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Civil society activist Brega speaks on Moldova before US Congress
October 23, 2009After a year in which Twitter and Facebook catalyzed protest movements in Iran and Moldova and authoritarian regimes around the world unleashed new tools of Internet control, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S...
Moldova insists on replacing peacekeeping mission in rebel region
October 23, 2009The new Moldovan authorities deem it reasonable to turn the peacekeeping mission in the breakaway Dniester region into a civilian mission, but it does not intend to impose its point of view and is ready to discuss this issue at negotiations. "...
Moldovan premier advocates nationwide presidential elections
October 23, 2009Prime Minister Vlad Filat has said that Moldova should return to direct presidential elections, thus removing all pre-requisites for political crises. Presently, the head of state is elected in parliament. "Our country needs a nationwide elected...
Moldovan premier seeks pragmatic, consistent relations with Russia
October 23, 2009It is time to shift from pompous statements to specific deeds in the Moldovan-Russian relations, Moldovan Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Vlad Filat has said. "When it comes to the development of our relations with Russia...
Biden Urges Central Europe To Help Guide Fledgling Democracies
October 23, 2009It was the key speech of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's tour to three Central and Eastern European countries this week. Speaking at the University of Bucharest’s Central Library, which was heavily damaged by fire during Romania's anticommunist...
Moldova's presidential elections postponed
October 23, 2009On Thursday noon, the Moldovan Parliament's Permanent Bureau voted for proposing to the legislative forum to postpone the presidential election scheduled initially for Friday, October 23. Following a thorough discussion of the situation, the Bureau arrived...
Biden: U.S. supports Moldova's aspirations to boost ties with EU
October 22, 2009During his visit to Romania, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Washington supported democracy in Moldova, one of Romania's neighbours and the poorest nation in Europe, AFP reports. The US vice president also said the U.S. would like to see former...
OSCE mechanisms to prevent conflicts must be used more effectively
October 22, 2009The 2008 conflict in Georgia was a signal to OSCE participating States that they need to make better use of the tools the Organization has developed to prevent conflicts, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vyagaudas Usackas told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
Russian Military Planners Thinking About a Post-CIS Eurasia
October 21, 2009By Paul Goble In the clearest indication yet that senior officials in Moscow are worried about what will happen if, as seems likely, the Commonwealth of Independent States dissolves, an article in the journal of the Russian military-industrial...
Vaclav Havel on U.S. relations with Central Europe
October 21, 2009As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travels through Central Europe, Vaclav Havel was up front in an exclusive interview with RFE/RL about what he expects to hear when Biden visits Prague on Friday - a clear vision of American foreign policy in the region...
