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'Serious' cyber attack on EU bodies before summit
March 24, 2011The EU has reported a "serious" cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service on the eve of a summit in Brussels, a spokesman told the BBC. Crucial decisions on the future structure of the EU, economic strategy and the ongoing...
Gazprom-Austrian OMV agreement: A political blow to Nabucco
February 24, 2011After selling a large block of shares in Hungarian MOL to the Kremlin-connected Surgutneftegaz, Austrian OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer’s final gift to European energy security is an agreement with Gazprom that interferes with the EU-backed Nabucco...
Gazprom resists EU-backed reform of Lithuania’s energy sector
February 11, 2011Lithuania seeks the European Union’s support for gas sector reform in line with EU law, against pressures from Gazprom. The Russian company enjoys a supplier’s monopoly in Lithuania and controls the country’s gas pipeline system. The...
Romanian official advocates ratification of financial aid for Moldova by parliament
January 31, 2011Romanian Senate President Mircea Geoana has advocated the ratification by the Romanian parliament of the financial aid pledged to Moldova. Yet, the Romanian official did not name a timeframe for the ratification of the agreement on the non-refundable...
Moldovan licencing chamber announces available quotas for exports to EU
January 24, 2011The licencing chamber has announced the available quotas of goods exported to the European Union. Thus, Moldovan exporters can market in the EU 332,000 tons of wheat and meslin, 34,800 tons of barley, 18,050 tons of maize, 26,000 tons of white sugar...
Quota for Moldovans' legal employment in Italy: 5,200 jobs
January 19, 2011Last Monday, the Italian authorities began accepting applications and accompanying documents for obtaining employment permits within the framework of the Decree on labor flow regulation, which envisages the official employment of about 100 thousand...
January 18, 2011News of its immediate demise is premature: the euro is here to stay, for two very simple reasons. First, no member country can be forced out of the eurozone, and none will choose to leave voluntarily. The consequences would be disastrous -- for that...
Iran invites foreign diplomats to nuclear sites
January 04, 2011Iran has invited foreign diplomats to tour its nuclear facilities, ahead of fresh talks with key world powers over its controversial nuclear programme. The offer was reportedly extended to Russia, China and several EU countries, but not the US. US...
Days of euro reckoning loom in 2011
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January 04, 2011By Bruce Stokes 2011 promises to be the year when the European sovereign debt crisis finally comes to a head. Cascading political and financial deadlines in the first third of the year threaten to dramatically accelerate what had heretofore been...
Moldovan enterprises to submit EU import declaration
December 30, 2010Moldovan enterprises carrying out customs and international logistic transactions shall initially submit import declarations to the EU customs authorities. This is in line with the new EU regulations on the security of commercial transactions which...