Moldovan Language
Moldova's interim President: Voting age should be lowered to 16
February 10, 2010Interim President and Speaker Mihai Ghimpu said yesterday that he would like for the Moldovan Constitution to include a provision that lowers the voting age to 16. The new authorities have formed a commission to investigate the possibility for constitutional...
Language issue causes rifts in ruling Alliance in Moldova
January 20, 2010In the last couple of weeks, the members of the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AEI) have been speaking publicly about a couple of topics related to the complicated language issue in the country. First, there is the question of whether the...
Moldovan politicians debate language, mark Romanian National Day
December 02, 2009For the first time in a decade, Moldovan leaders held official celebrations in Chisinau on Romania's National Day and renewed calls for closer ties between the two countries, which share a common language and history, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports...
Moldovan Premier Wants 'Clear EU Perspective,' Financial Aid
September 30, 2009New Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has asked the European Union to offer Moldovans "a clear perspective for joining the EU," RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Filat told the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels that...
Gagauzia PA broaches language, history related issues
May 21, 2009The Popular Assembly (legislature) of Gagauzia has decided to make no appeal to the central Moldovan authorities, and thus will not demand to stop the romanization of the Moldovan language and history. Shortly after the 7 April riots in Chisinau a...
Moldovenism: the State Ideology of the Republic of Moldova
December 06, 2006Moldovenism: the State Ideology of the Republic of Moldova By Dr. Argentina GRIBINCEA In order to avoid the mistakes of the totalitarian past, the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova (RM) (Article 5, paragraph # 2) contains a clause...