Transnistria
Moldova fails again to choose a new president
December 16, 2011Deutsche Welle/ Chisinau -- With Ukraine moving away from the EU, Moldova could become eastern Europe's new golden child. But the Moldovan parliament has failed once again to select a new president. Moldova's parliament failed to select a new president...
Russia blocks consensus on the frozen conflicts at OSCE’s year-end conference
December 12, 2011By Vladimir Socor/ Jamestown Foundation/ Munich -- On December 6-7 in Vilnius, the OSCE’s year-end ministerial conference dramatized this organization’s vulnerability to sabotage by the Kremlin. That vulnerability is inherent in the OSCE&rsquo...
Russia defends Soviet annexation of Baltic States and Moldova
December 06, 2011By Vladimir Socor/ Jamestown Foundation/ Washington, DC -- On December 1 and 2, respectively, Lithuania’s and Estonia’s ministries of foreign affairs (MFAs) refuted the Russian MFA’s latest claims that the three Baltic States (Estonia...
International negotiations on Transnistria conflict set to re-start after six years
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November 30, 2011By Vladimir Socor/ Jamestown Foundation/ Washington, DC -- Lavrov squashes hope for constructive restart of Transnistria negotiations. International negotiations on the Transnistria conflict are scheduled to re-start on November 30-December...
Leader of Moldova's rebel region shrugs off Moscow call to go
November 23, 2011The leader of Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester (Transnistria) has told RFE/RL's Moldovan Service that his political future will be decided by voters, not by Russia. Igor Smirnov, 70, who has led Transdniester for the past two decades, is seeking...
Mediators on Transnistrian settlement visit Chisinau and Tiraspol
November 05, 2011OSCE/ Chisinau --- The mediators and the observers in the Transdniestrian settlement process, who concluded a two-day visit to meet the political leadership in Chisinau and Tiraspol today, welcomed the decision of the sides to accept the invitation...
Transnistria authorities free Moldovan man jailed for 'spying'
November 01, 2011RFE/RL/ Chisinau -- A lawyer for a man jailed for spying in Moldova's separatist Transnistrian region said his client's surprise release may be due to international pressure on breakaway entity's leaders and calls by rights activists, RFE/RL's Moldovan...
‘5+2’ negotiations on Transdniestrian settlement resumed in Moscow
September 22, 2011The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today’s agreement in Moscow to resume official ‘5+2’ negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement. “This is a key step for progress in...
NED Panel Commemorates Moldovan Independence
September 15, 2011To commemorate Moldova’s twenty years of independence, NED hosted a panel discussion, co-organized with Freedom House and the Moldova Foundation (a NED grantee), on “Moldova’s Transition: 20 Years of Challenges and Successes.”...
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...