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The majority faction of PAS proposes to supplement the grounds for termination of a deputy’s mandate with a new concept – “ineligibility”, reports Logos Press.
Scientists are actively discussing the reasons for the deterioration of vision of a significant number of people and conclude that the spread of myopia is not due to an increase in screen time, but to a significant decrease in natural light, reports Logos Press.
The minimum wage threshold for foreign citizens working in Moldova is 50% of the average wage in the economy. Local workers have no such guarantees, Logos Press reported.
Activists staged a performance in the Louvre, hanging a photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s detention next to the masterpieces of world art. The action lasted only about fifteen minutes, but managed to attract the attention of visitors to one of the most famous museums in the world, reports Logos Press.
The volume of new loans granted to individuals in Moldova in January 2026 amounted to 1.865 billion lei (or 35.5% of the total crediting volume of 5.254 billion lei). This figure is 17.5% lower compared to December 2025, Logos Press reported.
The state provides financial support to families who decide to adopt a child. The monthly allowance amounts to 800 lei (less than 40 euros) for each adopted child until he or she reaches the age of 18, Logos Press reported.
While Europe is debating whether to tighten the access of minors to social networks, major IT companies are proposing to shift the main responsibility to app stores. This refers primarily to Apple and Google, which control the majority of the global market of mobile platforms, Logos Press reports.
There are only about 20,000 Catholics in Moldova, but they are actively involved in society – helping the poor, running social projects, supporting kindergartens and refugees from Ukraine, including in Transnistria, Logos Press reported.
More than a million Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube accounts belonging to Australians under the age of 16 have been deactivated since the national ban came into effect. The figure was markedly higher than the authorities had expected. The social networks face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars ($32 million) for violating the law.
Moldova is canceling the 1990 Soviet norm that regulated the translation of clocks on the territory of the former Moldavian SSR and officially introduces UTC+2 time on a permanent basis, Logos Press reports.
Moldova Fruct Association responded to the call for help from the Ukrainian Embassy in the Republic of Moldova. As part of the global campaign “Heat for Ukraine”, the organization provided seven electric generators as a gift to the population of the neighboring country left without stable access to electricity, Logos Press reported.
F6 reported a new technique for attacking devices connected to the home network. According to experts, the entry point is often smart vacuum cleaners – their compromise remains invisible to the owner and has no effect on the device’s operation. As a rule, everything starts with hacking into a Wi-Fi router – either by choosing a password or exploiting vulnerabilities, Logos Press reports.
The Ministry of Education and Research has finalized the public procurement procedure for services to prevent and respond to incidents of bullying in schools and high schools, Logos Press reported.
The Republic of Moldova lost 28,656 inhabitants in one year. The population with permanent residence decreased from 2,415,549 on January 1, 2024 to 2,386,893 on January 1, 2025, or by 1.2%, Logos Press reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Defense Department to release government documents on extraterrestrial life and UFOs, Logos Press reported.
In Moldova, many child sexual abuse cases take an extremely long time to be heard because of the “sophisticated techniques” of suspects and their lawyers, Logos Press reported.
Athletes who represented Moldova at the XXV Winter Olympic Games in Italy are entitled to a monthly stipend, Logos Press reports.
Against the backdrop of the ongoing international AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called for a radical new format for global regulation of artificial intelligence – modeled after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reports Logos Press.
In January this year, 194.4 million cubic meters of gas were supplied to Moldovan consumers – about 50 million cubic meters more than in December 2025 and the same amount more than in January last year, Logos Press reported.
Meta CEO and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appeared in court this week in the case of a 20-year-old California resident known by the initials KGM, according to Logos Press.
