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Western and southwestern U.S. states are experiencing an unprecedented March heat wave that is already setting historic records and causing growing alarm among climatologists and authorities.
On March 18-19, the Romanian capital hosted the East Gate Strategic Forum, the founding act of the European Group for Territorial Cooperation (GECT – Grupării Europene de Cooperare Teritorială).
Property owners can check and challenge the valuation of their house or apartment until April 30 this year, using the online platform geodata.gov.md.
UPDATED. The Parliament adopted in the first reading two draft laws on the regulation of short supply chains of agri-food products, one from PAS and one from Democrația Acasă. The opposition faction used a special “argument” for clarity: the deputies were given bulbs.
The GTC 2026 Nvidia conference, held from March 16 to 19 in San Jose and attended by thousands of developers, investors and the world’s largest technology companies, cemented Nvidia’s status as the central architect of the global AI industry. The event, which a few years ago was perceived as an industry forum, today actually sets the agenda for the entire technology market – from cloud computing to enterprise software, according to Reuters.
The winners of Skytrax World Airport Awards and AirlineRatings.com’s World’s Best Airline Awards by continent, region and category have been announced.
SpaceX conducted another launch of Starlink satellites on March 19, continuing the accelerated deployment of the world’s largest orbital Internet constellation. The Falcon 9 rocket put 29 next-generation satellites into orbit, confirming the company’s transition to an almost continuous cycle of launches.
With the beginning of spring agricultural works, the National Center for Research and Seed Production (CNCPS) will intensify its activities in production and research areas. This year, the institution will allocate about 2.6 thousand hectares of agricultural land for commercial cultivation of spring crop seeds and experimental demonstration plots.
A study by Japanese scientists has shown that regular use of a bicycle can significantly improve the quality of life of elderly people and extend the period of their independence. The work, published in the scientific journal Transportation Research Part F, is based on a ten-year follow-up of volunteers, which was conducted by specialists from the University of Tsukuba from 2013 to 2023.
In just one day since the launch of the second phase of the Casa Verde (Green House) program, 553 applications for funding were registered. Almost half of them (255 applications) came from residents of Chisinau municipality, the remaining 298 from residents from other parts of the country.
Laboratory data show that at present the water in the Dniester does not pose a danger to the Chisinau municipality. This was stated during the meeting of the Municipal Commission for Emergency Situation. The specialists also discussed the information about the stains that appeared in the river Byc.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) and its European Environmental Information and Observation Network (Eionet) today approved the Republic of Moldova as a partner country, thus expanding the EEA network to 32 member countries and 7 partner countries across Europe.
The drinking water supply was resumed today in Balti mun. as well as in Soroca, Singerei and Floresti districts. This was announced by Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu. He is making a working visit to the northern region of the country to check the functioning of the water supply systems. An intensified control of the water quality will be carried out in all the settlements where it has been restored.
More than 400 participants took part (offline and online) in trainings dedicated to the implementation of projects financed under the Interreg VI-A NEXT Romania-Republic of Moldova 2021-2027 program, which took place in Chisinau.
According to forecasts, by 2040, every fourth Moldovan citizen will be over 65 years old. And only a third of families planning to have a child in the next three years were able to realize this plan. Moldova’s demographic and economic sustainability was discussed during the public dialog “Invisible Human Capital Accelerators for Demographic Sustainability”.
UPDATED. Moldovan medical institutions generate up to 3500 tons of medical waste annually. Their volume continues to grow as the number of medical interventions increases. However, some of this waste has nowhere to go: due to gaps in the system, some medical institutions are forced to store anatomical and pathological waste in refrigerators.
Seven out of ten Moldovan citizens state that they are concerned about the state of the environment, and the main obstacle to mass “eco-friendly” behavior is the lack of accessible systems for waste collection and sorting.
Ukraine has agreed to EU technical and financial assistance to resume oil supplies through the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Moldova has an acute shortage of designers, which hinders the implementation of large energy projects. Because of this, the €326 million, seven-year project “Optimization of the district heating system in Chisinau” faced serious risks at the start.
The annual GTC developer conference, taking place in San Jose from March 16-19, has long been a barometer of the entire artificial intelligence industry.
