Eurasia Press & News
CHISINAU – Moldovans went to the polls on Sunday to vote for a new parliament that will choose a replacement for President Vladimir Voronin, the only communist leader in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Voronin, in office since 2001, cannot stand for a third consecutive term but has made …
Read More »Moldova votes with pro-EU Communists tipped to win
Moldovans were voting in parliamentary elections with the dominant Communists, who tread a fine line between promoting EU integration and friendly ties with Moscow, tipped to win. The party, the first self-described Communist group to have won power in the former Soviet Union, is well ahead in opinion polls for …
Read More »As Moldova votes, rebel region clings to Russia
TIRASPOL: As voters in the ex-Soviet republic of Moldova go to the polls today, half a million residents of an impoverished rebel province in the east of the country won’t take part. For the people of Transdniestr, which broke from Moldova after the collapse of the Soviet Union, all roads …
Read More »Active campaigning ends in Moldova parliament elections
Chisinau – Active campaigning came to a halt in Moldova on Saturday, as the former Soviet republic prepared to elect a new parliament. The streets of the capital Chisinau were free of electioneering Saturday morning, as a nationwide last-day ban on election advertising went into effect. The poll-leading Communists ended …
Read More »Voting Saturday in Slovakia, Sunday in Moldova, Macedonia
Slovaks are voting Saturday in a presidential run-off election between the popular incumbent and a strong opposition challenger. President Ivan Gasparovic won nearly 47 percent of vote in the first round of elections last month. He now faces the top opposition candidate, sociologist and former social affairs minister Iveta Radicova, …
Read More »Semnificaţia geopolitică a votului din 5 aprilie
Autor: Dan Dungaciu „Politica internaţională se referă întotdeauna, cu toată prietenia şi relaţiile comune, şi la susţinerea interesului propriei ţări” (Cancelarul german Angela Merkel, New York Times, 29 martie 2009)Declaraţia cancelarului german, dintr-un interviu oferit presei americane, justifică franc divergenţele dintre Germania şi SUA faţă de modul în care trebuie …
Read More »Slovene PM Has No Comment On Mesic`s Proposal
Slovenia will not change its view ad maintains that the outstanding border dispute has to be solved in order for Croatia`s European Union accession talks to be deblocked, said Slovene Prime Minister Borut Pahor on Thursday, commenting the situation as the meeting of Croatian Foreign Affairs Minister Gordan Jandrokovic, his …
Read More »Croatia Offering Slovenia Access To Open Sea
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic told the Austrian Ö1 Radio that Croatia has offered an agreement on accessing the open sea to Slovenia, which Ljubljana has been demanding from the start, Slovene Dnevnik reports. Mesic explained that he meant the option of Slovene ships passing through Croatian territorial waters to the …
Read More »EU Says Gas Supplies in S.E. Europe Under Control
Supplies of Russian natural gas to southeastern Europe are under control following a pipeline explosion this week, European Union gas experts said on Thursday. The blast on a 30-year-old pipeline in a separatist region of ex-Soviet Moldova caused a drop in deliveries on Wednesday. “After hearing reports of the countries …
Read More »Ukraine PM Vows Timely Payment for Russia Gas
`I am pleased to announce that from February 1, payment for gas has been proceeding in timely fashion,` Tymoshenko said to the press. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko pledged on Thursday that Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz would make timely, full payment for gas shipments in March by Russian giant Gazprom. …
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