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Moldovan government: GDP up 4% in 2010, experts dispute it
February 05, 2010Experts dispute the Government's figures of a 4% GDP growth, unveiled by Prime Minister Vlad Filat. As Infotag reports with reference to Аllmoldova Internet periodical, Political analyst Bogdan Tirdea considers that such figures are very doubtful. ...
Moldova to work out program for reorganization of energy sector
February 04, 2010The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova will work out a program for the reorganization of the energy sector, in order to raise its efficiency and to improve its competitiveness and to solve the problem of arrears, Vice-Premier, Minister of...
IMF to allocate $150 million to Moldova in 2010
February 04, 2010The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will allocate $150 million to Moldova in 2010 in the frame of the Memorandum, designed for 2010-2012. On Tuesday at a news conference IMF Mission Head for Moldova Nikolay Gheorghiev, who is currently paying a working...
Moldova to resume electricity imports from Ukraine
February 02, 2010The issue of resuming the purchase of electric power from Ukraine will be solved in the near time, Prime Minister Vlad Filat declared on Monday in the course of his visit to Kiev. According to the Ukrainian mass media, he confirmed that the talks on...
IMF's 2009 snapshot of Moldova's economy
February 02, 2010The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff report on the Republic of Moldova published on February 1, 2010, gives a snapshot of this former Soviet republic's economy. The report is based on discussions held by IMF staff with the officials of the...
Moldova details foreign investment statistics
January 28, 2010Overall foreign investments in Moldova exceeded 2.6 billion dollars by 1 January 2010, according to data provided by the Moldovan Investment and Export Promotion Organization (MIEPO). Contacted by MOLDPRES, MIEPO executive director Andrei Timus said...
Moldovan industrial output dropped in 2009 by 22%
January 28, 2010The Moldovan industrial output constituted 23.266 billion lei ($1.86 billion) in 2009 - 77.8% against 2008. According to the National Bureau for Statistics, the slippage was caused mainly by a 32.1% decrease in the mining industry and by 24.3% - in the...
EBRD: Moldova's economy to grow by four percent in 2010-2011
January 25, 2010The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development released its 2010 economic growth forecast in Europe on Friday. According to the Bank's predictions, Moldova's economy will grow by four percent each in 2010 and in 2011. Ukraine's economy is predicted...
Trucks with Moldovan wines stopped at Russia's border
January 15, 2010The Moldovan exporters of alcohol products to Russia cannot get customs clearance for wine and cognacs, because of the introduction of the licensing procedure for these products, which came in force on December 29, 2009. Trucks with Moldovan wines are...
Russia, Romania - Moldova's largest export partners in 2009
January 15, 2010According to the National Bureau of Statistics, 22.4 percent of Moldovan exports (worth about 260 million U.S. dollars) between January and November 2009 went to Russia. Compared to the same period last year, exports to this country have fallen 11.2 percent...