Security
Germany and the USA want a better conflict management in Moldova
January 05, 2012By Valeriu Gonta / Chisinau / Moldova.org / -- The German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its concern on the incident which took place at the checkpoint in Transnistria, when a Moldovan citizen was deadly shot by a Russian peacekeeper...
Fearless car thieves? Barack Obama’s truck with the presidential equipment was stolen! (VIDEO)
October 19, 2011Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- Fearless criminals dared to choose Barack Obama as their victim! Well… Maybe they didn’t steal president’s truck with the sound equipment, several podiums and presidential seals intentionally. But the truck...
US defence firm Lockheed Martin hit by cyber-attack
May 29, 2011US defence firm Lockheed Martin says it has come under a significant cyber-attack, which took place last week. Few details were available, but Lockheed said its security team had detected the threat quickly and ensured that none of its programmes had...
Wives may clear up Bin Laden mystery
May 07, 2011Islamabad – The account of the life of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as told by his wives may help show how bin Laden spent his time and how he managed to avoid capture, living in a large house close to military academy in a garrison town, a two...
Russian security services launch wave of arrests in Ingushetia after Moscow airport bombing
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March 10, 2011On March 4, Russia’s security services reported they managed to kill one of the leaders of Ingushetia’s insurgency, 30 year old Khamzat Korigov. Initially, the government sources said Korigov had detonated a bomb when the security agents surrounded...
UN Security Council Imposes Sanctions on Libyan Leaders
February 27, 2011The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his immediate family and his top associates in connection with the regime's deadly response to anti-government protests, and to...
Moscow, Tiraspol raise preconditions to negotiating on Transnistria conflict
February 17, 2011Moscow and Tiraspol seem intent on stonewalling the negotiations on the Transnistria conflict with Moldova indefinitely (see EDM, February 15), and are marshalling arguments to justify the obstruction. For the most part, Tiraspol is fronting for Moscow...
The Moscow attack and airport security
January 27, 2011The Jan. 24 bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport killed 35 people and injured more than 160. The attack occurred at approximately 4:40 p.m. as passengers from several arriving international flights were leaving the airport after...
Palestinians will ask UN security Council to condemn settlements
December 30, 2010Palestinian officials say they plan to ask the United Nations Security Council early next month to approve a motion condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and demanding a complete halt to their construction. A draft of the resolution, obtained...
Iran remains key foreign policy issue for Obama
December 30, 2010One of the central foreign policy questions facing the Obama administration is how to persuade Iran to end its uranium enrichment program. The United States and the European Union have for years believed that Iran's uranium enrichment program is designed...