Apple production in the European Union during the 2026/27 marketing year is set to fall by 13.5 per cent to 9.8 million tonnes (compared with 11.37 million tonnes in the previous season). If the forecast proves accurate, the harvest will be the second lowest in the last ten years.
Moldovan travel agencies and tour operators earned over 4.7 billion lei in the first nine months of 2026. This is 12 per cent more than in the same period last year. At the same time, the number of clients of travel companies also rose: it reached 512,000, which is 7 per cent higher than the figure for January–September 2025.
A major Microsoft outage has disrupted access to email and other company services in dozens of countries. The disruption has affected Outlook, Teams, Copilot and a number of other Microsoft 365 applications. The company is continuing to restore the systems, but has not yet managed to fully resolve the issues caused by the outage.
Between 7 and 13 November, four unauthorised overflights by airships were recorded in Moldova’s airspace. In addition, the wreckage of a drone was discovered on the outskirts of the village of Antonesti in the Stefan Voda district. This was reported by the Republic’s Ministry of Defence.
Over the first nine months of 2026, as a result of enforcement measures, the State Tax Service identified breaches of labour legislation and issued 157 decisions, including those relating to breaches concerning the correct calculation and payment of wages and taxes, and the adjustment of such amounts.
Insurance company Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) has published a ranking of the safest countries and cities for travel in 2027. For the first time in several years, Canada has taken top spot in the country rankings, whilst its largest city, Montreal, topped the city rankings. The study covers 15 countries and 15 cities.
At the start of the current marketing year, Moldova supplied 137,980 tonnes of rapeseed to the European Union and ranked third among the largest exporters of this crop to the European market. Ukraine retained its leading position amongst suppliers, although exports of Ukrainian rapeseed to the EU fell by almost 15 per cent compared with the figure for the same period last year.
Maximum retail prices for key petroleum products continue to fall, with the decline becoming increasingly noticeable.
The businesses subject to these tax inspections declared 1.2 billion lei in payroll taxes over the first nine months of 2026, an increase of 24.38 per cent compared with the same period in 2025.
In terms of key price indicators, Chișinău is very similar to Rio de Janeiro. Only in the Brazilian city are restaurant prices significantly lower.
