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In 2026, more than 71 million lei will be allocated for the development of the irrigation network in Moldova, including 62.7 million lei through grant support to farmers, Logos Press reported.

Sphera Franchise Group, the largest operator on the Romanian catering market, announced the arrival of the Taco Bell brand in Moldova, Logos Press reports.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to allocate a record amount of nearly one trillion liras (about $23 billion) to support agriculture in 2026 to strengthen the country’s position among the world’s leaders in the agribusiness sector, Logos Press reported.

Last year was an exceptional year for the Baltic capital markets. A total of almost EUR 2 billion was raised, which is 145% more than in 2024, when investors invested EUR 815 million in the markets, according to Logos Press.

In January 2026, the average cost of housing in Madrid reached an all-time high of 5861 euros per square meter, according to Logos Press.

The Ministry of Finance of Georgia has published statistics on the state debt for January 2026, according to which its total volume is $9.5 billion, which is $200 million more than a year earlier, Logos Press reports.

Moldova needs about 20 billion euros until 2030 for rehabilitation and development of road infrastructure. This amount exceeds the entire state budget many times over, Logos Press reported.

Real house prices declined across the board, but the trend was down 0.7%, Logos Press reported

Santiment, a cryptocurrency analysis firm, has released its latest estimate of which crypto assets may be overvalued or undervalued based on 30-day MVRV data for large market capitalization assets, Logos Press reported.

Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Technology Corporation has scrapped its Blue Jay robotic system project designed to automate warehouse logistics, according to Logos Press.

This year, 1.82 billion lei will be allocated from the state budget to the Road Fund for the maintenance and repair of 5,993 km of national roads and their engineering structures. The program for the allocation of funds will be approved at a cabinet meeting on February 25, Logos Press reported.

Spain’s Barcelona has the most impressive amount of debt among soccer clubs in the world, with two English clubs also in the top three.

One of the world’s largest online platforms, eBay, has announced it is buying clothing resale platform Depop for $1.2 billion, part of a strategy to attract a younger audience and strengthen its position in the secondary fashion market, Logos Press reports.

The difficulty of mining bitcoin has increased by 15%. This is the largest increase since 2021, according to Logos Press.

A group of Moldovan startups after seven months of preparation has already managed to attract investments and grants totaling $2.4 million. The rest are at the stage of full readiness for financing, Logos Press reports.

American industrial conglomerate Honeywell International will design and license oil refining facilities in the Georgian Black Sea village of Kulevi. A corresponding agreement has been signed with Black Sea Petroleum (BSP), which is implementing the project of Georgia’s first oil refinery, Logos Press reports.

In Chisinau, law enforcers detained two administrators of a call center engaged in fraud through fictitious investments in cryptocurrencies and financial services. In total, the damage caused to customers, mostly Romanian citizens, amounts to more than 9 million Moldovan lei, Logos Press reported.

Commercial bank MAIB launched its fourth public offering program for corporate bonds in February, expanding its portfolio of investment solutions for clients, Logos Press reported.

In 2020-25, the 15 largest buyers of gold increased their official reserves of this asset by almost 2 thousand tons. During this period, the price of gold increased by more than 230%, according to Logos Press.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization has unveiled a new strategic vision for supporting the entrepreneurial environment for 2026. It envisages a reduction in grants and an increase in other forms of funding, Logos Press reports.