The Moldovan government is preparing to build a high-speed highway that will connect the border with Romania and run to Odesa. Doina Nistor, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Economy of Moldova, said this at the opening of Moldova Business Week.
Currently, a feasibility study is being prepared to determine the possible route of the road and whether parts of the new route will use existing roads.
In addition, Moldova is modernizing both rail and road corridors. The feasibility study for the Ungheni-Chisinau-Odesa corridor is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2025.
The road will be of particular importance for Ukraine’s reconstruction, as it will help shorten routes, reduce logistics costs and increase the resilience of supply routes.
Once the feasibility study is completed, a final decision on the route and construction details will be made. The project will depend on funding, international support, and cooperation between the governments of Moldova and Ukraine (and possibly Romania).
Ukrainian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cyprus Serhiy Nezhynskyy in Nicosia has presented the original credentials signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Cypriot President Nicos Christodoulidis. This was reported by the Embassy of Ukraine on its Facebook page.
Cyprus will act as the next President of the Council of the European Union.
In his speech, the Ambassador of Ukraine thanked President Christodoulidis for his unwavering support of Ukraine and expressed hope for a mutually beneficial partnership, which will further strengthen ties between Ukraine and Cyprus.
The President of Cyprus, in turn, emphasized the maximum support for the independence of Ukraine and the European course of the country.
The total level of natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (UGS) at the end of last week was 11.5 billion cubic meters (including 4.7 billion cubic meters of long-term storage gas), which is 2% lower than last year’s figure.
This was reported by former Energy Minister Olga Buslavets on her Facebook page.
“Daily gas consumption in Ukraine over the past week has fluctuated at 23-24 million cubic meters per day, which, according to AGSI (the European platform Agregated Gas Storage Inventory – IF-U), allows more than 50 million cubic meters per day to be pumped into UGS facilities,” she wrote.
This daily injection volume is possible thanks to the available gas import volumes, which, according to the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System Operator (OGTSU), have amounted to about 23-24 million cubic meters per day from Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia since the beginning of September (excluding short-haul transit).
In turn, as Buslavets noted, at the end of last week, natural gas reserves in European UGS facilities increased to 84.5 billion cubic meters with a fill rate of 79%, which is 7% below the average for the last five years and 16% below last year’s level, or 16 billion cubic meters.
As reported, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine plans to accumulate 13.2 billion cubic meters (or 8.6 billion cubic meters without taking into account “buffer gas”) by November 1, 2025, which, according to former OGTSU head Serhiy Makogon, is too low and will require additional imports of 1.5 billion cubic meters in winter.
Israeli deep-tech company NextSilicon has officially opened a new research and development center in Belgrade, Serbia.
The center is located in B23 Office Park, occupying approximately 1,200 m² on the 8th floor. It already employs more than 70 engineers and developers, with plans to hire about 50 more people by the end of 2026.
According to founder and CEO Elad Raz, the Serbian team is already having a significant impact on the company’s key technologies. “Serbia has exceeded expectations in terms of engineering talent and work culture,” he said.
The new center expands NextSilicon’s capabilities in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence, including the development of the Maverick-2 product.
NextSilicon, founded in 2017, specializes in solutions for HPC and AI. Globally, the company has R&D centers and divisions in Israel, the US, Germany, Switzerland, and India. Its flagship product is the Maverick-2 chip, an Intelligent Compute Accelerator (ICA) focused on AI and HPC tasks. The company has a total of over 350 employees.
The Polish Sejm has passed a law introducing new conditions for foreigners, including Ukrainian citizens, to receive the “Rodzina 800+” child benefit. The law links the payment of benefits to the mandatory employment of parents, as well as to children attending Polish schools. businessinsider.com.pl+2rmf24.pl+2
A foreigner will be entitled to the “800+” benefit only if they were employed in Poland in the previous month. If the parent was not working, the benefit will be suspended. A mandatory condition is that the children of foreigners must attend Polish schools. Foreigners must earn at least 50% of the minimum wage in Poland. In 2025, this is approximately PLN 2,333 gross.
The document must now be signed by Polish President Karol Nawrocki to enter into force. The temporary protection period for Ukrainians has also been extended until March 4, 2026.
According to a report by the Union of Polish Metropolises, in May 2025, approximately 3.37-3.85 million Ukrainians were living in Poland, many of whom had arrived since the start of the war in 2022. According to another source, about 1.55 million Ukrainian citizens live in Poland with documents, with different statuses (temporary residence, work, etc.).
There is also an estimate that before the war and before the active phase of migration began, there were about 1.35 million Ukrainians who were there legally as migrant workers and others.
A debate has erupted in the UK over the Bank of England’s plans to restrict the ownership of stablecoins — cryptocurrencies pegged to the dollar, euro, or other stable assets.
The regulator fears that if people transfer their money from banks to such digital assets en masse, it could hit the banking system. Therefore, a limit is being discussed: for ordinary citizens — no more than £10-20 thousand (approximately $13.6-27.2 thousand), for companies — up to £10 million.
If the decision is adopted, the UK will become one of the strictest countries in regulating stablecoins — stricter than the US and the EU.
Representatives of the crypto industry consider such steps harmful. According to them, the restrictions will reduce the country’s attractiveness to investors; it will be more difficult and expensive for people to use digital currencies; the control system itself will prove to be too complex and costly, as stablecoin issuers do not know who owns their tokens at any given moment.
“The introduction of limits will hit depositors, the City of London, and even the pound,” said Coinbase Vice President Tom Duff Gordon. “No other major country has introduced such measures.”
Supporters of stablecoins emphasize that they could make international transfers faster and cheaper.
The Bank of England responds that the restrictions will be temporary — to give the financial system time to adjust to the new digital money market. “A massive outflow of funds from banks could lead to a reduction in lending to businesses and the public,” explained regulator representative Sasha Mills.
Finance Minister Rachel Reeves has previously stated that the government will support the development of blockchain technologies, including the use of stablecoins.
The global market for these digital currencies is currently estimated at approximately $288 billion.
