Germany
Russia moves closer to NATO over controversial missile shield
October 19, 2010By Andreas Illmer, Nancy Isenson Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has indicated Moscow might soften its stance on a controversial anti-missile shield after reassurances from France and Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed Russia...
Medvedev moots Russia-Germany “Modernization Alliance”
July 21, 2010by Pavel K. Baev What made the annual Russian-German summit, held in Yekaterinburg last week, an event loaded with “innovative” symbolism, was President, Dmitry Medvedev’s, attempt to set Russia’s foreign policy on a new Western...
70 years ago today: Romania's Bessarabia was annexed by USSR on 28 June 1940
June 28, 2010On June 28, 1940, the annexation of Bessarabia was carried out by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) under the provisions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, and was eventually consented to by the predecessor state, Romania (while under Soviet...
Moldova welcomes Russian-German initiative on Transdniester
June 07, 2010CHISINAU -- Moldova's prime minister has welcomed a joint Russian-German initiative to step up efforts aimed at solving the two-decade conflict over Moldova's separatist Transdniester region, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Prime Minister Vlad Filat...
Moldovan foreign service made public names of first ambassadors nominated by coalition government
May 27, 2010Six of the fourteen candidates to the position of ambassador appointed by the Moldovan authorities have already received the consent of the countries of accreditation. They are Iurie Renita to Romania, Oleg Serebrian to France, Stefan Gorda to the Czech...
Two Soviet hitherto secret moves with present-day implications
May 24, 2010By Paul Goble The Moscow media are reporting two hitherto secret political moves at the end of Soviet times – a suggestion by a Soviet official in 1990 that Moscow was prepared to discuss returning part of Kaliningrad to Germany and a question...
U.S. nukes in Europe: It's about tactics (and tact, too)
May 18, 2010By Niels Annen To the disappointment of many Europeans, the review conference for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) which opened in New York last week, will not focus primarily on the tactical nuclear weapons remaining in Europe. Germans harbor...
Crimean Tatar groups in Germany appeal to Ukrainian president
May 15, 2010Crimean Tatar organizations in Germany have sent an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych urging him to "protect Crimea's indigenous people from discrimination," RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. In their letter, the authors...
Angela Merkel promises assistance in solving the Transnistrian conflict
May 14, 2010German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised she will solicit Russia for help to resolve the Transnistria conflict. Meeting with Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat in Berlin, Angela Merkel stated confidence the Transnistria problem is soluble by applying...
Moldovan PM: Constitution should be amended prior to election
May 13, 2010It is very essential to introduce amendments to Article 78 in the Republic of Moldova Constitution [pertaining to electing president by parliament] prior to early parliamentary elections, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat stated in Berlin during his...