Europe
EU diplomat: Moldova is on the right track, but much remains to be done
The year of 2013 is going to be an important year for the relations between Moldova and the European Union. The statement belongs to the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Chisinau, Dirk Schuebel, made in an interview with RFE/RL. The European...
Moldovans to travel without visas in Schengen if visa-free regime is approved
Once the European Union will lift the visa requirements for the citizens of Moldova, the people will be able to freely travel within the Schengen area, which gathers 25 countries of Europe. Although it is still unknown when that will happen, the European...
77 victims: Norwegian shooter Anders Breivik won’t be sentenced to jail!
Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Psychiatrists believe that mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was insane when he was killing 77 people. According to France Press agency, the doctors Torgayra Husbi and Sorhaym Sonne claim that Breivik is suffering from paranoid...
Europe's crisis: Beyond finance (Stratfor)
By George Friedman/ Stratfor/ Austin, Texas -- Everyone is wondering about the next disaster to befall Europe. Italy is one focus; Spain is also a possibility. But these crises are already under way. Instead, the next crisis will be political, not in...
Europe, the international system and a generational shift
By George Friedman/ Stratfor/ Austin, Texas -- Change in the international system comes in large and small doses, but fundamental patterns generally stay consistent. From 1500 to 1991, for example, European global hegemony constituted the world&rsquo...
A Chinese Marshall Plan for Europe—Don’t bank on it
By Joe Quinlan/ GMF/ Washington, DC -- The past three years have been very good for China. No country has emerged from the ashes of the 2008 U.S.-led financial crisis stronger and more influential than China. Beijing’s international reserves are...
NYC Trial for Accused 'Merchant of Death' Set to Start
By Carolyn Weaver / New York/ -- The trial of a former Soviet Air Force officer and alleged international arms dealer dubbed by security experts the “merchant of death” is underway in New York. Jury selection wass held in the federal trial...
Global economic downturn: A crisis of political economy
By George Friedman* Classical political economists like Adam Smith or David Ricardo never used the term “economy” by itself. They always used the term “political economy.” For classical economists, it was impossible to understand...
OSCE appeals to Russia to finalize withdrawal of its troops from the ex-soviet Republic of Moldova
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Today the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which provides a forum for parliamentary diplomacy, monitors elections, and strengthens international cooperation to uphold commitments on political, security, economic...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- After a scandal-like court revelation about an accuser's lack of honesty in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case the “Great Seducer” is free to go home. Prosecutors agreed to free...
