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Eurozone talks in Brussels to focus on Greece
May 17, 2011Eurozone financial ministers are to continue their talks in Brussels, with discussions now expected to focus on the dire state of the Greek economy. Greece got a 110bn euro ($136bn; £94bn) bail-out in 2010, but there is growing acceptance that...
Strauss-Kahn arrest: IMF head detained at Rikers Island
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May 17, 2011IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been remanded in custody at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail on charges of sexual assault. The judge said Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, was a flight risk. He was arrested on Saturday after boarding a plane and accused...
IMF chief Strauss-Kahn undergoing tests over sex charge
May 16, 2011IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has consented to a medical examination over allegations of serious sexual assault. Mr Strauss-Kahn, who was arrested on Saturday, denies attacking and attempting to rape a hotel maid. He had been due to appear in court...
IMF head Strauss-Kahn charged over New York 'sex crime'
May 15, 2011The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been charged by New York police over an alleged sex attack on a hotel maid. Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, was taken off an Air France plane at JFK airport just minutes before it left for...
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...
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...
International Monetary Fund improves forecast for Moldovan economy
April 13, 2011Moldova is expected to record a 4.5-per-cent economic growth in 2011, followed by a higher growth of 4.8 per cent in 2012, according to the report World Economic Outlook, unveiled by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 11 April. In October 2010...
Japan's repair costs are manageable, says IMF
March 25, 2011The International Monetary Fund(IMF) says it believes Japan's economy is strong enough to afford the cost of rebuilding the damage from the earthquake and tsunami. It says it expects a short-term drop in the economy, but no long-term impact. Ken Kang...
Moldova to increase prices of cigarettes, alcoholic beverages at the IMF's recommendation
February 23, 2011Starting from April, cigarettes will cost from 30 bani to 2.3 lei more, depending on the brand. At the same time, strong alcoholic beverages will see a price increase of 7-10 lei per bottle. The price growth is consistent with the government's decision...
IMF says Moldova speeds up economic restoration process
February 18, 2011Prime Minister Vlad Filat and the head of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) mission, Nikolay Gueorguiev, held a news briefing on the results of the second on 2-16 February evaluation of the implementation of a memorandum signed between Moldova...