Elections
Moldovan Parliament dissolved, early elections set
September 29, 2010Moldova's acting president, Mihai Ghimpu, has dissolved parliament and set early parliamentary elections for November 28. Ghimpu, who has been acting head of state since last September, said immediately before signing the decree dissolving parliament...
Parliament dissolution in focus
September 22, 2010By Andrei Munteanu The Decree on dissolving the current Parliament will be signed on the next week, most probably on September 28, declared the president of the country, Mr. Mihai Ghimpu. He stated so based on the verdict of the Constitutional Court...
Moldovan leader to dissolve Parliament, call early elections
September 09, 2010Moldovan acting President Mihai Ghimpu says he will issue a decree to dissolve the parliament and call for early elections, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Ghimpu, who is also speaker of the parliament, told journalists today he had asked the Constitutional...
Moldovan acting president asks top court to confirm circumstances for parliament's dissolution
September 08, 2010Acting President Mihai Ghimpu today asked the Constitutional Court (CC) to confirm the existence of circumstances needed to disband the parliament as it failed to elect the Moldovan president, according the to CC's webpage. In his inquiry, Ghimpu informed...
OSCE/ODIHR deploys mission to observe parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
September 08, 2010The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened its election observation mission for the 10 October parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan. "The upcoming parliamentary elections will be an important test of Kyrgyzstan...
CEC to test electronic elector register during September 5 referendum
August 31, 2010The Central Election Commission (CEC) will check the electronic register of electors during the September 5 Constitutional Referendum. According to the CEC's press service, the testing will be made in 45 polling stations of the Chisinau central sector...
Moldovan mayors favour constitutional referendum despite contrary rumours
August 26, 2010The holding of the 5 September referendum was the topic of a meeting between representatives of local authorities from most Moldovan settlements and Prime Minister Vlad Filat. Over 750 mayors and district heads accepted the prime minister s invitation...
OSCE experts, Kyrgyzstan's authorities discuss how to improve elections
August 26, 2010Measures to improve elections in Kyrgyzstan, including providing for effective and timely remedy to complaints, improving voter lists and promoting fair media coverage were in focus as experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human...
Acting Moldovan President Calls For Unity
August 25, 2010Moldova's acting President Mihai Ghimpu has warned the four-party ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE) coalition that it must put an end to infighting if it wants to win the upcoming parliamentary elections, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports...
Mihai Ghimpu: Moldovan parliamentary elections to be conducted if constitution stays unchanged
August 24, 2010Acting President and Parliamentary speaker Mihai Ghimpu has said that early parliamentary elections will be conducted but only on conditions that present constitutional rule remains unchanged. Ghimpu said in a press conference that "citizens had...
