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Moldova chooses the European Union instead of the Eurasian Union
Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti rejected the initiative which came from the Social-Democrat Party (PSD) to organize a referendum on Moldova’s accession to the Russian Customs Union. Called also the Eurasian Union, the project is a proposed political...
Diplomatic difficulties between Belarus and the EU
The European Union may withdraw all their Ambassadors from the Republic of Belarus. A diplomat told Russia’s Ria Novosti news agency that the EU will send a “very clear message” to Belarus, a former soviet Republic, over the diplomatic...
Moldova to choose between European Union and Eurasian Union
The Moldovans will know by the fifth of August whether a popular referendum on Moldova’s accession to the Eurasian Union will be held. Some 232,000 signatures collected throughout the country have been sent to the Central Electoral Commission of...
Moldova – best performer among Eastern Partnership States
The Republic of Moldova is the best performer when it comes to Linkage, Approximation and Management, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Index of 2012 shows. The Linkage refers to growing political, economic and social ties between each of the six EaP countries...
EU-Belarus relations will be assessed by the European Parliament
Chisinau / Moldova.org / -- The Committee on Foreign Affairs of European Parliament will assess the EU-Belarus relations since the presidential elections of December 19, 2010. The counterparts will talk on January 12 about current policy of the European...
East goes back towards authoritarianism, South goes left
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By 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...
Russia’s Putin Proposes a “Eurasian Union” — But it’s all about Gas
By Alina Inayeh/ BUCHAREST -- In an article published on Tuesday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Vladimir Putin announced his major foreign policy goal: the creation of a “Eurasian Union...
EU Condemns Minsk Crackdown, Voices Concern Over Ukraine's Tymoshenko
By Rikard Jozwiak/ WARSAW -- European Union leaders have condemned Belarus over its crackdown on the political opposition and expressed their concerns to Ukraine over the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The statements came at the end...
Moscow increases economic stranglehold on Belarus and Ukraine, using its gas and customs union
Moscow is piling the heat on Minsk and Kyiv to subordinate their economies, notably their energy sectors, to Russia and with that accept Russia’s political tutelage. In both cases, Moscow is using the instruments of its gas and its customs union...
Belarus opposition leader Andrei Sannikov jailed
A high-profile opposition leader in Belarus has been jailed for five years on charges of organising mass protests after last year's presidential poll. Andrei Sannikov, a former deputy foreign minister and co-founder of the Charter 97 group, had pleaded...
