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The Moldovan Armed Forces will receive more than 100 Senator armored vehicles, manufactured by the Canadian company Roshel, as part of the European Union’s defense assistance program.
The supply of tourism services in the Republic of Moldova will suffer, prices for services may rise, and businesses in the tourism and hospitality industries will face additional financial pressure if the standard 20% VAT rate is applied to food service and lodging.
The Agency for Agricultural Interventions and Payments (AIPA) has announced the start of the next (seventh) round of accepting applications from livestock producers for direct “per kilogram” milk payments. The application period runs from July 6 to August 14, 2026. Farmers may submit their applications (along with the required supporting documents) to their local AIPA offices.
Germany opposed the European Commission’s proposed EU budget for 2028–2034, totaling approximately €2 trillion, and demanded that it be cut by about €400 billion.
This summer, the Republic of Moldova is in the spotlight of the European public through a large-scale cultural project held in Vienna. The Ringturm building, the headquarters of Vienna Insurance Group, has been transformed into an artistic installation of approximately 4,000 m², created by Moldovan artist Pavel Brăila.
In the coming decade, the number of central banks planning to reduce the share of the U.S. dollar in their reserves will exceed the number of those intending to increase it. According to the results of a survey of sovereign investors published by the London-based think tank OMFIF (Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum), against the backdrop of growing political risks associated with the U.S. currency, a clear trend toward reducing dollar reserves has been observed for the first time.
Euroclear, a Belgian financial infrastructure company, has filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Russia in a Brussels court as part of a dispute over frozen Russian assets.
The Ministry of Defense and the Estonian Defense Investment Center today signed a framework agreement and a contract to purchase more than 100 units of modern military equipment for the National Army from the Canadian company Roshel.
A painting by Rembrandt van Rijn, which for decades was believed to be the work of an unknown artist, will be offered at a Sotheby’s auction in London on July 1. After a decade of restoration, experts have confirmed the master’s authorship. The estimated value of the painting “Let the Children Come to Me” is 8–12 million pounds sterling ($10.6–15.9 million).
At its shareholders’ meeting on June 30, Russia’s largest bank decided to pay dividends amounting to 50% of last year’s net income.
A bipartisan delegation from the U.S. Senate, consisting of Senators Ted Budd, John Barasso, Tim Kane, and Alan Armstrong, is on an official visit to Chisinau. The American lawmakers held separate meetings with President Maia Sandu and Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu.
Concerns about Microsoft’s future stem from a market correction. In June 2026, the company’s stock suffered a historic decline: its market capitalization fell by $570 billion, marking the sharpest drop in a decade. Analysts attribute this to record spending on AI, an overheated market, and a slowdown in the growth of the cloud business.
The United Kingdom is considering introducing a new investment visa that could grant citizenship to wealthy foreigners after five years of residence in the country. The Financial Times reported this, citing discussions within the government.
Bodrum remains the leader in Turkey’s suburban real estate market. Villa prices here reach $6,300–7,600 per square meter, making the resort the country’s most expensive destination in the suburban housing segment.
Shares of the American company Palantir Technologies rose following the announcement of a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to deploy open artificial intelligence models in secure government environments.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is wrapping up its current experimental cycle and entering a long-term shutdown for a major upgrade. The upgrade will last until 2030.
Saks Global, an American luxury department store operator, has completed bankruptcy proceedings and announced a name change. The company, which brings together Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman, will now operate under the brand name Exemplar Luxury Group, according to the Associated Press.
At the annual general meeting on June 29, Gazprom shareholders voted against paying dividends for the 2025 fiscal year. The most recent dividend payments by Russia’s largest gas company—in which the state controls a total of more than 50% of the shares—were made in the first half of 2022.
500 million Romanian lei (nearly 2 billion Moldovan lei) have been allocated for the electrification of the railway between Iași and the border with the Republic of Moldova. Half of the project will be financed by European funds (under the Connecting Europe Facility program), and the remainder will be covered by Romania’s national budget.
Demand for sodium chloride—common table salt—could increase significantly in the medium term amid the development of sodium-ion batteries, which are seen as a cheaper alternative to lithium-based solutions. This is stated in an analytical report by Morgan Stanley.
