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The inflow of foreign direct investments (FDI) in Moldova in 2025 amounted to 409 million euros.
Metalferos ended 2025 with a widening net loss despite strong revenue growth.
The global art market returned to growth in 2025 after two years of decline, but the recovery remains uneven and depends on the expensive segment. This is according to the annual Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2026.
World vegetable oil production in the 2026/27 marketing season will reach 244.1 million tons. This is about 6.8 million tons more than in the current season. The global supply of this commodity will fully meet the projected demand for it (237.6 million tons).
Real Madrid has once again topped the ranking of the world’s most expensive soccer clubs published by Forbes. The club is valued at $9.5 billion and has held the top spot for the fifth consecutive year.
Germany is discussing a possible surge in citizenship applications from Ukrainian refugees in 2027, when some of them reach the minimum period of residence in the country.
Spartak Moscow and Moldovan national team defender Oleg Ryabchuk left the team due to the expiration of his contract. This was reported by the club’s press service on May 29.
The season of white nights in St. Petersburg in 2026 has become noticeably more expensive for foreign tourists and travelers from CIS countries. According to market participants, the cost of trips to the Northern Capital has increased by 10-15% on average over the year, and vacation prices are increasingly approaching the level of popular European city-break destinations.
The 2026 harvest in Brazil is estimated at 66.7 million bags (a standard bag of coffee in the International Coffee Organization’s ICO measurement system is 60 kg). This is an 18% percent increase over last year’s result. If the forecast is confirmed, the result would be a new record in history (statistics maintained by the National Supply Company Conab), exceeding the 2020 figure (63.08 million bags) by 5.74%.
A labor fair is being held in Chisinau, with over 2,000 vacancies. In this way, the authorities hope to partially reduce the personnel shortage, which is becoming one of the key problems of the economy.
By the end of 2025, about 60% of judges included in the integrity verification (vetting) procedure have been assessed. These are figures from the final report of the Ministry of Justice on the implementation of the Justice Sector Independence and Integrity Strategy 2022-2025.
The European Commission has revised production forecasts for key crops for the 2026/27 marketing year. EU cereal crop estimates were downgraded, while forecasts for key oilseeds improved slightly.
The European ice cream market remains one of the largest. According to Eurostat, last year EU countries produced about 3.3 billion liters of ice cream, which is 2% more than the year before (3.2 billion liters).
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the European economy in 2025 rose by 56% to $239 billion, according to data from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). However, this surge is caused by specific factors and hides a decline in the real investment sector. Major cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) accounted for most of the growth. Much of the capital came from corporate restructuring and transit financial flows.
Almost all major cryptocurrencies lost in price over the past 24 hours. The rates of bitcoin and Ethereum fell to their lowest levels in two months.
Soil quality and methods for monitoring changes in soil structure were the main topics of the experience and knowledge sharing workshop organized on 27 May 2026 in the village of Slobozia Duška (Criuleni). The aim of the event was to popularize soil quality monitoring. The event was organized by the National Agency for Land Reclamation together with the National Institute of Applied Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, with the support of MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.
The British edition presented a list of the 100 best novels of all time, prepared with the participation of more than 170 writers, literary critics and critics from around the world. Stephen King, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Colm Toibin and Ian McEwan took part in the project. Each expert was asked to name the ten greatest novels published in English and then rank them in order of importance. On the basis of these votes, the editorial team compiled a final ranking.
An ad seeking shepherds in remote areas in northern China has suddenly gone viral on social media, garnering tens of millions of views and sparking a debate about the state of the country’s labor market.
In Eastern Europe, an annual income of 100 thousand euros leaves more “on hand” than in Western and Northern Europe. The calculations are complicated, these are only experts’ estimates, because the tax systems themselves differ: in some countries they are relatively simple, in others much more complex. But the conclusion is unambiguous. Bulgaria tops the ranking.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wine Vernissage, held under the slogan “Wine Vernissage. Our Pride”, more than 1,200 people gathered.
