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Commercialization of artificial intelligence and its large-scale implementation into business processes were at the center of the Seattle Startup Summit 2026 agenda. The forum takes place on April 1-2 and brought together 1,500 participants from all over the world – startup founders, venture capitalists and engineers.
The public procurement system has registered notable changes in the dynamics of appeals in the awarding of contracts. The number of appeals decreased, but their total financial importance increased, reaching 8.8 billion lei in 2025 against 6 billion lei a year earlier.
Former Moldovan Prime Minister Ion Sturza believes that real economic relations between Moldova and Romania started only a few years ago.
New foreign aid projects in the sphere of social protection, education, agriculture will receive tax and customs privileges. The decision is related to updating the list of technical and investment support programs operating on the basis of international agreements.
China’s TCL and Japan’s Sony are officially moving to form a Bravia-branded joint venture, scheduled to launch next April.
The price of gold, which was recently at its peak, is experiencing one of the sharpest declines in recent years. During March, the precious metal lost more than 13% of its value.
Starting from April 1, 2026, the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) issues in numismatic circulation the commemorative coin “Ion Pelivan – 150 years since his birth”, which completes the series “Personalities”.
The government is preparing a complete digitalization of public services for establishing, running and liquidating a business. It is expected to remove barriers and reduce bureaucracy in the activities of companies.
Russia is introducing regulation of cryptocurrencies. This involves the creation of a controlled infrastructure for transactions in digital assets and the introduction of rules for all market participants – from private investors to exchanges and exchangers.
In early March, the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) extended until the end of June the decision to appoint Moldovagaz JSC responsible for ensuring gas supply to the Transnistrian region. Earlier, in 2023, ANRE revoked the license for natural gas transportation from the Moldovan-Russian company, giving this function to a subsidiary of the Romanian state operator Transgaz. And in 2025 – the license for supply, which is now handled by the Moldovan state-owned company Energocom.
The budget allocated for 2025 for the Prima Casa program was completely exhausted already in the first quarter due to the large number of applications. Therefore, the program was put on hold “until the mechanism is improved”.
In the current market cycle, bitcoin’s drawdown has been much less profound than in previous periods.
Moldovan Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu has said that relations with Romania have a special, “family” character. He said this after a meeting with the head of the Romanian government, Ilie Bolojan, which took place in Bucharest.
Tesla CEO Ilon Musk has announced a massive investment in Japan to dramatically expand its service infrastructure and network of charging stations.
The story with the so-called “golden Trump smartphone” is gradually turning into a dubious project with unclear prospects. The Trump Mobile website recently changed the description of the device: now instead of emphasizing American production, the wording “American design” is used. Experts believe that this is an attempt to soften the audience’s expectations against the backdrop of problems with moving assembly to the United States, a task that was initially presented as a key advantage of the device.
The increase in the price of agricultural inputs due to the war in the Middle East will certainly lead to a reduction in the sowing of many spring crops in the Northern Hemisphere. This process will also affect the Black Sea region, including Moldova. More than other spring crops, it is likely that the area sown with grain maize will shrink by at least 5-10%.
The Ministry of Energy reminded that the deadline to submit bids for the tender for the construction of wind farms with a total capacity of 170 MW, as well as with the obligation to install energy storage systems with a capacity of 44 MWh, expires on March 31.
Societe Generale sees a real risk of Brent oil prices soaring to the $150 per barrel range, as ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is not likely to be restored until mid-April at the earliest. At the same time, oil prices may go significantly higher if the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is closed as well.
The Republic of Moldova is modernizing its national meteorological, hydrological and agrometeorological monitoring system to better protect the population and agriculture from extreme weather events. Thanks to the joint efforts of Japan, Sweden and Austria, coordinated by UNDP Moldova, 42 modern stations will provide accurate real-time data to residents and farmers in 17 districts of the country, as well as in ATU Gagauzia.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmokescu received the bulk of his income outside the country in 2025, including more than half a million dollars in the form of a pension. He started receiving his salary from the Moldovan government only after November 1, 2025.
