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Romanian bank seeks to expand activities in Moldova
April 12, 2011Prime Minister Vlad Filat met the leadership of Banca Transilvania (BT) (Transilvania Bank) from Romania, the government's communications and press relations department has said. The discussion was focused on the economic and financial situation in Moldova...
Cadastre Agency created Moldova's electronic map
April 12, 2011A detailed electron map of Moldova is available to any Internet user since Friday. The Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre (ALRC) - the map developer - has placed it on the web site www.geoportal.md. At a press conference, map designer Andrey Yakovlev...
Pensions in Moldova went up 7.8%
April 12, 2011Starting from April 1, all categories of pensions are indexed by 7.8%. As Infotag has already reported, the minimum retirement pension was increased to 641 from 594.6 lei; and to 571 from 529.37 lei for agricultural workers. Pensions of persons...
Moldova reports higher unemployment rate in 2010
April 03, 2011The number of the unemployed increased by 11,000 people in 2010 against 2009, reaching 92,000, according to data by the National Statistics Bureau (BNS). As much as 62.3 per cent of the unemployed were men, and 62.4 per cent were people from urban areas...
Moldovan cabinet amends mechanism for paying salaries to state enterprises' managers
April 03, 2011Prime Minister Vlad Filat chaired a cabinet meeting, the government's communications and press relations department has said. At the beginning of the meeting, the prime minister said that he directed that actions to commemorate the 7 April 2009 riots...
Moldovan parliament's 2011 budget worth 71 million lei
April 03, 2011The parliament's permanent bureau approved the inclusion of the parliament's 2011 draft budget on the agend. The parliament's secretary-general, Adrian Fetescu, unveiled a draft law on the budget of the parliament and parliamentary factions for 2011...
EU to earmark one million euros for Moldova's competition protection
March 31, 2011Moldova will benefit from one million euros in financial assistance from the European Union to implement and observe policies in the sector of competition and state assistance. The proceeds will be given within a Twinning project, which will be carried...
Moldovan premier meets experts from U.S. Department of Energy
March 31, 2011Prime Minister Vlad Filat met a group of experts of the United States' Department of Energy, the government's communications and press relations department has said. Attending the meeting were U.S. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Moldova...
Moldovan Parliament approves budget-and-tax policy in first reading
March 30, 2011On Friday night, after several hours of heated debates, the Moldovan Parliament, namely a majority of 54 MPs, approved the country's budget-and-tax policy for 2011 in the first reading. Despite the vociferous objections by the opposition Communist fraction...
Official reserves about to hit record high in Moldova
March 30, 2011The official reserve assets amounted to 1.793 billion dollars on 18 March 2011, getting close to a historical record high of 1.803.9 billion dollars, recorded on 30 September 2008. The National Bank of Moldova (BNM) has said that the currency reserves...