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Moldovan currency significantly weakens
September 29, 2009Shock on the Moldovan currency market. The euro and dollar cost went up by more than 1 leu overnight, exceeding the psychological level of 18 lei per euro and respectively 12.5 lei per dollar. The newly-appointed Finance Minister, Veaceslav Negruta...
Moldovan Bankers express optimism about LEU's exchange rate
September 28, 2009There are no objective reasons for a depreciation of the Moldovan leu currency, the heads of Moldovan commercial banks stated during their meeting with Prime Minister Vlad Filat last Saturday. Filat remarked, however, that currency speculations took...
New Moldova's PM against monopoly schemes in economy
September 22, 2009Already at its first working sitting, the new Government of Moldova will take decisions on ruining monopoly schemes, Vlad Filat stated at the meeting he organized on Monday with the representatives of the civil society, employers' associations, trade...
Moldova's new PM: New government will revise role of state
September 22, 2009The soon-to-be new Government of Moldova will revise the role to be played by governmental structures and their destination, and will substantially raise their actual output for the nation, candidate for the premiership Vlad Filat stated during a large...
Low-income countries require more and better support
September 21, 2009While the global economy is showing tentative signs of recovery, 43 low-income developing countries are still suffering the consequences of the global recession, which highlights the need to increase support to the poorest countries dealing with economic...
SIDA waiting for new government to launch agricultural census
September 21, 2009The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is waiting for the Moldovan Government's decision on its participation in the first-ever nation-wide agricultural census in the independent Republic of Moldova's history, it was confirmed...
Moldovans remit $613M from abroad in seven months of 2009
September 16, 2009Moldovans working abroad transferred 613 million U.S. dollars through commercial banks during the first seven months of 2009. This is by 35 per cent less against the same period last year, when the remittances amounted to 936 million dollars, according...
IMF gives Moldova 142 million USD
September 10, 2009The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave Moldova over 142 million USD under the Special Drawing Rights (SDR), money already in the accounts of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), stated Deputy Governor of the NBM, Marin Molosag. The deputy governor...
Moldova has become more attractive for business
September 10, 2009The Republic of Moldova has become more attractive for business running, having climbed up to the 94th position on the list of 183 nations included into the Doing Business 2010 world economy table. On Wednesday, a Report to this effect was officially...
G-20 Ministers Promise to Preserve Economic Recovery
September 06, 2009Finance ministers from both rich and developing countries are promising they will not let a global fragile economic recovery collapse. The ministers from the Group of 20 nations, known as the G-20, concluded a critical meeting in London Saturday, agreeing...