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Poll shows Moldovan opposition party most popular

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:05 +0200

The Communist Party which is now in opposition in Moldova continues to enjoy the highest popularity, being trusted by 39 per cent of citizens, the results of a survey conducted by the marketing and survey company Imas-Inc show. According to the survey, the second most popular party is the Democratic Party with 33 per cent, followed by other members of the ruling Alliance for European Integration - the Liberal Democratic Party with 30 per cent, the Liberal Party with 28 per cent and the Our...

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Survey: Most Moldovans want nationwide presidential election

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:04:44 +0200

The opposition Moldovan Communist Party would enjoy the votes of 40 per cent of the population if a parliamentary election were held next week-end, according to a survey carried out by the Russian fund for humanitarian relations Priznanye. The survey, which was held among 1,760 people from 71 settlements, showed that the Democratic Party would receive 14 per cent of the vote. The fund's director, Yelena Miskova, said that the goal of the opinion poll was to specify the electorate's...

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OSCE Chairmanship calls for negotiations on Transnistria

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:02:21 +0200

The Greek Alternate Foreign Minister, Dimitris Droutsas, encouraged participants in the 5+2 format to renew formal negotiations on a Transdniestrian settlement during a meeting held in Vienna today. Minister Droutsas had convened an informal meeting of the "5+2", which is composed of the Moldovan and Transdniestran Sides, as well as the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the OSCE, as Mediators, and the European Union and the United States as Observers. Formal negotiations in this format...

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Moldova has a new governor of the central bank

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:37 +0200

Dorin Dragutanu has become the new governor of Moldova National Bank (MNB) after having been elected by 52 Members of Parliament of the Alliance for European Integration on Friday, DECA-press informs. The communist opposition faction refused voting for Dragutanu. They motivated “he is not a notorious person in the banking field”. The new governor declared that MNB priorities for the next period of work are maintaining stability of prices and unblocking of the activity of...

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Berlin Wall's Lessons for Today

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:42:17 +0200

Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin writes in today's USA Today about the vital need for "trustworthy information" in repressive societies By Jeffrey Gedmin First as a college student, then as a high school teacher, and later as a Ph.D. candidate, I had the opportunity to travel behind the Iron Curtain a couple dozen times in the decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989. No matter where I went, one thing always stood out....

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Manfred Grund: Moldova should better advertise itself in Europe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:35:42 +0200

To achieve a stronger support from European nations in its efforts to join the European Union, Moldova should actively promote its image on the continent, German parliamentarian Manfred Grund stated in Chisinau on Monday evening during the European political forum organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. In his belief, Moldova should actively advertise itself in Europe through the printed media and television, and should present itself as a European, Christian country with a high culture...

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Dorin Dragutan to be governor of Moldova's central bank

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:28:09 +0200

Director of Assurance Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dorin Dragutan, is one of the candidatures of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) to the position of governor of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM), proposed by Speaker of Parliament Mihai Ghimpu, at the sitting of the Permanent Bureau of the Parliament held on Wednesday, November 4. Dragutan is the candidature of the Liberal Party to this position. At the moment of publishing the news, he could not be found to comment on...

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Romanian presidential candidate makes statement about Moldova

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:12 +0200

Crin Antonescu, the Romanian National Liberal Party's presidential candidate, recently made a statement about Romania's foreign policy toward Moldova. "I think that Moldova can join the European Union quicker than Belarus and Ukraine. I think we can fulfill our commitments to Moldova and that Moldova can fulfill its own commitments toward us," Mr. Antonescu added. Previously, the Social Democratic Party candidate Mircea Geoana said he wants a "strategic partnership" with...

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Where walls still stand-20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:19:44 +0200

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, leaders of the U.S. Helsinki Commission said Wednesday the U.S. must lead the fight against modern tools of repression and consistently raise human rights concerns. Standing in front of the largest piece of the Berlin Wall outside Germany (Newseum's Berlin Wall in Washington, Nov. 4, 2009), U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), Co-Chairman Congressman...

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Moldova lists priorities of forthcoming talks in Vienna

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:09:12 +0200

The key goal of resuming the Dniester settlement negotiation is to launch social projects for the population of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region, Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister in charge of reintegration issues Victor Osipov told a news conference on Nov. 3. Osipov said that the main task pursued by Moldova's new authorities is to resolve, to a maximum possible extent, numerous problems faced by the Dniester region (aka Transnistria). "The 6 November meeting in Vienna [due to be...

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Moldova schedules presidential election for 10 November

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:06:40 +0200

The Moldovan parliament will try to elect the head of state in a week's time. The date of the presidential election, 10 November, was set by MPs several hours ago. The decision was supported by the 53-strong ruling Alliance for European Integration, while the opposition Communist Party did not participate in the vote. If the first attempt to elect the president fails, a repeat election will be held in a month's time, on 10 December. The presidential election scheduled for 23 October 2009...

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Moldova's acting President predicts end to political deadlock

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:35:24 +0200

Acting Moldovan President Mihai Ghimpu says enough members of the opposition Communist Party will eventually help elect the country's new president and end the current stalemate, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Ghimpu, a leader of the four-party, pro-Western Alliance for European Integration (AIE) that won the July 29 elections, told RFE/RL that the communists will probably vote for the coalition's candidate in a vote in early December. The AIE's choice for president, Marian Lupu, needs at...

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Post-Communist tensions between civic, material values

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:09:51 +0200

By Peter Fedynsky The collapse of the Berlin Wall came as the result of social, political and economic pressures that built up over decades behind the Iron Curtain. Its demise has exposed some glaring material differences in post-Communist societies. Social activists say governments cannot narrow those differences in the absence of civic values among ordinary citizens. The civic spirit made possible a key event leading to the collapse of the Wall, and what became of it since. Hungary...

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Republicans gain in US State elections

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:07:31 +0200

By Richard Green The U.S. Republican Party is cheering victories in governor's races in two states that played a pivotal role in Democrat Barack Obama's 2008 presidential election victory. Many observers say the results are a referendum on Mr. Obama's policies. In an off-year election seen by some political pundits as a measure of support for President Barak Obama's popularity after his first year in office, the opposition Republicans have picked up the state house (governor's mansion) in...

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Russian passport holders in Moldova's Transnistria on the rise

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:04:00 +0200

Russia continues to issue its citizenship to Dniester residents (aka Transnistria, Moldova's separatist region), so that the number of holders of Russian passports amounted to 150,000 compared with 130,000 half a year ago, the foreign minister of Moldova's rebel region, Vladimir Yastrebchak, has said. The Dniester official website Olvia-press quoted Yastrebchak as saying that the process of issuing Russian citizenship is mainly aimed at ensuring the right to free movement. "One can...

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