Eurasia Press & News
CHISINAU, Moldova The Alliance for European Integration intends to propose to the Communists to begin a dialogue on electing the new President of Moldova. On Thursday, Moldova Noastra Alliance Leader Serafim Urechean said after the fourth round of talks between the leaders of the ruling coalition that the dialogue will …
Read More »IMF ready to begin talks on new assistance program
CHISINAU, Moldova The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to support Moldova in overcoming the consequences of the global financial and economic crisis and will begin talks on new assistance program immediately after the formation of the new Government, Head of the IMF Mission Johan Matissen, who will complete his …
Read More »Speaker could be elected at first sitting of new Parliament
CHISINAU, Moldova The leaders of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) said the Speaker might be elected during the first meeting of the new legislature on August 28. “It is important that we choose the administrative bodies of the Parliament at the first sitting,” the Liberal-Democratic president Vlad Filat said …
Read More »Romanian minister defies parliament inquiry
BUCHAREST, Romania Romania’s tourism minister said Thursday she had taken legal action against members of a parliamentary committee that is investigating whether she misused ministry funds. Elena Udrea appeared briefly before the committee Thursday to announce she had filed a legal complaint against the lawmakers on the grounds they had …
Read More »Dorin Chirtoaca not leaving the mayoralty
CHISINAU, Moldova The vice president of the Liberal Party (PL) Dorin Chirtoaca, who headed the party’s list of candidates, will refuse the MP seat and will remain mayor of Chisinau. Chirtoaca made the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday. In actual fact, Dorin Chirtoaca made public his decision at …
Read More »President Intervenes in Romanian Police Protest
BUCHAREST, Romania President Traian Basescu invited representatives of protesting police officers for discussions Wednesday, as officers launched a third consecutive day of protests across Romania. The president said the discussions were intended “to find solutions” to officers’ problems. The negotiation is to take place on Sunday and will focus on …
Read More »Leaders of the ruling coalition consider that the first sitting of the new Parliament must be held earlier
CHISINAU, Moldova The Leaders of the ruling coalition consider that the first sitting of the new Parliament should be slated for an earlier date, but not for August 28. They told journalists about this on Tuesday before the beginning of the new round on the formation of the new Government. …
Read More »Vladimir Voronin: Gagauz Autonomy – exclusive example of self-determination
The self-determination of the Gagauzes is an exclusive conflict-free example of self-determination in the contemporary European history, Moldovan acting President Vladimir Voronin considers. According to the presidential press service, on Tuesday at the opening of the II World Congress of Gagauzes he recognized that there is a lot of private …
Read More »MPs to receive permits on August 21
CHISINAU, Moldova The newly-elected members of the Parliament will receive their permits at the Government on Friday, August 21. The Central Election Commission made such a decision on Tuesday. The form of the permit remained unchanged.
Read More »AEI leaders: We will discuss with PCRM before first parliamentary sitting
CHISINAU, Moldova The leaders of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) said they will initiate a dialogue with the PCRM before the first sitting of the new Parliament scheduled for August 28. lad Filat, Mihai Ghimpu, Marian Lupu and Serafim Urecheanu today discussed the structure of the Parliament and of …
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