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Ten top subordinates of US President Donald Trump have interests in Ilon Musk’s space company SpaceX or its merger with his own AI startup xAI.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has downwardly revised Moldova’s economic growth forecast for 2026 amid risks caused by the war, energy crisis and instability of international markets.
India’s rice production in the 2025/26 crop season exceeded 154 million tons, a historic high. The country ranked first in the world in this indicator.
The application process for the competition for financial assistance to offset excise taxes on diesel fuel purchased between March 1 and May 31, 2026 has been completed. The competition ran from May 11 through June 2, 2026, and the Agricultural Intervention and Payment Agency (AIPA) received 2,244 applications.
Agriculture and Food Minister Ludmila Catlabuga participated in the official launching ceremony of the Moldovan-Kazakh Business Council, held today in Chisinau.
Kazakhstan’s oil and fat industry is showing record growth rates and is becoming one of the key drivers of the country’s non-resource exports. According to the results of last year, the industry provided an inflow of 27% of all foreign currency proceeds from exports of processed agricultural products of Kazakhstan. In 2025, Kazakhstan ranked sixth in the world in sunflower oil exports. In the short term, Kazakh exporters hope to bring the country into the world TOP-5 exporters of this product – to the fourth place.
The number of monthly active users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT surpassed 1 billion worldwide in May 2026.
Within the framework of the country’s reintegration policy, 15 government programs were implemented in 2011-2025, which allowed financing 616 projects worth over 218 million lei. On Wednesday, June 3, the government approved a new one-year program with a budget of 25 million lei and a list of new projects.
In 2025, Moldova has become Europe’s leader in terms of startup ecosystem growth.
In the period from March 2025 to May 31, 2026, the Farm Credit Facilitation Program (FCA) provided financing to 581 micro and small agricultural producers in Moldova. The program was initiated and implemented by the Office of Foreign Aid Program Management together with the Ministry of Finance (MF) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA). The program covered all regions of the country, with the largest share of funding going to the northern region.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the National Program of Culture and Heritage Development for 2025-2035, designed to increase citizens’ involvement in the country’s cultural life. One of the key goals of the document is to increase the average monthly spending on culture and recreation per person to 161.1 lei by 2030.
Spanish retail giant Inditex, which owns the Zara brand, started the year stronger than market expectations and confirmed the stability of its business against the backdrop of unstable global conditions and geopolitical risks.
The government approved the Strategic Program of Agricultural Policy for the period 2026-2030 (PSPA). The document defines the priority areas of this sector of the economy through the procedure of granting subsidies to farmers. The program envisages a gradual increase in the state financing of this sector from 2.3 billion lei in 2026 to 5.3 billion lei in 2030, with a planned total budget of 18.9 billion lei.
The Moldovan government has announced the completion of the release phase of a 5.2 hectare plot of land on Tighina Street, paving the way for the construction of a new U.S. diplomatic compound.
About two-thirds of the world’s richest families expect a weakening of confidence in the dollar as the world’s reserve currency and are already reviewing their asset structure amid geopolitical uncertainty and rising U.S. government debt.
Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu commented on the recent nomination of Joseph Burkhalter for the post of United States ambassador to Moldova, stressing the importance of the diplomat’s experience in the business environment for the consolidation of economic relations between the countries.
Analysts named the reasons for the fall of bitcoin, predicted how it will behave in June, and told what to pay attention to cryptocurrency market participants
The National Bureau for Regional and Local Development announced an open tender for the rehabilitation and construction of water supply, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in seven Moldovan educational institutions, worth over 9.39 million lei. The project is implemented with the support of UNICEF.
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos will visit Moldova on June 4-6. During her visit, she will participate in two major events and will discuss with the authorities and society the country’s progress in the European integration process.
Housing prices in Dubai are declining for the second month, sales of ready-made real estate are falling, and the market as a whole is showing the weakest growth rates. However, the premium segment lives by its own rules.
