99)

Internet users:
150,000 (2002)

Transportation Moldova

Railways:
total: 1,138 km
broad gauge: 1,124 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 14 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

Highways:
total: 12,657 km
paved: 11,012 km
unpaved: 1,645 km (1999)

Waterways:
424 km (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 606 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
none

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,636 GRT/1,088 DWT
foreign-owned: 2 Russia 1
registered in other countries: 4
by type: cargo 1

Airports:
24 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2003 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 11 (2003 est.)

Military Moldova

Military branches:
National Army: Ground Forces, Air Force

Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for compulsory military service; national service
obligation - 12 months (2004)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,186,818 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 942,071 (2004 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 44,466 (2004 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$9.5 million (FY03)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.4% (FY02)

Transnational Issues Moldova

Disputes - international:
difficulties with the Transnistria region complicate controlling
border crossing and customs regimes with Ukraine, despite
concordance on 2003 delimitation and customs protocols and OSCE
assistance

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 1,000 (internal secessionist uprising in Transdniestrian
region in 1991) (2004)

Illicit drugs:
limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for CIS
consumption; transshipment point for illicit drugs from Southwest
Asia via Central Asia to Russia, Western Europe, and possibly the
US; widespread crime and underground economic activity

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005

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@Monaco

Introduction Monaco

Background:
Economic development was spurred in the late 19th century with a
railroad linkup to France and the opening of a casino. Since then,
the principali