Snap Elections
Moldova: Coalition 2009 concerned with quality of electoral lists
July 16, 2009The Coalition for free and fair elections “Coalition 2009” is concerned with the quality of electoral lists for anticipated parliamentary elections on 29 July 2009. At the Thursday press conference, the League for Human Rights Defence,...
Vitalia Pavlicenco: PNL withdraws from the electoral competition
July 14, 2009Yesterday evening, in time of the debates from „PRO TV Chisinau”, the leader of the National-Liberal Party of Moldova (PNL), Vitalia Pavlicenco, declared that the faction would announce this week about its withdrawal from the electoral competition...
Senator Cardin calls for free access to public media in Moldova
July 13, 2009U.S. Senator Ben Cardin’s statement on Moldovan parliamentary elections Calls the Moldovan Government to provide access for all electoral participants and civil society experts to public media U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the...
A record small number of parties in Moldova’s elections
July 10, 2009Ten parties and two independent candidates applied for registration to the Central Election Commission to participate in Moldova’ snap parliamentary elections scheduled for July 29, 2009. Parties registered by the Central Elections Commission:...
Will the Ukrainian Parliament be Disbanded?
July 08, 2009By Pavel Korduban Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko may return to the idea of disbanding parliament and call snap elections. The opposition Party of Regions (PRU), which has the largest caucus in parliament, has disrupted parliament's work following...
Louis O’Neill: Stiffening Moldova's judiciary
June 30, 2009By Louis O’Neill Interesting things are afoot in the Republic of Moldova, where a freely elected communist leader who is constitutionally barred from another term after eight years as President nonetheless recently held three top positions simultaneously...
