Elections2009
Moldovan communists ready to go into opposition?
The Moldovan Communist Party stands ready for a dialog with its opponents in parliament. But it may well go into the opposition, too, says the press release issued upon completion of a meeting of MCP activists, who gathered in Chisinau last weekend to...
J.T.Stewart: A Chance For Reconciliation And Progress In Moldova
By John Todd Stewart The July 29 Moldovan elections have produced a parliament where no single party will have a majority, much less the 61-seat supermajority necessary to elect a new president. Agreements must now be negotiated to choose a president...
More Moldovans abroad voted on July 29 than on April 5 election
The 19 election observers abroad of Eurasia Foundation Moldova’s 37 total have reported no abnormalities at foreign polling stations and easy access to electoral information for voters while monitoring electoral procedures, including the opening...
Moldovan President: 'I Don't Want To Usurp Anything'
Speaking at a press conference on July 30, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin talked about his Communist Party's serious setback in the country’s parliamentary elections. Although Voronin’s Communist Party won a plurality in the next parliament...
Moldovan elections important for cooperation with EU
Marko Mihkelson, chairman of the European affairs committee in the Estonian parliament, and Marianne Mikko, former head of the European Parliament's delegation to Moldova, find that the Moldovan elections are important in order to ensure better cooperation...
Chairman Kerry Urges Cooperation After Election In Moldova
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry released the following statement today in response to the historic election in the Republic of Moldova that may ultimately result in the unseating of the last governing Communist...
Marian Lupu says no coalition with communists
The recently elected new Chairman of the Democratic Party and Communist ex-speaker of the previous Parliament of Moldova, Marian Lupu, says he is ruling out any possibility of forming a bilateral coalition with the Communists in the next legislative forum...
Transnistrian separatists blockaded access to voters in Corjova
Transnistrian authorities blockade polling station in president Voronin's native village The Transnistrian authorities have once again blockaded the polling station in the village of Corjova on the eastern Dniester bank, and did not permit organizing...
AMN accuses Moldovan president of bribing Constitutional Court
The opposition Moldova Noastra Alliance (AMN) believes that acting President Vladimir Voronin has bribed the six judges of the Constitutional Court (CC) by giving them ‘golden Swiss watches worth 3 thousand euros’ after the CC declared valid...
Traian Basescu's full interview with Radio Free Europe, 16 July
Romanian President Traian Basescu has said that April's post-electoral clashes in Chisinau were a sign that Moldova’s young generation wants real political and economic change. In an interview at RFE/RL's Prague headquarters with correspondent Eugen...
