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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...
Moldova's industrial output and freight turnover decline in 2009
August 20, 2009Moldova registered the CIS worst industrial output and freight turnover indicators for the first half-year. According to the CIS Committee for Statistics, the average industrial slippage for the first half-year in the CIS countries constituted 15% against...
Remittances to Moldova decrease by more than 30 percent
August 19, 2009The volume of money transfers through banks from Moldovan' physical persons, who work abroad, exceeded US$515.03 million for the first half-year - 31.8% more against the same period of 2008. According to the data by the National Bank of Moldova (NBM...
Gazprom, Turkey Revive and Reconfigure Blue Stream Two
August 11, 2009By Vladimir Socor Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wooed Turkey's AKP government with grandiose vistas of a bilateral partnership on energy during his visit to Ankara (EDM, August 7, 10). Along with his proposal to build Gazprom's South Stream...
Moldova's new coalition hopes for financial aid from abroad
August 11, 2009The new ruling coalition in Moldova is counting on financial assistance from foreign creditors, the leaders of the four parties that make up the coalition - the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party and Our Moldova Alliance...
Moldovan producers use EU export quotas almost completely
August 04, 2009Moldova has used its EU wheat quota by 100% in the frame of the EU trade preferences. According to the Ministry of Economy and Trade, as of August 1, Moldova completely used its quota for the duty-free exports of 30 thousand tons of wheat to the EU....
Voronin: Russia asks no political price for $500M
July 27, 2009Moldova hopes to receive the first USD 150M tranche of a USD 500M Russian credit already in August-September 2009, Moldova's acting President Vladimir Voronin has told the Interfax news agency. Voronin said that the possibility of giving...