Mircea Snegur
First U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Mary Pendleton reflects on pace of change
September 07, 2011On August 31, RFE/RL spoke to Mary Pendleton, Washington’s first ambassador in Chisinau (1992-1995), on the sidelines of an event at the National Endowment for Democracy called "Moldova’s Transition: 20 Years of Challenges and Successes...
Moldova marked 19th anniversary of independence
August 31, 2010Moldova marks the 19th anniversary of its declaration of independence today. The event was opened by ceremonies of laying flowers at the Chisinau-based monument to the Moldovan medieval ruler Stefan cel Mare. Participating in the event were acting President...
Chisinau commemorates 1992 civil war
March 03, 2010On March 2, 1992, Chisinau and the separatist region of Transnistria began a short, but bloody, civil war that ended in hundreds of deaths and injuries. The war ended on July 21, 1992, when then-President Mircea Snegur signed a ceasefire agreement with...
Transnistria does not wish to start talks from a blank page
October 13, 2009Transnistria does not see any point in starting negotiations with Moldova from a clean page, and thus to bury all accords achieved under all previous Moldovan presidents - Snegur, Lucinschi, Voronin, Transnistrian minister of foreign affairs Vladimir...
Moldovan president calls for observing constitution
July 24, 2009Moldova became a democratic state thanks to the authors of its constitution, whose 15th anniversary is marked on 29 July, acting President Vladimir Voronin told a meeting on July 22. He said that 15 years was a very short period compared with the ...
Moldova: N. Gherman appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
June 30, 2009Natalia Gherman, Moldova's former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the OSCE and to Sweden [and the daughter of ex-President Mircea Snegur] has been appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, the Government decided...