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Moldovans in Paris, Bucharest: Russian troops go home!
January 09, 2012By Valeriu Gonta / Chisinau / Moldova.org / -- A group of Moldovans, that are currently living in France, protested the deployment of the Russian troops into Moldova’s territory. The protesters rallied in the capital of France yesterday January...
American foreign aid in Muslim countries: Upgrade or end?
August 22, 2011Despite the billions of dollars that the United States has spent in aid to many Muslim countries, our image in many of these countries continues to be profoundly negative. The "winning hearts and minds" strategy simply has not worked. It is...
SEX SCANDAL: Tristane Banon sues Dominique Strauss-Kahn
July 04, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn won’t get away from judicial issues so easy. Few days ago he was nearly free to go, but today it reveals that journalist and writer Tristane Banon will file a lawsuit Tuesday...
Case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn collapses
July 01, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- The sexual assault case against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is near collapse. It is so because the credibility of IMF chief's accuser reportedly is a very doubtful...
Nicolas Sarkozy is attacked (VIDEO)
July 01, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- French president Nicolas Sarkozy was greeting supporters on a routine walkabout yesterday. But in a moment French President Nicolas Sarkozy was grabbed by a man while meeting the crowds and shaking hands...
Madame IMF, Cristine Lagarde is the new IMF Head
June 29, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, 55, has been named the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The International Monetary Fund's David Hawley has announced that French finance...
The Price of Regional Hegemony
June 28, 2011The alternative to the regionalization of Europe is clear German leadership that underwrites — economically and politically — greater European integration. If Berlin can overcome the anti-euro populism that is feeding on bailout fatigue in...
June 28, 2011We therefore see Europe evolving into a set of regionalized groupings. These organizations may have different ideas about security and economic matters, one country may even belong to more than one grouping, but for the most part membership will largely...
June 28, 2011The eurozone crisis — which is engulfing EU member states using the euro but is symbolically important for the entire European Union — is therefore a crisis of trust. Do the current political and security arrangements in Europe — the...
June 28, 2011The European Union is a confederation of states that outsources day-to-day management of many policy spheres to a bureaucratic arm (the European Commission) and monetary policy to the European Central Bank. The important policy issues, such as defense...