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The tourism industry is facing the consequences of tensions in the Middle East, which have caused Moldovan tourists to cancel planned trips to the UAE and Israel, Logos Press reported.
Para-judoka Ion Basoc has been recognized as the best Paralympian of 2025 for the second year in a row, as it became known at the Gala of the Paralympic Committee of Moldova (PCM), Logos Press reports.
In the heart of Berlin, one of the most iconic cinemas of the Cold War era, the legendary Kino International, has been re-lit. After a year and a half of restoration, the historic cinema, located on Karl-Marx-Allee, officially opened its doors on February 26, 2026, combining the aesthetics of socialist modernism with the cutting-edge technology of the 21st century.
In Moldova, the minimum affordable package of services (Internet + minutes) costs less than $10, making the country the fourth most affordable mobile plan in the region. In terms of price/quality ratio (data value index, cost of 1 Mbps), the country ranks ninth, ahead of Denmark and many Western European countries.
The state plans to increase the amount of daily allowances paid to children without parental care. The increase will amount to 2 lei – up to 27 lei on ordinary days. On children’s birthdays and holidays, the increase is more generous. Up to 218 lei (from 204 lei) – on birthdays and up to 155 lei (from 145 lei) – on holidays.
In Paris is preparing an event that could shake up the art market: March 26 auction house Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr will auction the largest work ever created by Salvador Dalí. It is about grandiose scenery for the ballet “Bacchanale” (“Bacchanale”) – a work that combines painting, theater and the manifesto of surrealism in one monumental project.
Physicists at Charles University in the Czech Republic have detected low-frequency radio signals in recordings from Mars – whistling atmospherics that occur during lightning strikes, Logos Press reports.
Foreign tourists staying in Qatar during the Middle East airspace closure can extend their hotel stays for free.
The world’s most popular soccer player, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo left Saudi Arabia on his private jet after a drone attack on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and flew to Madrid.
About 55% of an anonymous online poll in the telegram channel of the “Ministry of Finance”, in which 1762 residents of Ukraine participated, are ready to consider the option of moving from the city to the countryside.
The average accrued wage in the economy amounted to 15,472 lei in 2025, increasing, compared to 2024, by 9.8% in nominal terms and by 1.9% in real terms.
Eugenia Gutsu was on vacation in Dubai, UAE, at the time of the airspace closure due to rising tensions in the Middle East.
Moldovan weightlifter Ion Badanev set a European record in the jerk at the national championship held in Cahul, Logos Press reported.
Scientists from the University of Oregon (USA) have developed hyperthermic magnetic nanoparticles designed to contribute to the destruction of cancerous tumors by localized heating of malignant cells to +50 ° C under the influence of a magnetic field.
Sports jumpsuit, in which the Netherlands skater Jutta Leerdam performed at the past XXV Winter Olympics, sold for a record €195 thousand, according to Logos Press.
UPDATED. Moldova and Ukraine are creating a legal framework for the mutual return of unaccompanied children to a safe and familiar environment.
In the current geopolitical context, a new approach to the country’s reintegration process is needed, participants in the round table “Prospects for Moldova’s reintegration” dedicated to the Transnistrian issue said.
Moldovan Ambassador to Israel Alex Roitman said that the safety of Moldovans in the conflict-ridden country depends on observing protection measures, and one of the most important is staying in shelters during rocket or drone attacks.
For sale in California (USA) is the diary of Robert Lewis, one of the pilots of the B-29 “Enola Gay” bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (Japan) on August 6, 1945.
Azerbaijan has become an important regional humanitarian evacuation center for foreign nationals and diplomatic missions fleeing Iran. Chinese nationals predominate among the evacuees.
