Vlad Spanu
20 Years of Moldova’s independence: Looking back and forward
October 18, 2011To mark twenty years of Moldovan independence, on Oct. 5, 2011, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted in Washington, DC two panel sessions featuring scholars, civil society leaders, and former and current government officials from the United...
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.”...
Republic of Moldova is on the agenda in Washington
June 15, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Today the problem of the Transnistrian conflict is a painful one not only for the Republic of Moldova, but also attracts the attention of various international organizations. So today, June 14, 2011, there...
Vlad Spânu: Residents of Moldova's Transnistria are geopolitical hostages
June 14, 2011Witness written testimony of Mr. Vlad Spânu, President of the Moldova Foundation in Washington, D.C. at the United States Helsinki Commission’s briefing “Prospects for Unfreezing Moldova’s Frozen Conflict in Transnistria&rdquo...
Will Moldova be the next Ukraine?
July 30, 2010By Vlad Spanu Less than a year after the country's last elections, the Republic of Moldova finds itself at a crossroads once again. The "Twitter revolution" in Chisinau last April that made waves in the international media mirrored, somehow...
Kremlin, with Kyiv's help, ups pressure over Transdniester
May 20, 2010By Gregory Feifer After five years of bitter estrangement, Russia and Ukraine are taking part in what can only be described as a lovefest. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was in Kyiv on May 17, laughing over mutual words of admiration with Ukrainian...
Moldova Celebrates 18th Anniversary of Independence
August 27, 2009On 27 august, the Republic of Moldova celebrates the 18th anniversary of its independence today. Moldova's Declaration of Independence was proclaimed in Chişinău on 27 August 1991 (see DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE). It reaffirmed the right of the people...
Backroom Deals Can't Solve Transdniester Dispute
March 20, 2009By Vlad Spanu Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met in Moscow this week with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and the head of the unrecognized breakaway region of Transdniester, Igor Smirnov. The final statement of the tripartite talks contains...
For a European settlement of the Transnistrian conflict
June 11, 2007Open letter: Recently, in the diplomatic circles and expert community, in the international and local mass media, there has been an intensification of discussions on the possibility of achieving a bilateral agreement between the Republic of Moldova and...
The Frozen Conflict in Transnistria: Presentation in Washington
January 14, 2005By Oazu NANTOI, Institute of Public Policies (Moldova) Within the post-Soviet space, the separatism tool is widely used with the aim of achieving geopolitical interests that usually "harmonize" with criminal ones. The current political confrontations...