April, 2009

• 5 April

  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 …

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• 5 April

  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 …

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• 5 April

  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 …

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• 5 April

  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, …

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• 4 April

  Obama hails 5,000 more NATO forces for Afghanistan

  President Barack Obama hailed “strong and unanimous support” from NATO allies on Saturday for his stepped-up anti-terror strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcomed their “down payment” promises of 5,000 fresh forces. The allies rebuffed U.S. appeals for more combat forces to join the war, but the backing Obama did …

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• 4 April

  Europe’s Afghan response includes praise, limits

  European leaders enthusiastically praised President Barack Obama‘s new Afghan strategy at a NATO summit Saturday but held their ground on a central disagreement and offered only military trainers and extra security forces for upcoming elections. Violent anti-war protests that marred the alliance’s 60th anniversary celebrations were a stark reminder that …

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• 3 April

  Obama brings Afghan plan to NATO allies

  President Barack Obama on Friday will present his new strategy for Afghanistan to NATO allies who are increasingly reluctant to commit more ground troops to the escalating war effort. The military alliance‘s annual summit this year coincides with NATO’s 60th anniversary. While NATO leaders have emphasized that the meeting Friday …

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• 3 April

  20 Taliban Insurgents Killed In Afghanistan

  A joint team of Afghan and U.S. coalition forces battled a large group of suspected Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province before calling in an air strike that killed 20 insurgents, the coalition said in a statement Thursday. The coalition said dozens of insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades and …

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• 3 April

  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 …

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• 3 April

  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 …

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