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Within the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, President Maia Sandu held a number of bilateral meetings, including with the President of Turkey, the forum’s host country. Messages about the meetings were published by Maia Sandu in a brief format on social networks.
According to the data of the Ministry of Finance, during the first five days of subscription (April 13-17, 2026), about 59 million lei were invested on the eVMS.md platform during the April round. More than fifty individuals carried out 635 transactions, reaching a record level of interest in investment instruments since the beginning of the year.
The head of Kering announced plans to bring to the market smart glasses of luxury class, which will be created in partnership with Google. The project envisages the release of the device under the Gucci brand as early as 2027, which could be one of the first examples of the integration of artificial intelligence in the segment of high fashion.
Under the Farm Credit Program (FCA), the Agricultural Working Capital (AWC) line of credit is allocated, which provides soft loans to farmers to cover current production costs.
The Competition Council plans to purchase equipment for the data processing and analysis laboratory, worth about 1.6 million lei, excluding VAT. These are high-performance workstations needed to analyze large amounts of economic information and to conduct competition investigations.
In the first quarter of 2026, the Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship (ODA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (MDED), continued the implementation of grant programs to support entrepreneurs. During this period, the total amount allocated by the Entrepreneurship Development Organization to 135 grantee companies amounted to 23.74 million lei.
The fourth season of Mercedes-Benz Bucharest Fashion Week was held at the National Museum of Arts of Romania. Designers from Moldova also participated in it: it was not only a way to reach the regional level, but also a chance to make a louder statement.
In early April 2026, the international agency Moody’s Ratings upgraded Moldova’s long-term sovereign credit rating from B3 to B2 with a “stable” outlook. This decision, which became the highest rating in the last 25 years, caused a lot of enthusiastic comments from the country’s authorities.
The requirements for public-private partnership projects will be changed. Their launch will be possible only after the approval of a preliminary comprehensive study – the so-called project justification (studiu de fundamentare), in addition to the traditional feasibility study (studiu de fezabilitate).
The program for the implementation of Moldova’s National Defense Strategy for the next five years is estimated at about 10.6 billion lei. The government has elaborated a draft of the respective program. The document is expected to be discussed at one of the next cabinet meetings.
American billionaire Ilon Musk continues to surprise: On April 17, company X (formerly Twitter) officially launches a new instant messaging service XChat. Ilon Musk positions the novelty as the most secure mass messenger, which will become the foundation for the future financial platform X Money.
Economic and military competition has intensified under Trump, but many experts consider him only a “symptom” of the global restructuring of the world system. The Brookings Institution predicts a continuing trend toward national and regional self-sufficiency through the painful scrapping of the old. Its arguments are cited by Mike Dolan, a Reuters columnist.
INATECH Packaging, a Romanian packaging solutions provider present in Central and Eastern Europe, launches in Moldova a digital platform aimed at corporate and retail customers.
Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega has become the world’s largest real estate owner, amassing a portfolio worth about $25 billion, spanning more than 200 properties in dozens of countries from North America to Asia.
Corn exports from the Republic of Moldova are not limited to the supply of this grain as a raw material. A significant part of the harvest goes a longer way to international markets – in the form of ethanol produced at the country’s processing plants. Ethanol (and its by-products – feed additives) accounts for 44% of the value chain of Moldova’s corn sector.
The Eco-Ret Moldova Association has been selected as administrator of the national system of collateralized packaging (SDA). The draft decision was reviewed at the meeting of the state secretaries and will be sent to the Cabinet of Ministers for approval.
About 20 Moldovan wineries have increased exports to new markets under the WESA grant program “Promotion and Export of Moldovan Wine”.
US PepsiCo has reported a worrying trend: demand for snacks and carbonated drinks is starting to decline. Even despite a strong start to the year, the company warns that a drop in turnover is inevitable.
The Romanian company MS Projects, specializing in oversized transportation and logistics management for industrial projects, has opened an office in Chisinau.
Moldovan MPs have informed the US authorities about the decision to cancel customs duties on the overwhelming majority of goods imported from the USA. This was said during official meetings of the Moldovan parliamentary delegation with representatives of the US Senate and Congress in Washington.
