- No matter who wins mayoralty, City Hall’s work will be hindered by battles between parties, Antoniţa Fonari pentru Info-Prim Neo, 17 June 2011, 11:42
- Protection of Personal Data within the Dialogue on Visa Liberalization and the Negotiation of the Association Agreement between the R. of Moldova and the EU, Bogdan Manolea, Centrul Român de Politici Europene/Fundaţia Soros-Moldova, 10 June 2011, 16:01
- EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area: a springboard to modernization or a road to ruin?, Alex OPRUNENCO, Centrul Analitic Independent "EXPERT-GRUP", 10 May 2011, 12:30
- The Council of Europe, the Communists and a New Referendum, Denis CENUSA, 4 March 2011, 11:06
- Coalition 2010, Irina Severin, 26 January 2011, 9:42
- The "shy" regret of Chisinau concerning the events in Belarus, Denis CENUSA, 26 January 2011, 9:41
Parties-Phantoms, Parties - State Institutions, Parties - State Enterprises
20 parties have registered in the current election campaign. Many people say it is a too big number for such a small country as Moldova. At the same time, much more parties could take part in the election campaign.
Activists launch Moldova’s first ‘Space Camp’ © Susan Coughtrie
Moldova becomes one step closer to negotiations on free trade zone with EU - MoE
- "Moldova Azi" information portal is changing its format and editorial content, Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent, 8 August 2011, 15:19
- Moldovan students queue up to apply for scholarships in Romania, Info-Prim Neo, 4 August 2011, 13:44
- Ukrainian scholarships not very popular in Moldova, Info-Prim Neo, 2 August 2011, 14:58
- Kent Larson: USAID will always support process of Moldova democratization, INFOTAG, 1 August 2011, 13:42
- Parliament sets up new commission - for checking civil servants' property and incomes, INFOTAG, 29 July 2011, 9:00
- Scandal in Moldovan parliament over deputies' relatives, INFOTAG, 29 July 2011, 9:00
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The MoE wrote in the report that in the sphere of the infrastructure of quality, 144 national standards, which were at odds with European ones, were cancelled. In the field of sanitary and phytosanitary measures, Moldova has worked out a 2011 national plan to harmonize the domestic legislation with European norms.
To meet European Commission recommendations in the spheres of trade and customs administering, Moldova has carried out a research on tariffs on customs procedures and on bringing them in line with provisions of the World Trade Organization and European Union, which presuppose a phased liquidation of tariffs on customs procedures and replacement of them with a unified fixed rate.
The Ministry of Economy is going to submit the report to the European Commission by June 30. The first such report was sent in last March 15. On June 20, the European Union Council approved the mandate on starting negotiations with Moldova on creating a free trade zone.
The regime of the RM-EU free trade zone envisages a phased liberalization (during 10 years since the signature date) of trade in goods and services, free movement of the labor, lowering of customs rates, elimination of technical and non-tariff barriers, cancellation of quantity restrictions, harmonization of the Moldovan legislation with European standards.
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