Vladimir Turcan
Comments speculations around Resetnicov's kidnapping
November 26, 2010Ex-president of Moldova Vladimir Voronin has resolutely refuted accusations that the last Monday's kidnapping of Artur Resetnicov, ex-Director of the Information and Security Service (ISS), had allegedly been staged by the Communist Party for electoral...
A leftist politician asks for dismissal of Moldovan defense minister
February 18, 2010On Thursday, during a press conference, the leader of “Moldova Unita” Party, Vladimir Turcan [a former Moldovan Ambassador to Russia and ex-Minister of Interior or MVD, and an ex-ranking member of the Communist group of the Parliament] announced...
A Moldovan politician gives to reporters a cooked duck due to bias coverage
February 03, 2010In humorous attempt to call them out for bias, former Communist M.P. gives TV station reporters a cooked duck Former Communist M.P. Vladimir Turcan held a press conference today. Mr. Turcan, along with three other Communist M.P.s, left the Party of...
Moldovan Communist defectors set up own leftist party
January 14, 2010Defectors from Moldova's Communist Party have announced plans to set up a new leftist party, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Parliamentarians Vladimir Turcan, Victor Stepaniuc, Ludmila Belcencova, and Valentin Guznac -- who all left the Communists...
Russian expert: Moldovan Communists must compromise with coalition
December 22, 2009Text of article "Exodus of Communists begins in Moldova" by Vitaliy Portnikov published at Russian political commentary website Politkom.ru on 17 December (in Russian). The first four deputies from the Party of Communists of the Republic...
Chess, poker, and kickboxing in Moldovan politics
December 15, 2009By Louis O'Neill After hearing that his obituary has been published in "The New York Journal," Mark Twain famously quipped, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." The same could be said of the death knell sounded for...
Moldovan Communists show cracks after Lupu boycott
December 09, 2009A leading member of Moldova's Communist group in parliament said today he was quitting and taking with him three or four other members because of the bloc's boycott of a new president. A Communist walkout from parliament, enforced by the party's leadership...
Moldova's dilemma: How to elect the president
October 21, 2009This upcoming Friday, the Moldovan Parliament will convene to decide about holding or not holding an election of President of Moldova, though initially the day of October 23 was set as the date of the long-waited election. Moldova's Acting President,...
Only one candidate registered for Moldovan presidential election
October 20, 2009Democratic Party leader Marian Lupu is the only candidate registered for the 23 October presidential election in Moldova, the Moldovan news agency Infotag reported on 19 October, quoting the chairman of the parliamentary commission in charge of organizing...
Moldovan top court says speaker's election legal
September 10, 2009Mihai Ghimpu, the leader of the Liberal Party, was elected speaker in line with the constitution. The Constitutional Court reached this conclusion on Wednesday, Sept 9. After a four-hour sitting and almost one hour of deliberation, the judges of the...