The execution of the state social insurance budget in January – February 2026 ended with an excess of revenues over expenditures by 1,238.9 million lei.

Just three months after the launch of the Galaxy Z TriFold model, Samsung Corporation will discontinue its production, according to Logos Press.

Last week, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) authorized a total of 24.4 million lei in subsidies to be paid to farmers. While most of the previous tranche of payments from the National Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development of RM was mainly aimed at paying off the arrears of post-investment subsidies for 2024, the current one is subsidies in advance and for insurance.

In the period from March 9 to March 15, 2026, the Customs Service of Moldova transferred to the state budget more than 860,8 million lei of taxes and fees collected from participants of foreign trade operations.

Ana Gurduza from the Republic of Moldova founded the brand Ars Ana in Romania, under which she is now painting and creating ceramic products.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, export growth, which began in July 2025, continued in January 2026.

The number of Ukrainians aged 18 to 63 years in Germany has increased by more than 50 thousand in a year, according to Logos Press.

Agricultural exports in 2025 have recovered after a three-year decline. However, its structure points to a serious problem: while supplies of raw materials are increasing, exports of processed products are declining.

Income tax revenues from individuals who rent out real estate amounted to 18.5 million lei in the first two months of this year. Compared to the same period of 2025, they increased by 21.1%.

In the last few years, Moldova has suddenly become a new popular destination for medical tourism, attracting patients from all over Europe and other countries.

Europe is the region of the world with the highest average age of the population.

Danish Energy Minister Lars Ogor urged the country’s citizens not to get behind the wheel of a car unless absolutely necessary to save energy resources amid rising fuel prices.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has agreed the largest ever release of strategic oil reserves – 400 million barrels – to curb the rise in oil prices caused by the war with Iran. The decision to release the reserves was made unanimously by the IEA’s 32 member countries on March 11.

The MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food expects that potential tax preferences will partially compensate for the increase in farmers’ costs due to higher prices for inputs and encourage them not to reduce the scale of the spring sowing campaign. According to the Ministry’s estimates, approximately 1.3-1.4 million hectares are to be sown with spring crops in Moldova this spring.

According to preliminary data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the GDP in 2025 will amount to 353.5 billion lei (in current market prices) and will increase in real terms by 2.4% compared to 2024.

Freelancers’ income in February 2026 amounted to almost 12 million lei, while the amount of the calculated single tax amounted to 1.8 million lei. The increase in revenues exceeded the January figures by 567.84%.

China’s consumer price growth increased to the highest level in more than three years. Deflation in the industrial market slowed again after a rebound in energy markets and a boom in consumer spending during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Projects under the program “Europe Nearby”, through which the modernization of local roads is financed, continue to be implemented in many settlements of the republic. In February, 74 road repair projects were financed under this program. One project, in Ciorescu commune, Chisinau mun. Chisinau, has been completed. This is evidenced by the data provided by the National Bureau of Regional and Local Development.

In the period from January to February 2026, the state budget received revenues managed by the Customs Service (TM RM) in the amount of 5,828,285.41 thousand lei (more than 5.82 billion lei), which is 103.9% of the budgetary burden set for this period.

Despite rising climate risks, production and logistics costs, as well as agricultural restructuring and changing consumer preferences, European horticulture is showing resilience and adaptability.
