ABOUT REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

	General information
	Geography
	Form of government
	Economic Profile
	Foreign trade
	Foreign Investment

Capital: Chisinau
Population: 3,6 millions (by UN statistics, 2009)
Area: 33.843 km2
Language: Romanian, Russian
Religion: Christian
Currency: Moldavian Leu (MDL) = 100 bani
Internet TLD: .md
Calling Code: + 373 

Moldova, neighbour country with the European Union, a bridge between the East and the West market.  The free trade agreements and the evasion of double taxation bedded agreements regarding the promotion and the investments protection, offered advantages for the market acceleration from the European Union and Community of Independent States, are guest a part of the profits offered by the investors. 

General information: The Republic of Moldova lies in the central part of Europe, Moldova occupies an area of 33,843.5 km2, a small country between two big neighbours Romania and Ukraine.

Policy:  Foreground objectives established by the Government of the Republic of Moldova are directed to the national security insurance, economical development, insurance of the fundamental liberties and the citizens rights.
The progress obtained in the modernization on the democratic institutions according to the European standards and the success registered to the level of a well promoted policy, well based government and democratic institutions consolidation directed to insure a decent live to the population of the country and to attend them with qualitative services, all this proves that the Republic of Moldova is a country oriented to the European Community.

External policy: Beginning with 2003year the European Integration of the Republic of Moldova was declared as a strategical option of the internal and external politics.
This option is the result of the internal political exhibition assumed at the Government level. In 2005 was signed the Action Plan between Moldova and European Union, this plan being the prove of the promotion of an efficient policy in the relation evolution between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union.

Macroeconomics statistics: From 2000 till now days, the macroeconomic situation of the Republic of Moldova was definite as having balanced positive economic tendencies, it`s acceleration was generated by the internal (drought, 2007) and external crisis (natural gas and wine price advance imported in Russia, 2006). In the first quarter of the 2008 year was registered an increase tendency of the principal indexes of the country development .According to the official data, the macroeconomic consolidation is still growing, the industrial production growth in the first 3 month of the 2008year was 107,7%  towards to the analogical period of the previous year, the investment growth in the fixed capital – 130,1% and GDP growth -103,0%.
The macroeconomic indicators growth was determined by the private area development, stabile market situation, the foreign investment flux in the national economy, banking sector stability, qualified work force, the stimulation of the real sector development of the national economy by the Government and the geographic position of the country. The external trade development to the European Union market and the export growth contributed to the maintenance of the positive growth. The rate of exchange of the Leu towards to the USA dollar raised up from 11,9 per 1 USA dollar/December 2007 till 10,46 per I USA dollar/April 2008.

SOURCE: www.miepo.md, www.wikipedia.com