MOLDOVA Parliament speaker Mihai Ghimpu is to serve as Moldova’s ad interim president, under a decision adopted Friday by the legislature, following prolonged debates. The decision is to be submitted to the Constitutional Court for validation. Communist MP Vladimir Turcan suggested the adoption of the decision should be postponed until …

ROMANIA The delegation of the Turkmen Majlis (Parliament), headed by the chairman of the Majlis Akja Nurberdiyeva will visit Bucharest on September 15-18, 2009 to develop inter-parliamentary relations. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov speaking about importance of inter-parliamentary relations at the state conference stressed the need in further strengthening of mutually …

ROMANIA Romanian President Traian Basescu is expected to visit Kazakhstan in late October, Deputy Economy and Budget Planning Minister, Teymur Suleymanov, said. The 8th meeting of the Kazakh-Romanian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation is held on the eve of the Romanian President’s visit, which is scheduled for late …