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Poll shows Moldovans losing interest in EU, warming up to Russia
November 18, 2011RFE/RL/ Chisinau -- A new poll shows Moldovans are losing interest in the post-Soviet country's European integration and are warming up to the idea of joining a Commonwealth of Independent States' (CIS) free-trade zone led by Russia, RFE/RL's Moldovan...
Mediators on Transnistrian settlement visit Chisinau and Tiraspol
November 05, 2011OSCE/ Chisinau --- The mediators and the observers in the Transdniestrian settlement process, who concluded a two-day visit to meet the political leadership in Chisinau and Tiraspol today, welcomed the decision of the sides to accept the invitation...
Like Moldova, Ukraine wants both ways - free trade agreement with EU and CIS
November 03, 2011By Pavel Korduban/ Eurasia Daily Monitor/ Washington, DC -- Ukraine has signed a free trade agreement with the CIS and completed its free trade talks with the EU. Unlike membership of the Customs Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan), which Moscow keeps...
Transnistria authorities free Moldovan man jailed for 'spying'
November 01, 2011RFE/RL/ Chisinau -- A lawyer for a man jailed for spying in Moldova's separatist Transnistrian region said his client's surprise release may be due to international pressure on breakaway entity's leaders and calls by rights activists, RFE/RL's Moldovan...
Protecting children from trafficking should be top priority for Moldova
November 01, 2011OSCE/ Chisinau – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during her visit to Moldova today called on the country to continue improving measures to prevent human trafficking...
Russia: Rebuilding an empire while it can (Stratfor)
November 01, 2011By Lauren Goodrich/ Stratfor/ Austin, TX/ -- U.S.-Russian relations seem to have been relatively quiet recently, as there are numerous contradictory views in Washington about the true nature of Russia’s current foreign policy. Doubts remain about...
East goes back towards authoritarianism, South goes left
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October 28, 2011By Michael Emerson/ Brussels / -- The most striking and indeed astonishing feature of this autumn’s political landscape in the European neighbourhood is the contradictory trend as between East and South. East Europe is reverting back towards authoritarianism...
Moldova sets presidential election for November 18
October 20, 2011Moldova has set November 18 as the date for a presidential election in a fresh bid to end a leadership crisis which has paralyzed reform in one of Europe's poorest countries for more than two years. The election of a president in Moldova is made by parliament...
20 Years of Moldova’s independence: Looking back and forward
October 18, 2011To mark twenty years of Moldovan independence, on Oct. 5, 2011, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted in Washington, DC two panel sessions featuring scholars, civil society leaders, and former and current government officials from the United...
Russia slams Transdniester president’s grip on power (VIDEO)
October 15, 2011Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transdniester is holding presidential elections in early December. With its current president in power for over 20 years and running for reelection, Russia says the status quo is stalling the republic’s development...