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Swedish police label Stockholm blasts as terrorism
December 13, 2010Authorities in Sweden say two explosions that rocked the heart of Stockholm's central shopping district were an "act of terrorism". The Swedish Security Service is involved in investigating Saturday's blasts that killed one man and injured...
Greece, Netherlands join EU visa center in Moldova
January 14, 2010From now on, Moldovan citizens will be able to apply for and obtain Greek and Dutch visas at the EU Common Visa Centre at the Hungarian embassy in Chisinau. The Hungarian ambassador to Moldova told a news conference today that Greece and the Netherlands...
Sweden: Moldova may join EU before Western Balkan states
November 24, 2009The Swedish EU presidency presumes the Republic of Moldova may be admitted to the European Union even before Western Balkan states, Moldova’s Acting President, Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu stated to the press after his meeting with the First...
Situation in Moldova discussed at CoE-EU high-level meeting
October 29, 2009The 29th Quadripartite meeting between the Council of Europe and the European Union was held in Luxembourg on Tuesday at the invitation of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. It was attended, on the European Union side, by Ms...
EU to start negotiations with Moldova on Association agreement
October 20, 2009The first group of European Union experts will come to Chisinau this week to initiate negotiations on signing an agreement on Moldova's associated EU membership, it was said at the meetings Moldova's senior officials held here with Karl Bildt, the Minister...
COEST troika hears new Moldovan government's tasks
October 08, 2009A Moldovan delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia Gherman presented the main provisions of the new Moldovan Government's work program to the Troika of the Council of the European Union on Eastern Europe and...
Sweden To Press Moldova Over Visas For Romanians
July 06, 2009Swedish Ambassador to Romania Mats Aberg has said in Bucharest that as head of the European Union this year, Sweden will do everything it can to get Moldova to abolish visa requirements for Romanians, RFE/RL's Moldova Service reports. Aberg calls the...
EU suspends the Eastern Partnership Program, Swedish PM said
July 03, 2009The European Union is suspending the Eastern Partnership Program “due to new challenges”, the EU Chairman-in-Office, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced. Reinfeldt said the step had been taken in connection with EU...
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...
Iranian diplomat: ‘Allah is Great’ on Helmet of Ivan the Terrible
June 12, 2009By Paul Goble An Arabic inscription on the helmet worn by Ivan the Terrible reads “Allah Mohammed,” according to an Iranian diplomat, who told Russian journalists in Astrakhan this week that these words could be an abbreviated form...