Communist Party
Moldova Communists boycott Parliament sessions
March 18, 2010Communist Party members in Moldova have begun a boycott of parliament sessions, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The boycott is in protest at the pro-Western government's attempt to change the constitution and avoid early elections. The communists...
Moldovan Communists to boycott Parliament
March 12, 2010Members of Moldova's Communist Party have announced that they will boycott all upcoming sessions of parliament, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. In an official statement, the Communist Party said the boycott was to protest the ruling Alliance for European...
Moldovan ex-President accuses Premier of cigarette smuggling
March 12, 2010The leader of Moldova's opposition Communist Party has accused Prime Minister Vlad Filat of smuggling cigarettes into neighboring Romania to pay for his election campaign last year, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Former President Vladimir Voronin...
Moldova prosecutors quiz ex-president over demonstrator beatings
January 26, 2010Prosecutors in Chisinau have again interviewed the country's former president over the beatings in April of demonstrators during protests against the election victory of the ruling Communist Party. Vladimir Voronin, who stepped down following the pro...
Moldova's former president Voronin kicked out of PACE delegation
December 30, 2009Moldova's opposition Communist Party says it will boycott two structures that are working toward the country's European integration in protest of what the Communists perceive as unfair treatment of their leader, former President Vladimir Voronin, RFE...
Tkachuk blamed for communists' refusal to elect Moldovan president
December 08, 2009Ex-presidential aide blamed for opposition's refusal to elect Moldovan president The Communist Party leader and ex-President Vladimir Voronin has been "programmed" by a group of Communist lawmakers, led by [former presidential aide] Mark...
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...
Members of Moldova's AEI at odds over constitutional reform
December 04, 2009The representatives of the four member parties of the ruling Alliance for European Integration have different opinions about the adoption of a new constitution. Some members of the alliance say that the head of state should be elected by people, while...
Moldova's AEI presents electoral offer to communists
November 24, 2009Before the end of this week, the governing Alliance for European Integration will put forward an offer to the opposition Communist Party concerning electing president, the only candidate for the supreme post, Democratic Party Chairman MP Marian Lupu has...
Moldovan opposition vows to boycott repeat presidential election
November 11, 2009The opposition Moldovan Communist Party will not change its position and will not vote for Marian Lupu as Moldova's president at the repeated polls on 10 December, Communist leader and ex-President Vladimir Voronin said after a parliament meeting on ...