Igor Smirnov
Transnistria defenders want Smirnov as President once again
January 19, 2011The Dubasari Raion subdivision of the Union of the Defenders of Transnistria has stated its "unconditional support for the current course of the Transnist rian Moldovan Republic's political and economic development, and for nominating Igor Smirnov...
January 06, 2011By Vlad Spânu / Washington, DC / Moldova.ORG/ -- Moldovan politicians are competing in calls for the automatic extension of the Russian Federation-Republic of Moldova treaty that is a legal framework for strategic partnership between the two countries...
New Transnistrian Supreme Soviet
December 28, 2010The first plenary sitting of the Transnistrian supreme soviet [parliament] of the 5th convocation shall be held on December 29, as per the Presidential Decree signed by region's leader Igor Smirnov. During that sitting, the plenary powers of the new...
Transnistria elections, participation and results
December 16, 2010Chisinau (Moldova.ORG) --On the 12-th of December, the self-proclaimed regime from Tiraspol, organized elections for the legislative body of the region, The Supreme Council. The actual elections are the fifth from the secessionist war in 1992. According...
Wife of jailed Transdniester journalist complains of international 'indifference'
May 28, 2010The wife of an independent journalist jailed in Moldova's separatist Transdniester region has told RFE/RL's Moldovan Service that the international community has become indifferent to the fate of her husband. Ernest Vardanean was arrested last month...
Transnistria KGB withholds details of arrested journalist
April 16, 2010Details of the detention of journalist Ernest Vardanyan shall not be made public till the end of investigation, Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov stated during his meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Moldova H.E. Mr. Asif J. Chaudhry here. "As...
Moldovan official: Compromise with Transnistrian leader is impossible
March 11, 2010Any compromise with Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov is impossible, Moldovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Popov presumes. Popov stated over the Echo of Moscow radio that Smirnov has interests of his own, and places...
Transnistrian president harboring hopes for new Ukrainian leaders
March 10, 2010Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov hopes the new leadership of Ukraine's will be strictly differentiating between political and economic questions, and will never blockade the Transnistrian region, which is de jure part of the Republic of Moldova. In...
Transnistria authorities approve "western projects"
March 01, 2010President of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic Igor Smirnov has allowed implementing "western projects", in particular, a project of the Fund of Social Investments of Moldova (FSIM) in Transnistria. At a sitting with the participation...
EUOBSERVER: 'Santa Claus' rebel free to enter EU
February 25, 2010By Andrew Rettman The EU has quietly suspended a visa ban on rebel leaders in Moldova in the hope of reviving peace talks on one of Europe's Cold War-era conflicts. The decision, taken by foreign ministers on Monday (22 February), allows 16 people from...