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Moldova needs new economic development strategy - World Bank experts
May 26, 2011The Moldova Branch of the World Bank presented at a round table the recommendations of the report Country's Economic Memorandum, which is to be examined by the World Bank management board on 9 June. Moldova needs a new economic strategy to put an end...
Moldovan fixed telephony operators report decreasing turnover
May 26, 2011After having stagnated in 2010, the fixed telephony market saw a 13.5-per-cent decrease in the first quarter of 2011 against the same period of the year before, according to data by the National Agency for Regulation of e-Communications and Information...
Moldova, IMF mission reach agreement on 77-million-dollar loan
May 13, 2011The Moldovan authorities and the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached an agreement on the allocation of a 77-million-dollar installment seen in Moldova's programme with the IMF. The agreement was reached at the end of the 27...
Authorities will repair up to 13 km of National Roads in 2011
May 10, 2011Moldovan authorities will repair less than 13 km of national roads in 2011. The statement was provided by Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure Anatol Salaru at the general meeting of road workers recently, where one considered the results of...
EU Council to mandate launch of talks on deep free trade area with Moldova
May 10, 2011Prime Minister Vlad Filat, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule and Hungarian Minister of State of the Foreign Ministry Zsolt Nemeth gave a news conference on the results of a meeting of the Moldova-EU Cooperation...
National Bank of Moldova forecasts higher inflation rate in 2011
May 10, 2011The National Bank of Moldova (BNM) has forecast an increase in the inflation rate in 2011 from 7.9 per cent to 8.4 per cent, because of heavier inflationary pressure than foreseen in February, when the BNM released its first report on inflation. The...
Repair of Parliament building put off till nobody knows when
April 28, 2011The repair works in the Parliament Building, which was badly damaged and subjected to arson and plundering by young democracy defenders on April 7, 2009, have been suspended and put off for an uncertain time. Ekaterina Grigorean of the Ministry of Regional...
Management board of investment-attraction programme approves 20 projects
April 28, 2011The management board of the PARE 1+1 programme for attracting remittances from abroad to Moldova's economy approved 20 investment projects for various Moldovan regions. Over 6 million lei (over 350,000 euros) has been earmarked to co-finance the...
Moldovan parliament ratifies loan agreements with European banks on road restoration
April 26, 2011A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Nikolay Gueorguiev, will come to Moldova on 27 April to carry out the third assessment mission of the programme implemented by Moldova with the IMF support via the Extended Credit Facility...
Experts advise Chisinau Primaria to oblige maxitaxi drivers to issue tickets
April 20, 2011Experts of the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives Viitorul (IDIS Viitorul) have proposed the Chisinau Primaria to oblige marshroutka [city route minibus] drivers to give tickets, as it is done in trolleybuses. At the presentation of a study...