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- 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
Moody's Agency has resumed cooperation with Moldova
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- 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 Ministry of Finance has signed an agreement with Moody's for rendering services to assess the rating of the country.
In the nearest future the mission of Moody's Investor Service to Moldova for the assessment and subsequent assigning the rating to our country will visit Moldova.
As InfoMarket agency has reported before, in November last year the International rating agency Moody's Investors Service had reported the withdrawal of all the ratings of Moldova. This was due to insufficient volume of reliable information to support ratings in future. Last rating of Moody's agency was assigned to Moldova on May 24, 2006, when the ceiling for the country's foreign currency debt was lowered from Caa1 to B3 on Moody's methodology.
In December 2009, Fitch Ratings agency has also terminated monitoring of the credit rating of Moldova. Fitch Ratings has affirmed Moldova's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B-' and its Long-term local currency IDR at 'B'.
Both ratings have Stable Outlooks. Fitch has simultaneously withdrawn all the ratings. Moldova's Long-term foreign currency IDR of 'B-' reflects the external financing risks and the structural weaknesses of the economy, as well as the prolonged uncertainty surrounding the domestic political situation.
