Elections
Mihai Ghimpu: Moldovan ruling alliance should nominate a single presidential candidate
August 24, 2010"If the presidential elections are conducted in autumn, then the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) shall propose a single candidate for presidency", acting President and Parliamentary speaker Mihai Ghimpu said in an interview with Publika...
Mihai Ghimpu considers Russian ban on Moldovan wine is related to autumn elections
August 23, 2010Acting President Mihai Ghimpu has said that Russia's ban on Moldovan wine imports can be explained by forthcoming elections. In a press conference at Purcari winery on Friday, Ghimpu said he regrets that European partners and his colleagues from the...
Obama to sign border security bill
August 13, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama is set to sign a $600-million border security bill into law Friday, addressing an issue that will be prominent in mid-term elections later this year. The bill passed its final hurdles this week, with both the Senate and the...
Kyrgyzstan political parties sign OSCE-supported Code of Conduct
August 11, 2010Representatives of 26 political parties in Kyrgyzstan signed today an OSCE-supported Code of Conduct at a ceremony in Bishkek. The Code of Conduct outlines principles guiding the parties' behaviour during the campaign ahead of the 10 October election...
Ruling alliance de facto no loner exists- Marian Lupu
August 11, 2010Leader of the Democratic Party Marian Lupu has said that the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AEI), de factor, no longer exists. In an interview with Voice of Russia radio station, Lupu said that there are some situations where he is ashamed...
Will Moldova be the next Ukraine?
July 30, 2010By Vlad Spanu Less than a year after the country's last elections, the Republic of Moldova finds itself at a crossroads once again. The "Twitter revolution" in Chisinau last April that made waves in the international media mirrored, somehow...
After the polish presidential election: fight to keep the victory
July 13, 2010by Michal Baranowski and Joerg Forbrig Bronislaw Komorowski’s victory in last Sunday’s presidential elections in Poland gives the Warsaw government a rare window of opportunity to advance a packed domestic reform and foreign policy agenda...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator facilitates regional discussion of local election legislation
June 23, 2010A two-day expert meeting to discuss reform of Ukraine's local elections legislation started in Odessa today. The event, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), gathered members of Parliament, members of the Central Election Commission...
Voronin not eligible for president
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June 23, 2010Moldova's ex-president Vladimir Voronin is not eligible to be elected for another term as he already served two terms in this post, in the periods 2001-2005 and 2005-2009, maintains independent expert Vitali Catana. Communist MP Igor Dodon has stated...
Moldovan parliamentary majority diminished from 52 to 51
June 21, 2010The parliament today made a string of amendments to its regulation. The MPs ruled that the parliamentary majority will be made up of 51 lawmakers and not 52, as it has been so far. Under the new amendments, both the organic laws and the draft laws will...