„Dacă UE nu ar fi rupt în 2003 semnarea Memorandumului Kozak, ar fi fost deja în Transnistria” (Serghei Lavrov) Resuscitarea fără precedent la nivel internaţional a „chestiunii transnistrene” readuce RM pe harta geopolitică. Se fac declaraţii comune, se semnează memorandumuri, se „resetează” masiv, pe filiera germană, relaţiile ruso-europene, după exemplul …
Read More »Baconschi catre Westerwelle: Interesul Germaniei ar putea face din R.Moldova o poveste de succes
Ministrul Afacerilor Externe, Teodor Baconschi, a declarat vineri, la Bucuresti, in timpul vizitei omologului sau german, Guido Westerwelle, ca Romania doreste sa primeasca “confirmarea interesului Germaniei pentru Strategia UE a Dunarii si pentru a face din Republica Moldova o poveste de succes a Parteneriatului Estic”. “Daca trupele rusesti de acolo …
Read More »Moldovan president asks Russia to withdraw troops from its territory
Moldovan acting President Mihai Ghimpu Thursday asked Russian Federation to withdraw its troops and armament from Moldova’s territory. “The Russian Federation, in its capacity of legal successor of the Soviet Union, shall withdraw its troops and armament from Moldova’s territory unconditionally, urgently and transparently,” read a presidential decree signed on …
Read More »Moldova marks 20 years of sovereignty
Moldova’s top leadership, incumbent and former parliamentarians, participated today, June 23, in a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Stephen the Great to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Sovereignty.
Read More »Moldova’s Russians want Russian language status up for referendum
Eighteen nongovernmental organizations defending the rights of ethnic minorities in Moldova have announced their support for the proposal of the Ravnopravie (“Equity”) party. Ravnopravie suggested that, besides the way of electing the president, two more questions should be asked
Read More »Bulgaria facilitates visa regime for Moldovans
The period for issuing a visa for Moldovan organized tourists is reduced to 10 days. This is presumed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria regarding the facilitation of the visa regime for Moldova’s citizens. According to the message of the Bulgarian Embassy to Moldova, some categories of citizens …
Read More »„Proiectul Pasat”, un cocktail Molotov ruso-bisericesc
„Împărăţia Mea nu este din lumea aceasta” (Ioan XVIII, 36) Chestiunea cu cel mai mare potenţial de criză astăzi în RM este cea religioasă. Aparent, totul a început de la o dispută legată de obligativitatea materiei „Bazele Ortodoxiei” în şcoli, iniţiată de Valeriu Pasat, preşedintele Grupului de iniţiativă pentru desfăşurarea …
Read More »Moldova is going to have a museum of Stalinist repression victims
Wednesday, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat asked Moldovan Minister of Culture Boris Focsa to urgently find a place for such institution. The Prime Minister said: “The Government shall provide funding for organizing and opening the museum. Every citizen must know what happened to the nation. Our children must know
Read More »Romanian opposition challenges austerity plan in court
The opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Wednesday (June 16th) filed an official appeal of the government’s fiscal austerity plan with the Constitutional Court, which will review it next week. The biggest bone of contention is a plan to cut pensions by 15%, via provisions that opposition lawmakers describe as
Read More »Romania may replace Bulgaria in S. Stream
Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom is likely to replace Bulgaria with Romania in the South Stream pipeline network. This may come since Bulgaria halted the other two joint energy projects with Russia. The change in Gazprom’s policy came after Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced that the country would not move
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