Eastern Partnership
Moldova wants to strengthen relations with its neighbor Ukraine
January 23, 2012Moldovan-Ukrainian co-operation was on the Moldovan premier’s agenda today. Prime-minister Vlad Filat had an official meeting with Mr. Serghei Pirojcov, the Ambassador of Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova. At the meeting the counterparts made...
Moldova to join EU after solving the Transnistrian conflict
January 10, 2012Chisinau / Moldova.org / -- The Republic of Moldova will join the European Union, but not very soon. First, the conflict from Transnistria has to be solved. The statement was made by Michael Sternberg, the Danish ambassador to Romania, accredited...
EU Condemns Minsk Crackdown, Voices Concern Over Ukraine's Tymoshenko
October 02, 2011By 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...
EU enlargement commissioner: Eastern Partnership 'absolutely a success'
May 14, 2010By Jan Maksymiuk There are concerns the European Union's market crisis will dramatically scale back its ambitions for outreach programs with its neighbors -- including its Eastern Partnership. The initiative was launched with fanfare just over a year...
Russia poised to leapfrog Ukraine, Moldova in EU visa drive
May 14, 2010Russia is putting pressure on the European Union to turn the next top-level meeting between the two -- the Rostov-na-Donu gathering on May 31 -- into a "visa summit." Officials in Brussels say the EU and Russia will jointly sign a document...
Moldova impresses EU with reform agenda, gets $2.6bill in pledges
March 24, 2010By Ahto Lobjakas Moldova's quiet reinvention of itself after reformist parties ousted the country's communist government in July 2009 became official today as Prime Minister Vlad Filat won full backing in Brussels for his reform program. Although...
Moldova participates in meeting of Visegrad-4+ Group
March 05, 2010Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign and European Integration Minister Iurie Leanca has represented Moldova at an enlarged meeting of the foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group's countries (V4+), the Foreign and European Integration Ministry's (MAEIE) media...
EU parliamentarian says Moldova moving toward Brussels agreement
February 18, 2010A European Parliament official supervising ties with Moldova said the former Soviet republic could conclude EU association talks by the end of 2010 and sign an association agreement with Brussels early next year, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. But...
Estonia to open Eastern Partnership training center
February 15, 2010Estonian Foreign Affairs Minister Urmas Paet said during a meeting in Parliament this weekend that his country intends to establish a training center for the Eastern Partnership (EP) countries. EP was started by the European Union to develop closer ties...
Eastern partnership to launch its parliamentary assembly soon
January 19, 2010The March of 2010 will see the opening of the European Union/Eastern Partnership Parliamentary Assembly, called to become a political mechanism of cooperation between the European Union and its six eastern neighbors, Igor Corman, Chairman of the parliamentary...