Ukraine
Moldova to resume electricity imports from Ukraine
February 02, 2010The issue of resuming the purchase of electric power from Ukraine will be solved in the near time, Prime Minister Vlad Filat declared on Monday in the course of his visit to Kiev. According to the Ukrainian mass media, he confirmed that the talks on...
EBRD: Moldova's economy to grow by four percent in 2010-2011
January 25, 2010The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development released its 2010 economic growth forecast in Europe on Friday. According to the Bank's predictions, Moldova's economy will grow by four percent each in 2010 and in 2011. Ukraine's economy is predicted...
Ukrainian Government fears a new winter gas crisis
January 04, 2010By Roman Kupchinsky Ukrainian Government Fears a New Winter Gas Crisis In December Ukrainian officials descended on Washington with one overriding mission –to convince the Obama administration that without the financial help of the IMF, Ukraine...
Moldova, Ukraine become members of the EU Energy Community
December 22, 2009On Friday the Council of Ministers of EU Energy Community has approved the admittance of Moldova and Ukraine to the membership of this organization. However before the harmonization of their gas legislation with the European one and the ratification of...
2009 Grape harvest in Moldova - 650 thousand tons
November 27, 2009The Grape harvest constituted 650 thousand tons in Moldova in 2009, 2/3 of this harvest was grown a by the farms, according to data provided by the Moldovan Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry. The yield of technical grape varieties constituted...
$1 billion to be invested in construction of Odessa-Reni highway
November 17, 2009The Ukrainian government has included a construction of the Odessa-Reni highway to the state plan to build roads, the governor of Odessa Region, Mykola Serdyuk, said. The highway will run on the Ukrainian territory which will help to get from Odessa to...
Moldova's temperature in the "CIS economy"
October 08, 2009The results of eight months of the CIS economic life do not differ considerably from the deplorable results for the first half-year, experts, who analyzed the data, published by the CIS Statistic Committee, came to this conclusion. Compared with the...
IMF, WB revise loan conditions to support E.Europe through crisis
October 07, 2009By Ron Synovitz Russia said this week that it will not disburse the last $500 million tranche of a stabilization loan to Belarus and that it will not grant a $5 billion loan to Ukraine. Speaking in Istanbul at the start of the annual International...
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...
China, EU Wait In The Wings For Access To Central Asia
August 03, 2009By Bruce Pannier Although Russia and the United States are most often mentioned as the contestants of the "new Great Game" that began after the fall of the Soviet Union, other players have also entered the arena. Central Asia, possessing...