29 July 2009
Moldova impresses EU with reform agenda, gets $2.6bill in pledges
March 24, 2010By Ahto Lobjakas Moldova's quiet reinvention of itself after reformist parties ousted the country's communist government in July 2009 became official today as Prime Minister Vlad Filat won full backing in Brussels for his reform program. Although...
Moldova: Russian peacekeepers, big loans and the need for reforms
October 08, 2009By Louis O'Neill Moldova hosts the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States this week and hopes to have a better turnout than President Medvedev did in July, at the annual "summit-at-the-races". Back then, only five CIS leaders made...
Moldova may seek EU integration with Ukraine
October 06, 2009New Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has told RFE/RL's Moldovan Service that Chisinau might seek "common action" with Kyiv in its efforts to join the European Union. Moldova and Ukraine are among six former Soviet republics that have been...
Moldovan Pro-Western coalition elects new speaker of the parliament
August 28, 2009The new Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, elected at early elections last July 29, had its first session today, August 28. Communists demanded to announce a pause in the forum's work until September 4 to continue political consultations...
Moldova's Communists Spurn Opposition Invite For Talks
August 25, 2009Moldova's ruling Communists have shunned an invitation to talk with all the opposition parties at one time and announced they want to talk about the new government with each party separately, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The leaders of four pro...
Interview with Asif Chaudhry, the U.S. ambassador in Moldova
August 17, 2009U.S. Ambassador Sees Political Will For Reform In Moldova In the weeks since Moldova’s July 29 legislative elections, politicians have been huddling to find a way to form a new government and elect a president. With the economy badly hit by...
Louis O'Neill: In Moldova, Revenge Is A Dish Best Not Served
August 12, 2009By Louis O'Neill On a cold evening in late December 2006, I sat before a fire in Comrat speaking with the newly elected bashkan of Gagauzia, Mikhail Formuzal. The OSCE Mission to Moldova had kept a close eye on the four-way campaign for the region...
Ukrainian paper sees Moldovan president losing Russian support
August 11, 2009The Communist authorities in Moldova were losing Russia's support even ahead of the 29 July early parliamentary election, a Ukrainian newspaper has reported quoting a Moldovan expert. The author said that Moscow began to lose trust in President Vladimir...
Moldova: Opposition's victory in early election as "historic"
August 08, 2009A Moldovan paper, Jurnal de Chisinau, describes Opposition's victory in early election as "historic" The four opposition parties that managed to win 53 out of 101 parliamentary seats in the 29 July early parliamentary election have...
CEC considered Moldova's 29 July parliamentary elections valid
August 05, 2009The Central Election Commission (CEC) approved the draft through which the preterm parliamentary elections on 29 July 2009 were considered valid. According to the final election data presented by the CEC in its sitting on August 4, the PCRM will hold...