Gagauzia
Governor elections in Gagauzia were "free but not correct"
February 07, 2011The December 26, 2010 second round of governor elections in Gagauzia was "free but not correct", as the autonomous region's Piligrim-Demo Association has put it. The Association presented its election monitoring report at a news conference...
Bashkan Formuzal offers Dudoglo to become deputy governor
February 04, 2011The just re-elected Bashkan [Governor] of Gagauzia Mikhail Formuzal has offered having a meeting to Mayor of Comrat town (Gagauzia's capital), leader of the New Gagauzia Movement Nikolai Dudoglo, who lost to Formuzal at the December 26 gubernatorial...
Moldova's Gagauz governor wins second mandate in runoff
December 27, 2010The incumbent governor of Moldova's Gagauz autonomy, Mihail Formuzal, won his second mandate at the 26 December runoff, which saw a voter turnout of 57 per cent. Contacted by MOLDPRES, Formuzal said he won 4 per cent more votes than his challenger...
Gagauzia's Parliament calls on residents to boycott referendum
July 20, 2010The Popular Assembly of Gagauzia, an autonomous region in southern Moldova, has called upon its residents to boycott the referendum the ruling majority in Chisinau has decided to hold on September 5 to amend Article 78 in the Constitution of the Republic...
Further amputation of Bessarabia by Russia and Ukraine in the making?
May 25, 2010By Paul Goble Do Medvedev and Yanukovich plan to sign a ‘secret protocol’ on Transdniestria? Although aides to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich are denying it, many commentators and politicians in Ukraine, Moldova and Romania are...
Moldova's draft new constitution completed
March 25, 2010On Wednesday, the commission for constitutional reform made the last amendments to the new draft constitution. The document is to be considered within the parliamentary factions, after which it will be sent to the Venice Commission for assessment...
Moldova to build good relations with Russia, Ukraine and Romania
February 11, 2010Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat visited the Gagauzia autonomous region on Tuesday and stated in Chadyr-Lunga town, in particular, that his Government stands for establishing good partnership relations with the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Romania...
Gagauz minority wants Russian to be official language in Moldova
February 04, 2010The Gagauz authorities will propose the Chisinau authorities to change the Constitution. Hence, the Russian language would become a state language in the Republic of Moldova, DECA-press Agency informs. The Comrat Executive Power will develop a draft...
Osipov: Any federalization options are not acceptable for Moldova
November 19, 2009Deputy Prime Minister for Moldova's Reintegration Victor Osipov today met the director of the Centre for International Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution, Stefan Wolff, the government's press service has said. Stefan Wolff is on a visit to Moldova...
Moldovans to travel to Romania without visa in border's proximity
November 17, 2009Over one million citizens from Moldovan-Romanian border zone to be able to travel to Romania with small-distance permit About 1.2 million Moldova's citizens with residence in the settlements within a radius of 30 km from the Moldovan-Romanian border...