Nokia eyeballing Moldova
By Stefan Constantinescu on Wednesday, December 20th, 2006 at 7:01 PM PST In Financial/Corporate News
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is interested in carrying IT projects out in Moldova, the Moldovan president’s press office told Interfax, quoting Jonathan Sparrow, deputy Russia and CIS regional director of Nokia Networks.
Sparrow said at a meeting with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin on Tuesday that Nokia was attracted by Moldova’s geographical location and availability of skilled work force.
Voronin, for his part, said he would welcome Nokia to the country and that the Finnish company’s arrival would boost its telecommunications sector and its integration with the EU’s communications network.
Nokia’s interest proves that a favorable business climate has been created in Moldova, Voronin said.
Source: Interfax
I have, well had, grandparents from there. Wicked. Never knew that country spoke Russian … makes sense now that I see it’s bordered by the Ukraine. Romania is on the other side.
Hi. I thought you have greek roots.
There are many russians living in Moldova, that’s why russian is well used in Moldova. But main language is moldovan, many moldovans also speak romanian.
Similar situation with russian is in most of ex USSR countries. People uses russian as well.
I myself am from Latvia, half latvian half russian. Most people can speak both languages having no problem, while official one is latvian. People more and more chooses to speak latvian even young russians even if it’s not so easy for them.
Hey,
Just hit upon this comment and being a Moldovan wanted to make it clear that yes Russian is spoken and we do have Russians and Ukrainians. Russian was the lingua franca all across the Soviet expanse that included the non-Soviet socialist countries as well. However, Moldovans speak Romanian natively. The language is called Moldovan for political reasons, mainly due to the fears of the current ruling elite that Moldova can be absorbed by Romania at one point given poverty levels in the country and centuries of common history.
This region was abused by too many powers, so that Moldovans/Romanians (how you call yourself ethnically in this country is a big identity issue for many) at some point were less than 60%. If your grandparents were from Moldova (ask yourself which one: there is one in Romania, too
)), chances are that besides Moldovan/Romanian you could have Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Gagauz (a Turkic ethnicity), Jewish, Greek blood. You may be the focal point of globalization in one person. 
))
Well I always wanted to see the world once I finish school. I lived in NYC for a little over a decade so I’m pretty well versed in multiculturalism