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Presidential election: Record turnout of Romanians living abroad
December 08, 2009The vote of the Romanians living abroad is very important considering that the difference among the two candidates is so tight. Romania's Foreign Affairs ministry declared on Monday that by 10PM, Romania time, in the 294 voting sections, 138,000 Romanians...
Moldova's post-election relations with EU, US, Romania and Russia
August 10, 2009The way in which the 29th of July Parliamentary Elections could influence the Foreign Policy of the Republic of Moldova: Experts’ View *Transcript of a radio broadcast, from 2nd of August, produces by the Foreign Policy Association (APE...
Opposition says Communist MPs failed to elect speaker for lack of unity
May 07, 2009[Presenter] The first plenary meeting of the newly-elected parliament lasted for only about 20 minutes today. The opposition did not have the right to take the floor, therefore, the only voices that were heard were those of Communist MP Ivan Calin, who...
VOA: Is Election Crisis in Moldova Part of a Pattern in ex-URSS
May 02, 2009By Judith Latham, Voice of America Moldova’s Constitutional Court has upheld the results of a vote recount that confirmed the victory of the ruling Communist Party in the nation’s April 5th parliamentary elections. The recount was initiated...
WHO Urges Governments To Put Flu Plans Into Action
April 30, 2009By Ron Synovitz The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded its pandemic alert level for a new strain of the swine flu from Phase 4 to Phase 5 on its six-phase scale. The declaration of Phase 5 means that the new flu virus has crossed borders...
NATO Expels Russian Diplomats Over Spy Scandal
April 30, 2009NATO has expelled two Russian diplomats in retaliation for a spy scandal earlier this year in which an Estonian diplomat was jailed for passing secrets to Moscow. Russia called the move an attempt to set back recent efforts to improve relations between...
Reputed Russian Crime Boss Caught In Spanish Legal Nightmare
April 30, 2009By Taras Kuzio Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's state visit to Spain in March gave rise to a number of articles in the Spanish press finding fault with the Russian criminal-justice system. One of Spain's leading dailies, for example, described the...
Swine Flu Spreads to 11 US States
April 30, 2009By Robert Raffaele U.S. health authorities say at least 109 people in 11 U.S. states have been infected with swine flu. However, officials in the northeastern state of Maine confirmed three new infections, bringing the total to 94. A toddler from...
Russia and Europe Must Unite to Resist US and China, Moscow Analysts Say
November 07, 2008By Paul Goble Igor Yurgens and Sergey Karaganov, two of Moscow's most influential foreign policy commentators, argue that Russia and the European Union must find a way over the next decade or so to join forces lest they be overwhelmed by the still...
- September 07, 2007
Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Friday his government will do all it can to extend Japan’s anti-terrorism law after its Nov. 1 expiration. His assurance came after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the sidelines...