Vlad Spânu
Moldova after 20 years: A mixture of lost opportunities, successes and challenges
September 07, 2011Remarks by Vlad Spânu, President of the Moldova Foundation, at the Panel Discussion: "Moldova’s Democratic Transition: 20 Years of Challenges and Successes" held on August 31, 2011 at NED in Washington, DC For me, like for many...
A journey from the evil empire to the land of the free
March 21, 2011Text of the speech made by Vlad Spânu, President of the Moldova Foundation, at the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society (University of Virginia in Charlottesville), as it was delivered on March 18, 2011 (for Romanian translation, click here...
January 06, 2011By Vlad Spânu / Washington, DC / Moldova.ORG/ -- Moldovan politicians are competing in calls for the automatic extension of the Russian Federation-Republic of Moldova treaty that is a legal framework for strategic partnership between the two countries...
Moldova keeps fighting for attention
November 11, 2009By Vlad Spânu The Republic of Moldova surprised many in April when youths took control of Chisinau’s main square, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale (or "PMAN", which became one of the most "wanted" words on Twitter during...
Transnistria or Moldavian Transnistrian Republic: Just facts
July 05, 2007Facts about Transnistria* Internationally unrecognized entity proclaimed in Tiraspol on 2 September 1990, initially styled the Moldavian Transnistrian Soviet Socialist Republic. Currently known as the Moldavian Transnistrian Republic, or MTR, (Russian...
GUAM: background, organization’s future and Ukraine’s role
October 16, 2008By Vlad Spânu* The initial purpose of establishing GUAM (the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development), started by Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova (named after the initial letters of each country), was to focus the new group...
How Diaspora Communities Influence Politics at Home: Moldova Foundation’s experience
September 28, 2008By Vlad Spânu* In 1906, in Washington, DC, the American Jewish Committee has been established in response to a series of pogroms in czarist Russia, particularly the 1903 Chisinau pogrom. Chisinau (Russian transcript Kishinev) was a capital of Russia...
Moldova: Changes in Geopolitical Configuration of the Region
September 15, 200818th Economic Forum in Krynica's Panel: "Moldova: Changes in Geopolitical Configuration of the Region" By Vlad Spânu* There are two significant events that changed the geopolitical configuration that affects the Republic of Moldova...
Event in Washington - The June 2007 Local Elections: Did Moldova Pass the Test?
June 16, 2007The June 2007 local elections in Moldova are a crucial test of the country’s commitment to democratic reform and will be used by the international community as an indicator of progress toward democracy. Did Moldova pass the test? To help answer...
Soviet Ghost Lives on in Moldova
April 23, 2007By Andrei Brezianu and Vlad Spânu* Moldova is a landlocked stretch of land of the former Soviet empire, still ruled by Vladimir Voronin, a Communist ex-apparatchik, who is prone to remarks. One which made the headlines was an off-the-cuff...