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Concerns about fertilizer availability have increased uncertainty about global gross grain harvest projections for the 2026/27 season. For this reason, grain requirements may not be fully met in some parts of the Southern Hemisphere. At the same time, prospects for a recovery in grain trade are weak. These are the main findings of a fresh report by the International Grains Council (IGC).
Investors are selling off shares of arms makers that have failed to keep up with rising demand amid the war in Iraq, Ukraine, and the militarization of Europe.
Deputy Parliament Speaker Vlad Batrincea, during his visit to the Chinese city of Foshan, officially invited the leadership of the companies Haitian Machinery and China Lesso Group to visit Moldova. The initiative is aimed at establishing a potential partnership, implementing advanced industrial solutions. To study the experience, the Moldovan delegation visited the production sites of the leading Chinese corporations.
The first tranche of the “military” part of the 90bn-euro EU loan will amount to 6bn euros and will arrive in Ukraine no later than June.
SANTIAGO – For decades, global power has come from Europe and the United States. At least that’s what I thought when I first set foot in the Northern Hemisphere as a graduate student at Cambridge University. But the management of Chile’s international economic relations under former President Gabriel Boric has shown how much power the Global South can wield if it so chooses.
The capital’s administration is looking for a consulting company to provide support and technical supervision for a project to improve the energy efficiency of preschools. At this stage, the project covers 18 kindergartens, and the program will expand to 52 institutions in the future.
The third program of the Tulip business incubator was launched in Chisinau. By offering a combination of training, mentoring and financial support, the incubator reduces risks in the implementation of startups.
Boeing reported revenue of $22.2 billion for the first quarter of 2026, up 14% from the same period in 2025. The company recorded a net loss of $7 million, with a loss per share of $0.11.
At a wholesale price of 200 lei/kg, the first batch of Moldovan strawberries, grown in a heated industrial greenhouse in Soroca district, was sold at the Moldovan wholesale market in the middle of the week.
Moldova has made significant progress in the economic integration process, reflected in the increasing orientation of exports towards the European Union market. At the same time, economic growth is fragile due to external shocks and structural vulnerabilities, including energy dependence.
According to Alpan Akpece, General Director of Efes Moldova, the enterprise has completed a large investment project on modernization of production lines – the most important one both for the company itself and for the development of the brewing industry of the country.
Mark Zuckerberg’s American technology company Meta has announced its intention to lay off about 8,000 people, or 10% of its employees. This decision is related to the firm’s large investments in artificial intelligence technologies.
The number of foreign doctoral students in Moldova is increasing, with the vast majority of them being Romanian citizens.
The Romanian government on Thursday approved the declaration of the 400-kV Suceava-Bălți overhead power line as a project of national importance for a section located on Romanian territory.
Morocco has opened a new architectural symbol of the country – the skyscraper “Tower of Mohammed VI”, which already claims the status of the main attraction of the capital Rabat. The high-rise, which reaches 250 meters, has become the tallest building in the kingdom and one of the notable skyscrapers on the African continent.
Norway’s biggest sovereign fund with assets of $2.2 trillion reported a first-quarter loss of NOK636 billion ($68.44 billion) on Thursday amid the negative impact of the war in the Middle East on global stock markets.
Today, the “Open Urban Development Program” was officially launched in the city of Vadul lui Voda. The program includes the construction of a modern water intake station on the Dniester River.
Anthropic’s valuation on Forge Global, a leading private exchange, has reached $1 trillion, up from OpenAI, which was valued at $852 billion earlier this year.
Samsung’s growing profits amid the AI boom have brought out its employees to protest. They are threatening to strike over a dispute over bonuses, demanding a share of profits.
Profits at Elon Musk’s Tesla surged in the first quarter amid a recovery in car sales after a slump in 2025. The electric car maker said it earned $477 million in the quarter, up 17% from a year earlier.
