7 April 2009
New Moldovan coalition pledges to lift visas for Romanians
The ruling coalition comprising the Moldovan Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), the Liberal Party, the Democratic Party and the Our Moldova Alliance is set to cancel visa regime for Romania as soon as it takes office. The leaders of the four parties made...
Ukrainian paper sees Moldovan president losing Russian support
The 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's election: Deja Vu All Over Again
By Louis O'Neill Yogi Berra is hard to translate. You have to understand America. And baseball. And Yogi himself. Viktor Chernomyrdin, who understands none of these things, nonetheless coined a Russian equivalent of Yogi's famous remark that "...
Situation Tense As Moldovans Vote
By Gregory Feifer As a handful of people filed into a polling station in leafy central Chisinau on a sunny morning, the memory of April's riots hung over the voting. Many in this desperately poor city say they want a better life. Like many others...
Christoph Zopel: Elections in Moldova should be free and fair
Christoph Zopel, ex-minister of foreign affairs of Germany, chairman of the Committee for Economic Policies and Social Cohesion of the Socialist International, asserts that elections in Moldova should be free and fair. He made this declaration on Monday...
Poll shows Moldovans favour EU entry, less keen on NATO
Over 70 per cent of Moldova's population are in favour of EU entry and only 25 per cent of NATO accession, according to an opinion poll, the Moldovan news agency Infotag has reported. Asked about Moldova's relations with other countries, 81 per cent...
Voronin: Transnistrian settlement remains Moldova's key priority
Moldova's acting President Vladimir Voronin told a news conference today he is favour of resuming talks to settle the conflict with Moldova's breakaway Dniester region (Transnistria). "A Dniester settlement remains one of our key priorities. We...
Opposition urges CoE's Terry Davis to condemn Moldovan Communists
The leader of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), Vlad Filat, today sent an open letter to Council of Europe's (CE) Secretary-General Terry Davis, proposing that a new chapter on the 21st century communism should be added to the CE resolution...
Romanian paper warns EU of election violence in Moldova
A Commentary by George Damian in his article in Ziua: "A Deaf Europe for a Crushed Bessarabia" "Some drug addicts have taken to the streets and are ready to steal our 650-year-old statehood. Beat them black and blue!" That was the...
Romanian-American priest Netanyahu to be released from custody
The court of the Chisinau Riscani sector on Friday decided to release from custody Romanian-American priest Johnattan Netanyahu, who has been accused of participating in the 7 April post-election riots in Moldovan capital Chisinau. Netanyahu is citizen...
