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Greece: Communist protests build up against austerity measures
May 04, 2010Greek public-sector workers have begun two days of strikes and protests against government-proposed austerity measures. The civil servants' protests today come ahead of a general strike on May 5 against the measures the government agreed to implement...
‘Russian mafia’ abroad now numbers 300,000
March 01, 2010By Paul Goble After avoiding any use of the term “Russian mafia” in the last few years, law enforcement personnel in Europe and elsewhere are now speaking about it again, noting that it includes “up to 300,000 people” and dominates...
Greece, Netherlands join EU visa center in Moldova
January 14, 2010From now on, Moldovan citizens will be able to apply for and obtain Greek and Dutch visas at the EU Common Visa Centre at the Hungarian embassy in Chisinau. The Hungarian ambassador to Moldova told a news conference today that Greece and the Netherlands...
OSCE Chairmanship calls for negotiations on Transnistria
November 06, 2009The Greek Alternate Foreign Minister, Dimitris Droutsas, encouraged participants in the 5+2 format to renew formal negotiations on a Transdniestrian settlement during a meeting held in Vienna today. Minister Droutsas had convened an informal meeting...
Turkish-Armenian détente: A plus for regional stability
October 14, 2009By Ian O. Lesser On Saturday, the Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Armenia met in Zurich and signed accords aimed at establishing diplomatic relations and opening their closed border. They also agreed to a series of consultations and confidence-building...
EU visa center expanding work geography in Moldova
September 07, 2009Starting from early 2010, the EU Visa Center in Chisinau, working under the auspices of the Hungarian Embassy here, will expand its work geography by adding 4 more countries - Finland, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece, it was said at the Moldo-Hungarian...
More Moldovans abroad voted on July 29 than on April 5 election
August 03, 2009The 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...
OSCE coordinator concludes pre-election visit to Moldova
July 20, 2009The OSCE Special-Co-ordinator for the 29 July parliamentary elections in Moldova, Petros Efthymiou (Greece), concluded a three-day pre-visit to Moldova last week, in preparation for the international observation mission for the elections. “In...
Romanian president: Moldova should be accepted to EU
May 28, 2009Romanian president, Traian Basescu, declared on Wednesday in Athens, capital of Greece, that the Republic of Moldova should be received in the European Union as soon as possible. In Athens, Traian Basescu spoke about ‘the need that the Union...
