Romania

Dan Dungaciu „Orice cerere pentru organizarea de noi alegeri pentru reexaminarea rezultatului votului care a avut loc este fără fundament” (Ministrul rus de Externe Serghei Lavrov) S-a spus de nenumărate ori că grila principală prin care trebuie developate orice evenimente de la Chişinău trebuie să fie geopolitică. Însă nu doar …

BUCHAREST, Romania The prince of Hohenzollern-Veringen, Radu Duda, son-in-law of former King Mihai I of Romania, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday (April 9th). The election will be held in November.

CHISINAU, Moldova Moldova has “proof” of Romanian involvement in the riots this week against the Communist victory in legislative elections, President Vladimir Voronin said Friday. He said liberal opposition parties had held talks at the highest level with the Romanian embassy while Romanian “citizens and combat specialists” had taken part …

Moldova’s president on Friday ordered a recount of disputed elections won by the Communists that sparked bloody riots by their opponents and a diplomatic crisis with Romania. The Communists cemented their eight-year dominance of Moldovan politics in the weekend polls, gaining 60 of the 101 seats in the new parliament …

The prime minister of Moldova said on Thursday that authorities in the former Soviet republic were prepared to use all means including weapons, if new opposition protests turn violent. Zinaida Greceanii, in a television address to the nation, said the opposition was planning to stage new rallies on Friday and …

BUCHAREST, Romania Lawmakers chose Mihnea Constantinescu as new ambassador to Moldova on Wednesday (April 8th) after the expulsion of the previous ambassador, Filip Teodorescu. The move came after Chisinau accused Bucharest of interfering in the country’s domestic affairs by backing the riots that broke out on Tuesday following Sunday’s elections.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark Denmark is lifting labour restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians effective on May 1st, the Romanian Employment Agency announced on Wednesday (April 8th). That means Bulgarians and Romanians will have the right to work in the country without the permits currently required and under equal terms with Danish citizens …

BUCHAREST – Romania is expected to approve conditionalities of a 20-billion euros IMF-led financial package for the new European Union member on Saturday, Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Thursday. On Thursday, Boc met leaders of the centre-left ruling coalition to discuss the loan and an upcoming budget revision that …

The European Union has urged Moldova to resume normal relations with Romania, which the former Soviet republic has accused of stoking post-election violence. Moldova expelled Romania’s ambassador on Wednesday and blamed its neighbour for violent street protests that Vladimir Voronin, its president, described as an attempted coup.

Russia asked the European Union and Romania yesterday to guarantee the sovereignty of its ally Moldova, where riots have swept the capital and prompted a crackdown on the pro-Western opposition. Moldova’s veteran Communist President, Vladimir Voronin, accused neighbouring Romania of stoking a coup attempt after demonstrators ransacked parliament during post-election …