11th Wine Vernissage will take place at the National Palace of Moldova on December 15. The event, called “The Magic Vernissage”, will bring together 36 wineries, which are going to present more than 200 wines, including 50 premier ones. “A vine vernissage traditionally offers winemakers an opportunity to display new products on the threshold of…
The parliament has approved of the state social insurance budget in the first reading with the revenue and expenditures amounting to MDL 16,410,670,200. The revenue of the state social insurance budget will increase by MDL 1,464,985,900 or by 9.8% against the revenue approved for 2016; the expenditures will grow by MDL 1,434,575,400 or by 9.6%…
The growth of the Moldovan economy will restore, but the quality of this growth will worsen in 2016-2017, Expert-Grup forecast says. According to another edition of research “MEGA – Analysis of the economic growth in Moldova”, which the Independent Analytical Center submits twice a year, Moldova’s GDP growth in 2016 will be 3.4%, in 2017…
Over the 9 months of 2016 the sales volume in the electronic communications sector of Moldova contracted by 3% to MDL 5,047,200,000. In particular, in Q3 the total sales volume on the markets of mobile telephony, broadband Internet access, fixed telephony, fixed Internet access, audio-visual retransmission, etc. amounted to MDL 1 billion 722.1 million, down…
Government is to examine an opportunity of revising the contract on concession of the Chisinau airport and lifting the airport modernization charge of EUR 9 per passenger. These are the recommendations included in the resolution Parliament has adopted following the hearing of the report by the investigatory commission on the concessionaire’s compliance with the contract…
Cooler-than-usual weather with precipitation was observed from November 28 through December 4. The average weekly air temperature in Moldova was -1.3 to +0.1 degrees C, or 1-2.5 C below normal. Air temperatures bottomed out at –9 C. Minimum soil temperature at the tillering node (3-cm depth) in winter crops was –1 to +1 C, or…
As from December 10, currency exchange offices of Moldova are entitled to change exchange rates twice within a working day provided it lasts more than 12 hours. The relevant resolution of NBM has come into effect. In line with the resolution, currency exchange offices of Moldova working up to 12 hours a day can change…