40% of Moldova’s railways network is in damaged state and has speed restrictions. At the same time, practically the entire fleet of railway carriages of the enterprise Railway of Moldova (CFM) will reach their exploitation limit in 2025. The CFM director general, Oleg Tofilat, unveiled data on January 19. “All maneuver locomotives are older than…
The first container with Moldovan apples from the 2022 harvest has arrived in India and another four ones will reach the destination in the end of this month, due to the joint efforts of the cabinet, exporters of fruits and development partners. The container crossed more than 7,500 km by sea and reached the destination…
51 projects within the European Village National Programme were successfully finished last year. Their overall value is 59 million lei (2.95 million euros). Thus, 251 mayoralties received money for the works carried out, the National Office for Regional and Local Development (ONDRL) reported. As many as 490 out of the total number of 492 projects,…
Exports of goods to the European Union countries in January-November 2022 amounted to $2354 million, up by 36.2% YoY. They have a share of 59.1% in total exports, down by 2.2%. According to the National Statistics Bureau (BNS), exports of goods to the CIS countries had a value of $929.3 million dollars, up 2.2-fold. The…
Moldovan apple producers will benefit on January 16-28 from free consulting on creation of marketing cooperatives from a volunteer of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Farmer-to-Farmer Program, implemented by CNFA (Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture) Moldova. USAID volunteer Bruce Bailey has extensive experience in agricultural development and food security in a number of…
Seven entrepreneurs will access grants worth up to 2 million lei (100,000 euros) on behalf of the state for the promotion of products and services on foreign markets. The businesses were selected for financing within the Programme on Enhancement of Competitiveness of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and their Internationalization. The contracts on non-refundable financing…
On January 9-15, the Customs Service collected over 446.4 million lei (about 22.3 million euros) to the state budget. According to the institution, private people brought goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments amounting to over 8.3 million lei were collected, which represented 1.9% of the total amount. Also, during the…