Economic Commentaries
Eurobond: the unknowns behind a successful emission
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
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Authors: Adrian Lupușor, Dumitru Pîntea,
Authors: Adrian Lupușor, Dumitru Pîntea,
The commentary is available only in Romanian.
Does Moldova remain pro-EU, in Russia’s shadow?
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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The path towards European integration in Eastern Europe moves away from the standardized binary “black-and-white” conventional geopolitical thinking. According to this view, advocating friendship with Russia does not mean converting a government into an anti-EU player. Instead, this amounts to a more…
Between illusory justice, political tactics and attacks on the independence of the central bank. Opinion on the initiative to redistribute some of the NBM profits for partial coverage of the "stolen billion"
Tuesday, 11 February 2020
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Authors: Adrian Lupușor,
Authors: Adrian Lupușor,
The commentary is available only in Romanian.
EU policy on strengthening resilience in Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia Between the rule of law and oligarchic influence
Monday, 24 June 2019
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Authors: Denis Cenușă,
Authors: Denis Cenușă,
The state capture and oligarchic control of political power and electoral processes in the associated countries of the Eastern Partnership – Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – are acknowledged by EU institutions, civil society organisations and…
Three dimensions of risk to visa liberalization in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine
Thursday, 06 June 2019
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Authors: Denis Cenușă,
Authors: Denis Cenușă,
The visa-free regime extended to Moldova in 2014 and to Ukraine and Georgia in 2017 has marked an important milestone in their relationships with the European Union. As a result, traveling to Europe has been…
The struggles to build a post-electoral coalition
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
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Authors: Denis Cenușă,
Authors: Denis Cenușă,
The Constitutional Court validated the mandates of the 101 new MPs (9 March, 2019), and the attention turns toward the formation of a viable coalition. The Democratic Party was the first to rush into negotiations…
Moldovan Elections: still between State Capture vs. Russian Influence
Thursday, 28 February 2019
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Authors: Denis Cenușă,
Authors: Denis Cenușă,
Less than 1.5 million citizens voted to renew the legislative body of Moldova. This is only 49% of total number of voters or about 200.000 fewer votes compared to 2014. Neither the populist policies introduced…
Russian Federation’s Double-Edged Sword
Monday, 28 January 2019
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Authors: Vadim Gumene,
Authors: Vadim Gumene,
It is not surprising that the Russian Federation can change at any time its trade policy views in relation to its partners, defying the international rules and commitments in this area. This practice is also…
Position Paper regarding privatization of State-Owned Airline Company “Air Moldova”
Thursday, 04 October 2018
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Competent authorities should investigate how the company's debt has been formed On October 2, 2018, the Public Property Agency announced of the successful privatization of the State-owned Airline Company "Air Moldova" (hereinafter Air Moldova) .…
Local Road Development Program: To what extent is it covered?
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
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Comments on the Government Decision No. 225 of March 12, 2018 to approve the Program on Road Fund distribution for the national public roads in 2018 and the Program for the periodic repair of national…