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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 21:45 |
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The U.S. government offer Moldova a loan of 10.1 million dollars, money will be used to implement the economic growth, according Jurnal.md, said.
U.S. officials have expressed hope that the Moldovan Government will be able to use this money effectively. The agreement was signed on Tuesday by Prime Filat Chisinau and U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry. Under the bilateral agreement for economic growth in the $ 10 million - 8.8 million private sector concerns, and the remaining funding of economic opportunities.
The areas covered are increasing the competitiveness of agricultural products for export, developing IT sector and the wine industry, small businesses increase productivity, helping low-income households, especially among vulnerable groups.
Some of these funds will reach the Transnistrian region, and the criteria for allocating the money will be announced later.
Earlier this year, a delegation of Moldova visited the U.S., and the last two months the U.S. has signed the Compact Programme of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, "Memorandum of Cooperation between Moldova and North Carolina, to facilitate understanding visa regime, which came into force on 4 June.
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 21:40 |
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(Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that tens of thousands of bottles of Moldovan wine had been barred from sale, amid a politically charged dispute over the nations' Soviet-era history.
Russia's top consumer protection official Gennady Onishchenko refused to rule out a total ban on Moldovan wine, raising the spectre of a repeat of the embargo Russia imposed in 2006 as the small ex-Soviet nation's president turned Westward.
Forty shipments of wine from Moldova totaling more than 170,000 bottles have been blocked from the Russan market since June 30, Onishchenko, the head of the state agency Rospotrebnadzor, told Ekho Moskvy radio.
Onishchenko cited quality concerns, saying the wine could be used to "paint fences" but was dangerous to drink because of toxic ingredients.
But Kremlin critics suspected Russia's real motivation was anger over a recent decree by Moldova's acting president Mihai Ghimpu proclaiming June 28 "Soviet Occupation Day".
"Dangerous ingredients appear in products at the precise moment when a political feud begins and disappear the second it edns," political commentator Matvei Ganapolsky said on Ekho Moskvy.
Russia's leaders bridle at criticism of the Soviet Union's conduct around the time of World War Two, which they often portray in the black-and-white terms of the liberation of eastern Europe from the Nazi menace.
The Kremlin-controlled State Duma, Russia's lower parliamnet house, adopted a declaration last week condoning Ghimpu's proclamation as an "attempt to distort historical facts."
Russia's 2006 bans on wine from traditional suppliers Georgia and Moldova sparked claims that Moscow trying to punish West-leaning leaders in ex-Soviet republics by hitting at their most lucrative exports.
The ban on Georgian wine and mineral water -- imposed as tensions between Russia and Georgia's avidly pro-Western leader Mikhail Saakashvili rose -- remains in place nearly two years after the countries went to war.
Asked by an interviewer on Ekho Moskvy whether a total ban on Moldovan wine was possible, Onishchenko said "I don't intend to guess," but he did not rule it out and added that the quality of the wine barred from Russia was "frightening".
He warned that the control over the quality of Moldovan wine was slipping after improving when the 2006 ban was lifted, and said the Moldovan government had demonstrated its "complete ineffectiveness".
Winemaking accounts for about one-fifth of the gross domestic product and 28-30 percent of export revenues in Moldova, one of Europe's poorest nations. About 20 percent of Moldovan wine goes to Russia.
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 21:33 |
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Visits to various companies and wineries, lectures on viticulture and wine production: these are some of the activities taking place in Moldova 30 growers in South Tyrol in the framework of an EU project of the provincial school Laimburg. The initiative includes ten days of study extended to the regions of Northern Italy.   Around the South Tyrolean wine production and all aspects of the sector rotates the learning experience that 30 Moldovan wine producers are making in Alto Adige. "This professional exchange can contribute concretely to update the wine industry of Moldova, and help manufacturers remain competitive in their market," said the provincial agriculture commissioner Hans Berger commenting on the EU initiative.
"Moldova Wine Training" is the name of the project initiated by the European Commission and the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, who bought the Alps for a stay of several weeks for growers in Eastern Europe. The program is coordinated by the provincial school Laimburg under the direction of the Division Provincial Vocational training in agriculture, forestry and home economics.
The living room studio in Italy and ends July 16 prevde in the coming days, in addition to the continuation of theory and practice in testing centers, including visits to companies that specialize in Trentino in Northern Italy. Among the opportunities for exchange and consultation, including meetings with the Chamber of commerce and marketing organizations in South Tyrol. <Provincia.bz.it>
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 11:14 |
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Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that 30 trucks loaded with wine from Moldova are locked in Moscow for several days. According Publika.md NewsIn, the ban was prompted by Ghimpu's decree that proclaimed June 28 as "Day of Soviet occupation" and demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria.  Rospotrebnadzor Russian health service has not submitted any complaint about the quality of wine, but there is a ban on plant protection service of the head word, writes Kommersant. Embassy sources R. Moldova in Moscow says that the problem remains unresolved for 10 days. "Wine producers have sent us a lot of letters asking us what to do - to bring wine to Russia or not. And we do not know what to answer. Rospotrebnadzor us not submitted any claims in writing. But the order of Onishchenko, employees of the institution, ten days looking for something in all Moldovan wine, "said a representative of the Moldovan Embassy in Moscow, on condition of anonymity. [Romanialibera.ro]
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Monday, 05 July 2010 13:06 |
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 Megacity machine will be made of carbon fiber, such as Formula 1 fireball. BMW's first electric car on the way! Megacity Vehicle, product will be launched in 2013, is made of carbon fiber and aluminum structure will be built using "LifeDrive" as strong as steel but 50% lighter than aluminum. Unit will be located behind the car. Batteries, vechicolului heaviest components, will be under the aluminum frame. BMW also said that car batteries will take 35 kWh lithium-ion, and its design will be a sporty and stylish. The company noted that the car will be quite expensive.
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