Alliance For European Integration
AEI leaders: No early elections in Moldova in 2010
January 04, 2010The leaders of the governing Alliance for European Integration constituent parties are claiming there are "substantial chances" for avoiding early parliamentary elections in 2010. The Alliance is considering several possible ways to achieving...
Principles of the Transnistrian conflict settlement stay the same
December 30, 2009Interview with Victor Osipov, Moldovan deputy prime-minister in charge of reintegration (Translation from the original text in Romanian). Excerpt from a radio broadcast on December 13, 2009 produced by the Foreign Policy Association (APE...
- December 17, 2009
By Tammy Lynch Following the December 7 failure of Moldova’s ruling parliamentary coalition to elect a president, it now appears the opposition Communist Party (CPRM) may be showing its first public cracks. These cracks have been expected since...
Re-election of leader of Moldova ruling party marred by scandal
December 15, 2009First deputy speaker Serafim Urechean has been re-elected leader of the Our Moldova Alliance, one of the four member parties of the ruling Alliance for European Integration, the Moldovan news agency Infotag reported on 14 December. Urechean was supported...
Chess, poker, and kickboxing in Moldovan politics
December 15, 2009By Louis O'Neill After hearing that his obituary has been published in "The New York Journal," Mark Twain famously quipped, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The same could be said of the death knell sounded for...
Moldovan premier: Failed polls not to harm relations with EU, IMF
December 08, 2009The failure to elect president will not affect Moldova's relations with the EU or the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Vlad Filat said on 7 December after the repeat presidential election. Filat said that he agreed with the EU and...
Moldovan ruling coalition forecasts communist party's dissolution
December 08, 2009The parties of the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE) have called for unity and unanimously stated that the Party of Communists' (PCRM) refusal to participate in the 7 December presidential election would lead to its dissolution. On the other...
Moldova's AEI and communist opposition view situation differently
December 08, 2009The governing Alliance for European Integration and the only opposition force in the Moldovan Parliament - the Communist Party (MCP) - are viewing the outcome of the Monday's presidential elections differently. The Communists presume the governing alliance...
Moldova - the Switzerland solution?
December 07, 2009By Louis O'Neill “The Istanbul Commitments.” It’s not Turks getting married. Or an Irish soul band that’s lost its way. Or even the title of a spy movie in which Matt Damon chases foreign troops and weapons out of occupied...
Most Moldovans support nationwide presidential election - poll
December 04, 2009As many as 74 per cent of Moldova's population support the idea of electing the country's president in nationwide elections, according to the results of a survey conducted by the centre for sociological surveys and marketing CBS AXA and the IDIS-Viitorul...
