Diaspora
Moldova's acting president decorated Diaspora representatives
October 18, 2010In Chisinau, during the 4th Moldova Diaspora Congress organized by the Moldovan authorities since independence of 1991, Mihai Ghimpu, Moldova's ad interim president, decorated representatives of the Moldovan Diaspora with orders and medals. According...
Presidential election: Record turnout of Romanians living abroad
December 08, 2009The vote of the Romanians living abroad is very important considering that the difference among the two candidates is so tight. Romania's Foreign Affairs ministry declared on Monday that by 10PM, Romania time, in the 294 voting sections, 138,000 Romanians...
Basescu wins the election in diaspora: 78.86%
December 07, 2009Traian Basescu won the election in diaspora with 78,86 per cent, that is 115,831 votes of a total of 146,876 expressed valid votes, according to unofficial results. Mircea Geoană obtained 21.14 per cent, representing 31,045 votes granted by the...
Moldova: Communists say to create best conditions for voting abro
July 03, 2009The Party of Communists (PCRM) proposes to create the best conditions, so that all citizens exercise their right to vote, no matter whether they stay in Moldova or abroad. PCRM representatives Vladimir Turcan and Grigore Petrenco made statements to this...
Moscow’s Program for the Repatriation of Compatriots Collapses
June 11, 2009By Paul Goble After three years of effort, Moscow has succeeded in attracting the return of only 8800 of the more than 300,000 “compatriots” abroad whose resettlement in Russia it had counted on, an outcome that should not have surprised...
Moldova: "Nyet" to Additional Polling Stations Abroad
February 19, 2009Moldova’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has ignored requests of non-governmental organizations representing Moldovan Diaspora to open additional polling stations abroad for parliamentary elections scheduled for April 5th, 2009. “Polling...
Moldovan Diaspora groups asking for more voting stations abroad
February 11, 2009Non-governmental organizations representing Moldovan Diaspora abroad have sent an open letter to the leadership of the Republic of Moldova asking for opening more polling stations abroad in order to facilitate voting for some 500 thousand to one million...
How Diaspora Communities Influence Politics at Home: Moldova Foundation’s experience
September 28, 2008By Vlad Spânu* In 1906, in Washington, DC, the American Jewish Committee has been established in response to a series of pogroms in czarist Russia, particularly the 1903 Chisinau pogrom. Chisinau (Russian transcript Kishinev) was a capital of Russia...