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US-based beauty corporation Estée Lauder Companies has announced plans to fully buy out Indian ayurvedic brand Forest Essentials by acquiring the remaining stakes in the company. The deal will be the next phase of a multi-year partnership and aims to expand the Indian brand’s global footprint. It is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026, once all necessary regulatory approvals have been received.
The Giurgiulesti Free International Port will have a new legal regime, which simplifies the management of the territory, stimulates investments and protects the rights of residents.
The rise of the first cryptocurrency above $73,000 is a short-term rebound, not the start of a new bull market. This is the conclusion reached by CryptoQuant analysts.
Transfers through the European system SEPA, which Moldova joined in March last year, currently account for over 80% of all transferred funds from and to Europe. The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) reports this as its main achievement on the way to the EU, publishing relevant data.
Leading Greek companies in the electricity sector in Greece and the region, PPC Group and METLEN, have signed a joint venture agreement aimed at developing, constructing and operating a portfolio of BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) projects up to 1500 MW / 3000 MWh in Romania, Bulgaria and Italy.
Moldova takes another step towards freedom of capital movement. The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) has drafted a law amending the Law on Foreign Exchange Regulation – the so-called draft law on partial liberalization. The draft is currently at the stage of public consultations and will soon be submitted by the Ministry of Finance to the government for consideration.
The European Union (EU) will allocate an additional €2 million to Moldova’s Reform Support Teams (RST) program, which directly integrates Moldovan experts into key ministries and agencies to accelerate the country’s alignment with EU standards and the implementation of the EU’s Economic Growth Plan.
Google has introduced a new artificial intelligence model – Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite. The developers call it the fastest and most cost-effective model in the Gemini lineup, focused on tasks with a large number of requests.
OpenAI is developing its own platform for storing and managing source code, which could become a direct competitor to GitHub, the largest service for developers owned by Microsoft.
Romania is taking a decisive step towards becoming a logistics leader in Southeast Europe.
Fagura, a crowdfunding platform based in the Republic of Moldova, has attracted investors from the Bravva Angels business angel community in a €1.5 million convertible funding round raised over the past year, according to a Bravva Angels press release.
The Katko uranium mining joint venture, whose shareholders are France’s Orano (51%) and Kazatomprom (49%), significantly increased production last year. For the French co-owner, the enterprise has become a key foreign asset in 2025.
The government planned to increase by 21% the amount of subsidies granted to employers for creating jobs for persons with disabilities. Currently, the amount of state support can vary from 1000 lei to 6000 lei per month per employee. After the increase, the subsidies will range from 1210 lei to 7260 lei per month.
Virgin Galactic is preparing to re-activate the direction of space tourism and occupy the vacated niche in the market of suborbital flights. This was announced by the founder of the company, British entrepreneur Richard Branson during a speech at a space conference in London.
Falcon Defense, part of the Falcon Group, has announced its official entry into the Romanian market through the launch of an integrated production platform for explosives and artillery ammunition.
Ilon Musk’s transportation startup The Boring Company is among the finalists in a competition to build an experimental 1.6 km (1-mile) tunnel to solve urban traffic congestion in Tennessee.
Ilon Musk has updated Tesla’s ambitious mission statement, saying on social network X that his company “will be one of the first to create artificial general intelligence (AGI) and translate it into humanoid robots.”
Capital mobilization is the only lever that can boost productivity, increase revenues, strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy and increase its resilience.
A new factory of the company “Brodecchi” S.R.L., one of the major producers of bakery products in Moldova, will be built on the site of the old one, following the model of its modernized production in the city of Orhei. It is planned to equip the production facility with modern equipment, as well as to expand the premises and improve working conditions.
Bitcoin’s rebound to the $70,000 mark (it was trading at $68,000 at midday in Hong Kong) appeared to be driven more by repositioning than conviction, according to market maker Enflux, which said the move mainly reflected the closing of short positions after traders set themselves up for a bear market amid geopolitical news.
