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| Region | Testing Format | Fee | Test Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova (central) | TOEFL iBT | $180 $180 $180 $180 $180 $180 $180 $180 $180 |
Sat., Mar 16, 2019 Sat., Mar 30, 2019 Fri., Apr 05, 2019 Sat., Apr 13, 2019 Sat., May 04, 2019 Sat., Jun 01, 2019 Sat., Jun 15, 2019 Fri., Jul 12, 2019 Sat., Jul 13, 2019 |
Moldova Overview
Moldova, officially Moldovan Republica Moldova, Moldavian Moldova, Russian Moldawija, German Republic of Moldova, officially German Republic of Moldova, landlocked country in southeastern Europe with (2018) 2.7 million residents; The capital is Chișinău.
The separatist Dniester region lies mainly to the east of the Dniester and the autonomous region of Gagauzia in the south-west of Moldova.
Country facts
- Official name: Republic of Moldova
- License plate: MD
- ISO-3166: MD, MDA (498)
- Internet domain:.md
- Currency: 1 Moldovan Leu (MDL) = 100 Bani
- Area: 33,850 km²
- Population (2018): 2.7 million
- Capital: Chişinău
- Official language (s): Moldavian
- Form of government: Parliamentary republic
- Administrative division: 32 counties, 3 municipal districts, 1 autonomous region and the Dniester region
- Head of State: President Maia Sandu
- Head of Government: Ion Chicu
- Religion (s) (2014): 90% Orthodox, 2.6% other Christians, other / not specified
- Time zone: Central European Time +1 hour
- National holiday: August 27th
Location and infrastructure
- Location (geographical): Southeast Europe
- Position (coordinates): between 45 ° 28 ‘and 48 ° 28’ north latitude and 26 ° 42 ‘and 30 ° 09’ east longitude
- Climate: Mild continental climate
- Highest mountain: Bălăneşti (429 m)
- Road network (2012): 8 835 km (paved), 517 km (unpaved)
- Railway network (2014): 1,171 km
Population
- Annual population growth (2020): -1.1%
- Birth rate (2020): 10.7 per 1000 residents.
- Death rate (2020): 12.6 per 1000 residents.
- Average age (2020): 37.7 years
- Average life expectancy (2020): 71.9 years (men 68; women 76)
- Age structure (2020): 18.3% younger than 15 years, 14.0% older than 65 years
- Literacy rate (15-year-olds and older) (2015): 99.4%
- Mobile phone contracts (pre-paid and post-paid) (2017): 90 per 100 residents
- Internet users (2017): 76 per 100 residents
Economy
- GDP per capita (2018): US $ 3,218
- Total GDP (2018): US $ 11 billion
- GNI per capita (2018): US $ 2,980
- Education expenditure (2017): 6.7% of GDP
- Military expenditure (2018): 0.4% of GDP
- Unemployment rate (15 years and older) (2017): 4.5%
Education
There is a ten-year general schooling requirement from the age of 6. The school system is divided into an obligatory one-year pre-school, a four-year primary and a two-stage secondary school. The lower level of the secondary school lasts five years, the upper level offers two forms: general middle school (two years) and lyceum (3 years), which ends with the baccalaureate. Higher education takes place in colleges, universities, academies and institutes. The most important universities are the Moldovan State University (founded in 1945) and the Technical University (founded in 1964), both in Chișinău.
Media
The predominant mass medium is television. The influence of the state and political parties on reporting is great.
Press: Only a few daily newspapers are of national importance, e. For example, the government gazette “Moldova Suverană” (founded in 1924), the two independent but party-affiliated “Jurnal de Chişinău” (founded in 1999) and “Timpul de dimineaţă” (founded in 2001) as well as “Flux” (founded in 1995) and the regional edition of Russian-language »Komsomolskaya Pravda«; »Pridnestrovje« (founded in 1994, in Russian) appears in the Dniester region.
News agencies: »Moldpres« (state) and independent agencies, e. B. »IPN«, »Interlic«, »Info Day« (Russian); “Novosti Pridnestrovye” (state) for the Dniester region.
Broadcasting: The public service Teleradio Moldova (TRM) broadcasts a television program (»TV Moldova 1«) and a radio program (»Radio Moldova«). There are also a dozen private broadcasters, including the TV channel “TV 7” (Moldovan, Russian) and the news channels “Jurnal TV” and “Publika TV”.
Parties
The most influential parties are the Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM; 1991–94 banned), the Party of the Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM; founded in 1997, traded 2005–11 under the name Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova »Heimat« [PSMPR ], pro-Russian), the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM; founded in 2007, liberal-conservative; in 2011 the Alliance of Our Moldova [AMN], founded in 2003, became part of the PLDM), the Liberal Party (PL; founded in 2003, until 2005 Reform Party, center -right party) and the Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM; founded in 1997, center-left party; the Social-Liberal Party [PSL], founded in 1999, joined the PDM in 2008).
Climate
It is characterized by a temperate continental climate with relatively short winters with little snow and long, warm and dry summers. The weather is characterized by Atlantic air masses from the west, Mediterranean from the southwest and continental from the northeast. The mean July temperature is between 19.5 ° C in the north and 22.5 ° C in the south, the mean January temperature fluctuates between −5 ° C in the north and −2.5 ° C in the south. The average annual rainfall reaches 500-550 mm in the northern and central, below 450 mm in the southern and between 350 and 400 mm in the southeastern part of the country. About 70% of the precipitation falls in the months April to September (maximum May / June).