded the use of funds from the Livada Moldovei project to stimulate strategic investments in milk production.
The alleged slaughter due to African swine fever (ASF) of about 104,000 pigs at the two largest pig farms has created an existential conflict between pig farmers and meat producers in the Republic of Moldova. The patronage of the meat processing industry PIIPC asks the government for imports “not to impose customs duties on commodity item HS 0203 (pork fresh, chilled, frozen) in the period 2025-26”. It amounts to 20%+200 euro/t, but not more than 25% and 10%+200 euro/t, but not more than 15%). The Association of Pork Producers of the Republic of Moldova asks to leave everything as it is, “since there is no need to increase imports of pork, domestic producers are able to fill its potential deficit”.
Despite the fact that exports of Moldovan wine products show growth against the background of a general decline in foreign sales, this does not mean that everything is fine for its producers. There are many problems, and they can affect not only the good reporting indicators.
The situation on the world wine market is changing, which gives rise to new challenges for business. Oleg Volku, General Director of Imperial-Vin Group, spoke about the trends that have emerged in the crisis.
Do you know what conceptual realism in painting is? There is an opportunity to get acquainted with this unusual style in the Exhibition Center “Konstantin Brynkush”, where the exhibition of Vyacheslav Bakitsky, timed to his 75th anniversary, is open till April 6. At the vernissage, the Union of Artists awarded the jubilee with the Mihail Greku medal.
The Moldovan national soccer team lost two starting matches of the qualifying tournament for the World Cup-2026 (Group I). Serghei Kleshchenko’s charges lost to the national teams of Norway and Estonia.
At the 144th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), held in the closed resort of Costa Navarino in Greece, 41-year-old Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe was elected the new president of the organization by secret ballot. She became the first woman in the history of the IOC to be elected to this position.
The first two contracts for 2025 within the Interreg NEXT Romania-Republic of Moldova program were signed. The selected projects will receive funding in the amount of 536 thousand euros. This was announced by the Romanian Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration.
Moldova needs to change the model of economic development with the revision of all measures to support the private sector, as well as to create a state development bank in order to overcome the recession.
Changes are coming in the list of priorities for EU agriculture and in the system of their financing. Agrarians and authorities of the Republic of Moldova, i.e. the “factors of influence and decision-making” of the EU candidate country, should at least be aware of them.
The Organ Hall hosted the presentation of a new Steinway & Sons concert grand piano and a concert. Before that, the last replenishment of the hall with a concert grand piano took place about forty years ago. Now Moldova has appeared for the first time as an acquiring state in the list of the prestigious Steinway & Sons factory in Hamburg, and the Organ Hall of our capital has joined the most solid cultural institutions of the world.
