9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (309+ words) Moldova has reduced forest land affected by defoliating insects from 80,000 to 65,000 hectares over the past five years by prioritizing biological pest management, official forestry data shows. “Forest pests remain active through late spring and summer, creating an extended period of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (436+ words) Moldova will overhaul its renewable energy regulatory framework to eliminate bureaucratic hurdles and expand green energy communities following a successful pilot project, State Secretary Carolina Novac said. Legal clarity for local cooperatives The legislative adjustments aim to facilitate broad access…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (545+ words) “The air is relatively clean in the Republic of Moldova, because we do not have a highly industrialized country, and this is a beneficial thing for air quality,” said Gheorghe Hajder, on the “Bună dimineața” show on Moldova 1, on the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (328+ words) Extreme drought and heat are devastating aquatic ecosystems and commercial fish farms across Central and Eastern Europe, causing millions of euros in damage as major regional waterways dry up. Oxygen depletion threatens Balkan trout In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a leading…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck Romania's seismically active Vrancea region early on Monday, August 31, causing no reported damage or casualties, seismologists said. The tremor occurred at 4:01 a.m. local time in Buzău County at an intermediate depth of 115.5 kilometers, according to the National…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (461+ words) Severe heat and persistent drought across Europe could shrink the European Union’s economy by 1% of its gross domestic product. This potential contraction represents a loss of €180 billion, according to estimates published by a Dutch banking group. With the European Commission…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (328+ words) Emergency services and local authorities in central Moldova have stabilized a major landfill blaze after two days of intense firefighting. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon at the municipal dump in Călărași and rapidly spread to an adjacent forest…...