News about Industry
The pattern of sown areas in the grain-growing regions of the country is changing. More and more agricultural producers are abandoning low-yielding cereals in favor of oilseeds and fodder crops. In 2026, sown areas in the country increased by almost 182 thousand hectares and amounted to more than 23.8 million hectares.
The new government’s statements about stopping exports to Russia do not apply to pharmaceuticals. This is explained both by the difficulty of reorientation to other markets and by state security considerations.
Moldova intends to strengthen the capacity of its air defense system by developing local production of drone interception systems. President Maia Sandu said that she instructed the government to urgently prepare the necessary legislative amendments that would enable the production of these technologies.
Belarus’s partnership with China is reaching a new level – the country intends to double exports and direct investments from China by 2030.
In May 2026, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index (FPI) averaged 130.8 points, 0.2 points (0.2%) below the revised April figure. This indicates that the global food price trend remains stable.
Markus Wichel, member of the Swedish Riksdag with fourteen years of parliamentary experience, member of the Riksdag Committee on Foreign Affairs, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and co-founder of the Sweden-Moldova Friendship Group, visited the BPM PC Strand (BPM-TRADE SRL) factory in Chisinau.
At the EU-Moldova Investment Conference in Chisinau, four concrete investment projects were presented, totaling 364 million euros out of the announced one million euros.
The EU-Moldova Investment Conference, held today in Chisinau, announced the attraction of investments totaling more than 1 billion euros to boost the country’s strategic development and strengthen its European course.
The index of business activity in the eurozone manufacturing sector, according to S&P Global surveys, fell to 51.6 in May from 52.2 in April, hitting a two-month low. The slowdown came amid stagnant new orders in May, which offset a record four-year rise in sales in April. Export orders for production declined during the month.
SpaceX continues to ramp up the deployment of its Starlink satellite network. On May 31, it performed the 50th launch of a Starlink mission since the beginning of 2026, and 1,375 satellites have already been launched into space since January.
Over the last five to seven years, the Moldovan dairy industry has changed its format almost imperceptibly for local people.
One of the main mistakes of Moldovan territorial development policy is that territory is too often seen as an administrative unit rather than a historically established economic system. The authorities look at a map and see districts, mayoralties, settlements, budgets, roads, schools, hospitals, population. But this map almost always hides another, much more important map – the map of lost functions.
Metalferos ended 2025 with a widening net loss despite strong revenue growth.
Poland has received preliminary approval from the U.S. State Department to localize production of missiles for Patriot air defense systems.
In Georgia, school uniforms will be made compulsory for all students in public schools. The industry is struggling to cope with the state order of 1.8 million garments.
The New Glenn rocket of Blue Origin, owned by US billionaire Jeff Bezos, exploded during a firing test of the engines on the launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida.
The pharmaceutical company Herbal Therapy Laboratories (former SA Farmaco) is under the threat of closure. The company was found to have debts to its employees exceeding 4.2 million lei, so the state authorities launched a procedure to suspend or completely revoke its license.
The fruit business in Europe with both feet has entered the period of active preparation for the new marketing season: it assesses the condition of orchards after overwintering and spring weather stresses, production needs and market opportunities. The first conclusions are traditionally not very precise, but they are large-scale. They provide some insight into opportunities and a clear picture of expectations.
Today, May 28 in Astana, President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived in Kazakhstan on a state visit, signed a joint statement “On the seven foundations of friendship and good-neighborliness of the peoples of Kazakhstan and Russia”.
Chile stops growing sugar beets. And this is after more than seven decades of history of production of this atypical (for South America) agricultural crop. The reason is low sugar prices and rising costs of agricultural production in the world.
