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Moldova in favor of joint control of railroads crossing Transnistria
March 10, 2010Moldova agrees on the resumption of the passenger train traffic through the territory of Transnistria only under conditions of the joint security control together with Tiraspol, Minister of Transport and Roads Anatol Salaru said in the program "The...
French President Sarkozy pushes use of more nuclear energy
March 10, 2010By Lisa Bryant French President Nicolas Sarkozy is urging the world community to embrace nuclear energy as an indispensable tool in the fight against global warming. Mr. Sarkozy also called for poor countries in particular to have access to nuclear power...
Moldova plans to earn $28 million from privatization in 2010
March 09, 2010In 2010 Moldova plans to earn 350 million lei from privatization ($27.5 million). As Director General of the Public Property Agency Tudor Copaci said in his interview for the Logos-pres newspaper, it is planned to receive these financial resources from...
Lufthansa launches daily flights to Moldova from Munich
March 09, 2010Starting 22 April direct daily services between Moldava and Munich Today Lufthansa announced its new services between Chişinău and Munich starting 22 April 2010. The new flights will be operated daily, first with a CRJ-900 aircraft, then from 1 July...
Medvedev faces a number of new challenges in energy strategy
March 08, 2010By Pavel K. Baev Medvedev discards the ambition of “Energy Super-Power” Upon his return from the trip to Paris last week, President Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Igor Sechin, who is supervising the energy sector...
Putin brings Druzhba to Croatia and Adria
March 08, 2010By Vladimir Socor Russia and Croatia resurrect Druzhba-Adria oil transport scheme Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of Russia and Jadranka Kosor of Croatia discussed the oil transportation scheme known as Druzhba-Adria integration during Kosor’s recent...
Corruption keeping Russian highways among worst in the world
March 08, 2010By Paul Goble Russia ranks 118th out of 133 countries, right alongside Mozambique and Burundi, in terms of the quality of its highways, according to the latest report of the World Economic Forum, a ranking that is the result, Russian investigators...
Nabucco pipeline focus of Vienna roundtable
March 07, 2010The German-based Eurasia Transition Group organized a roundtable discussion in Vienna today to discuss Turkmenistan's possible role in the Nabucco gas pipeline, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports. Nabucco is planned to transport natural gas from Turkey...
Pepsi Fire and Ice TV commercial shot in China to target youth
March 06, 2010A 2006 video commercial of two Pepsi products – Pepsi Fire and Pepsi Ice – resurfaced these days as “Hot Searches” at Google trends. The TV commercial was shot in China and has Tata Young as Pepsi Fire and Vaness Wu, as Pepsi Ice...
Moldova's seventh Free Enterprise Zone to be opened in Balti
March 05, 2010The Moldovan Parliament has approved the Law on setting up a free enterprise zones (FEZ) in Balti. It will create up to 7 thousand jobs and machine building products. The seventh free enterprise zones (FEZ) of Moldova is created for 25 years and two...