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In the first quarter of 2026, exports of goods amounted to 848.5 million euros, up 10.2% compared to the corresponding period of 2025, the National Bureau of Statistics said.

A large (about 10 tons) shipment of imported dill was detained at the border and subsequently destroyed due to excessive pesticide residues.

Moldova has officially handed over to the Principality of Monaco the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The ceremony took place at the end of a ministerial meeting in Chisinau, which was attended by almost 50 delegations.

Last year, 22.1 thousand children were born in Moldova – this is about 1.5 thousand less (or 6.6%) compared to 2024. The share of children born in marriage amounted to 61.5% (or 13.6 thousand children), i.e. every third child was born out of wedlock.

Moldovan entrepreneurs met with the Minister of Environment to discuss the launch of a system of packaging deposit value (SDA). This is a mechanism whereby containers (glass, plastic and aluminum bottles) can be refunded at the point of sale.

A trip to children’s day summer camps will cost parents 594 lei, i.e. 20% of its total cost, while the rest of the money is covered from the municipal budget.

Production of TV series within the framework of international coproduction will become more accessible. Moldova has signed the Council of Europe Convention on the coproduction of audiovisual works in the form of serials.

French luxury holding LVMH has agreed to sell the Marc Jacobs brand to the American company WHP Global, which manages a number of fashion brands and actively buys fashion assets. G-III Apparel Group is also involved in the deal. According to Reuters and the Financial Times, the value of the brand could be about $1 billion.

Latvia is in political turmoil after its defense minister and prime minister resigned.

The Romanian car ARO is being revived under the name e-ARO 25. The model defies imagination. It is an all-electric SUV, optionally with a range extender, designed to compete with the Hummer EV or G-Klasse EQ.

The quality of the Moldovan stratum called “elite society” is deteriorating year by year.

One of the largest and most developed chemical clusters in the world is on the verge of a large-scale crisis. Over the past year, two of the cluster’s ten companies have already closed plants. Europe’s chemical industry is under pressure due to high energy prices, weak demand and growing competition from China.

xAI owner Ilon Musk has unveiled an early beta version of Grok Build, a new AI tool for programming and automating tasks. However, users’ attention was attracted not only by the product’s capabilities, but also by the cost of access: the service is available only to subscribers of the SuperGrok Heavy tariff, which costs about $300 per month.

The United Arab Emirates plans to double its ability to export crude oil by bypassing the Strait of Hormuz by 2027. According to the Emirates’ press service posted on social network X, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is completing construction of a pipeline that will connect oil fields to the port of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman.

Excess liquidity becomes an additional factor of inflation acceleration. When people and companies, as well as the banking system, have more money on hand than is necessary to service the current volume of goods and services, unsecured demand grows faster, which leads to higher prices.

The procedure for reimbursing VAT to agricultural producers has been simplified by introducing a limit on the amount to be reimbursed. These changes are stipulated in the Order of the Ministry of Finance No. 64 of 14.05.2026, which was published today and entered into force.

China and the US announced the biggest aircraft deal of recent years: Beijing agreed to buy airplanes from Boeing after negotiations between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. But instead of the expected surge, shares of the American aircraft manufacturer went down sharply – investors considered the contract too modest.

On May 15, the Republic of Moldova celebrates the National Veterinarian Day, a memorable date dedicated to the specialists responsible for animal health, safety of animal products and consumer protection.

This was stated by Dumitru Roibu, chairman of the “Alliance of Moldovans” party, on the air of a national TV channel, commenting on the local self-government reform carried out by the authorities and on the process of merging mayoralties.

“The pressure on Russia must not abate,” Moldovan President Maia Sandu said at the opening of the Council of Europe’s ministerial session, which saw the signing of a Partial Enlarged Agreement on the establishment of a Committee for the Management of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.
