Monday, April 9, 2012

WebQuest Project

Dear FB 10 F students,

This week we will discuss and evaluate your Top Moldova 2011 Business News projects.
These are the assessment criteria:

1. Originality in Title elaboration (Is the title original and creative?)
2. Text organisation (Are the news well organised? Is the newspaper easy on the eye?)
3. News relevance (Do the news in the article reflect the most important Moldovan business aspects of 2011?)
4. News summarizing (Have the news been summarized appropriately? Was the most important content specified? Were all relevant details included?)
5. Linguistic accuracy (Are there any major grammatical errors in English?)

Now it is time to have a closer look at your work:

c) Olga O. MoldEconomic News

We wish you the best of luck and are looking forward to your newspapers!


1) How many countries does Air Moldova have direct flights to?
2) What is the ratio of the unemployed people in Moldova in 2010 as compared to 2009?
3) What are Gebauer & Geiller investment plans for Moldova?
4) How many Moldovan citizens left the country in 2010 to work abroad?
5) How much will governmental healthcare allocations increase ( expressed in GDP %)?
6) How much money was sent home by Moldovan citizens working abroad in January 2012 as compared to January 2011?
7) What is Valeriu Lazar’s prediction for 2012-2015?
8) How much money did the Moldovans working abroad send home in 2011?
9) What is Moldova's wages rate as compared to Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg?
10)What is the minimum wage in Moldova?
11)What is Moldova's rank in the top of the countries with the most favorable business environment as compared to 2011?
12)What did the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the United Nations sign for the period covering 2013-2017?
13) How much did the World Bank give Moldova in the past 20 years?
14) What do Moldova, Nepal and Cambodia have in common?
15)How much did prices increase in Moldova in February in 2011 as compared to 2010?
16)How much wine has Republic of Moldova exported to Russia since January 2012?
17)How many Moldovagaz’s stocks belong to Russia’s Gazprom?

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  1. Corina LupascuApril 15, 2012 at 1:38 PM

    1) How many countries does Air Moldova have direct flights to?
    National Airlines of Moldova count 19 countries with direct flight in: Paris, Frankfurt, Lon-don, Istanbul Rome, Wien, Madrid, Lisbon, Bucharest, Verona, Moscow, Kiev, St. Peters- burg, Larnaca , Sochi, Surgut, Antalya ,Athens and Milan.
    2) What is the ratio of the unemployed people in Moldova in 2010 as compared to 2009?
    The number of the unemployed people increased by 11000 people in 2010 aas compared to 2009.
    3) What are Gebauer & Geiller investment plans for Moldova?
    The international corporation Gebauer & Geiller is interested to operate in the free economic zone of Balti, by investing more than 14 million euro, that according to the corporation’s forecast this investment will led to build more than 100 jobs for qualified workers and engineers who will receive wages over 8 000 lei.
    4) How many Moldovan citizens left the country in 2010 to work abroad?
    In 2010 about 311000 people leaved the country to work abroad.
    5) How much will governmental healthcare allocations increase ( expressed in GDP %)?
    Moldovan Government is going to increase health care allocations up to 6% from 5.23% to GDP.
    6) How much money was sent home by Moldovan citizens working abroad in January 2012 as compared to January 2011?
    The Moldovan citizens working in foreign countries have sent 81 million US Dollars in January 2012 which increased with $10 millions as comparing to January 2011.
    7) What is Valeriu Lazar’s prediction for 2012-2015?
    Valeriu Lazar predicts the exports will exceed the imports; the long-term investments are expected to increase by 7 % and the average salary will grow by 5 per cent for the period 2012-2015.
    8) How much money did the Moldovans working abroad send home in 2011?
    The Moldovans working abroad sent over 1,5 billion US Dollars in remittances in 2011.
    9) What is Moldova's wages rate as compared to Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg?
    Moldova’s wages rate are 20-25 times less than in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg.
    10)What is the minimum wage in Moldova?
    The minimum wage in Moldova is $ 92.
    11)What is Moldova's rank in the top of the countries with the most favorable business environment as compared to 2011?
    Moldpress news agency informs Moldova ranked the 81st place in the top of the countries with the most favorable business environment according to an annual report organized by the World Bank. Moldova went up by 18 positions comparing to 2011.
    12)What did the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the United Nations sign for the period covering 2013-2017?
    The Government of the Republic of Moldova and the United Nations signed a $217 million development and assistance programme for the years 2013-2017.
    13) How much did the World Bank give Moldova in the past 20 years?
    The World Bank gave US$880 million in financial aid to Moldova during the past 20 years.
    14) What do Moldova, Nepal and Cambodia have in common?
    The three countries Moldova, Nepal and Cambodia have a low country external public and private debt.
    15)How much did prices increase in Moldova in February in 2011 as compared to 2010?
    Moldova had suffered an increase in prices by 0.6% in February in 2011 comparing to 6.2% in 2010.
    16)How much wine has Republic of Moldova exported to Russia since January 2012?
    The Republic of Moldova exported to Russia almost 7 million liters of alcoholic beverages since January 2012.
    17)How many Moldovagaz’s stocks belong to Russia’s Gazprom?
    Russia’s Gazprom own 50% of Moldovagaz’s stocks.

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