Elections2009
October 20, 2009By Natalia Morari Back in the days of colonial India, Delhi had a snake problem. It got so bad that the British administration offered a generous bounty for every killed snake. Evidently they thought the locals would be happy to take up the cause....
Moldovan parliament to improve electoral legislation
October 19, 2009On Thursday night, the Moldovan Parliament formed an ad hoc commission called to improve and optimize the existing electoral legislation, despite vociferous objections offered by the opposition Communist faction, who claimed there was no need for changing...
Moldova–polygon for testing „dirty” electoral techniques (II)
September 23, 2009By Lilia GUREZ, Igor VOLNITCHI Part 2 (See Part 1) In July of 2009 we published an investigation, providing evidence and testimonies proving that the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova held on [April] 5, 2009 were accompanied...
New structure of the Moldovan government approved
September 21, 2009The new Government of the Republic of Moldova will consist of 16 ministries and 8 bureaus, services and agencies, as per the amendments to the Law on Government adopted by Parliament in the final reading last week. The sixteen ministries are: the Ministry...
Pro-western coalition blames communists for not yielding power
August 26, 2009The Alliance for European Integration presumes the Moldovan Communist Party (CPRM) simply does not wish to make what it must by law - to officially pass the state power over to the majority alliance of the said 4 parliamentary parties. On Tuesday, AEI...
Moldovan Communists refuse dialog with opposition coalition
August 26, 2009The Moldovan Communist Party (CPRM), which has governed the republic in 2001 through 2009, has refused to enter into dialog with a new power coalition - the Alliance for European Integration (AEI). Nobody from the CPRM leadership cared to come on Tuesday...
Video: US Helsinki Commission briefing on Moldova's snap election
August 10, 2009Moldova’s Recent Elections: Prospects for Change in Europe’s Poorest Country U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing Thursday, August 6, 2009; 10:00 AM SVC 202/203 of the Capitol Visitor Center U.S. Capitol Video below (courtesy of Aha...
Note to Moldova: beware the Kiev trap!
August 10, 2009By Louis O'Neill Although Moldova's elections were largely fair, the country's politics now risk going the way of Ukraine's Moldova's opposition leaders - flush from besting Europe's last governing Communist party in repeat parliamentary elections...
Moldova: Opposition's victory in early election as "historic"
August 08, 2009A Moldovan paper, Jurnal de Chisinau, describes Opposition's victory in early election as "historic" The four opposition parties that managed to win 53 out of 101 parliamentary seats in the 29 July early parliamentary election have...
Moldova defies post-Soviet traditions
August 08, 2009By Nicu Popescu Revolutions, staged successions and consolidated authoritarianism replaced “elections” in practically all the post-Soviet countries. Against such a background the best news from Moldova’s recent elections is the lack...