Increase of direct foreign investment in Russia and Poland will increase significantly in 2010 following a reduction of revenue in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe in 2009 by half, predicts Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW).
Yesterday European Parliament accepted the initiative of European Commission to give Ukraine credit of 500 million euro. However, there are some certain conditions for Ukraine to realize in order to receive financial aid. Also there is no certain date of the first tranche. Firstly Ukraine has to renew its business relations with the IMF. Then European Parliament has to find sources of finances.
That is the conclusion reached by experts, studying the implementation of the “European Neighbourhood Policy” with regard to Moldova. The reason for such evaluation have statistics. Thus, the average annual per capita income here is only 1100 euros (less than 100 euros per month).
The good news: some European countries have opened their airspaces for passing over. But the airports are still closed. To fly over some parts of Europe is possible because the cloud of ash comes down and releases the air in higher layers of the atmosphere.
The President of Ukraine Victor Yuschenko has changed his plans of visiting the Transnistria. The visit has had to be held today on December, 28. The host side has caused the cancellation of this visit.