http://www.rferl.org/archive/Moldova/latest/652/664.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Moldova http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Moldova/latest/652/664.html en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:31:35 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL A high-ranking U.S. diplomat visiting Chisinau said the White House supports Moldova's democratic process and will stand by it as it makes its foreign policy choices, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Visiting_US_Diplomat_Pledges_Support_For_Moldova/1883470.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Visiting_US_Diplomat_Pledges_Support_For_Moldova/1883470.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:49 +0000 From Our Bureaus Authorities in Moldova are taking some interesting precautions against swine flu (which is spreading there just as borders are opening), according to Reuters. http://www.rferl.org/content/Sick_Of_Vampires_Too/1882740.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Sick_Of_Vampires_Too/1882740.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:48:17 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/Sick_Of_Vampires_Too/1882740.html#relatedInfoContainer Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat says that up to 1.2 million Moldovans -- or more than one-quarter of the population -- will be able to travel easily to EU-member Romania due to an agreement he signed in Bucharest last week, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Romania_To_Ease_Entry_For_Some_1_Million_Moldovans/1882223.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Romania_To_Ease_Entry_For_Some_1_Million_Moldovans/1882223.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:37:40 +0000 From Our Bureaus Moldovan health officials say the number of confirmed swine flu cases has risen to nearly 900, with 250 new cases recorded over the weekend, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Swine_Flu_Continues_To_Spread_In_Moldova_/1881827.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Swine_Flu_Continues_To_Spread_In_Moldova_/1881827.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:40:38 +0000 From Our Bureaus Adam Michnik, the editor in chief of Poland's "Gazeta Wyborcza" and a leading member of the Polish democratic opposition from 1968 to 1989, was in Prague this week to attend a conference marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain. He spoke to Irina Lagunina of RFE/RL's Russian Service about Russia, the West, and the post-Soviet letdown felt in the former Eastern bloc countries. http://www.rferl.org/content/Twenty_Years_After_Communisms_Fall_Polish_Dissident_Says_Life_Probably_Not_A_Paradise_But_Its_Not_Hell_Anymore/1877551.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Twenty_Years_After_Communisms_Fall_Polish_Dissident_Says_Life_Probably_Not_A_Paradise_But_Its_Not_Hell_Anymore/1877551.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:58:06 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Twenty_Years_After_Communisms_Fall_Polish_Dissident_Says_Life_Probably_Not_A_Paradise_But_Its_Not_Hell_Anymore/1877551.html#relatedInfoContainer At least 12 inmates in a jail outside Moldova's capital, Chisinau, say they have started a hunger strike to protest their poor conditions in detention, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Prisoners_In_Moldova_Begin_Hunger_Strike/1877157.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Prisoners_In_Moldova_Begin_Hunger_Strike/1877157.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Prisoners_In_Moldova_Begin_Hunger_Strike/1877157.html#relatedInfoContainer Moldovan lawmakers this week tried and failed to elect a new president. The Communist opposition boycotted a vote after the ruling Alliance for European Integration nominated Democratic Party leader and former Communist parliament speaker Marian Lupu. Now legislators must make one more attempt to elect a head of state in the next month, and a failure to choose a president would automatically trigger another round of national legislative elections next year -- in the wake of two inconclusive ... http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Moldovan_Presidential_Hopeful_Says_There_Is_Still_Time/1876166.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Moldovan_Presidential_Hopeful_Says_There_Is_Still_Time/1876166.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:49:55 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Moldovan_Presidential_Hopeful_Says_There_Is_Still_Time/1876166.html#relatedInfoContainer All charges have been officially dropped against Moldovan journalist Natalia Morari, who was accused by the previous government of using social networking websites to organize violent street protests in Chisinau in the spring, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Drops_Charges_Against_Twitter_Revolution_Figure/1876001.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Drops_Charges_Against_Twitter_Revolution_Figure/1876001.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:43:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Drops_Charges_Against_Twitter_Revolution_Figure/1876001.html#relatedInfoContainer Moldovan presidential candidate Marian Lupu says the failure of parliament to elect a new president could lead to instability and "a chronic political crisis," RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovan_Presidential_Candidate_Says_Failed_Vote_Causes_Instability_/1875813.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovan_Presidential_Candidate_Says_Failed_Vote_Causes_Instability_/1875813.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:09:57 +0000 From Our Bureaus Regardless of how the current political standoff plays out, the Alliance for European Integration has a window of opportunity to push ahead with real reforms and set Moldova on the path of democratic and economic development. But it needs the active support of the international community to do so. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Keeps_Fighting_For_Attention/1875344.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Keeps_Fighting_For_Attention/1875344.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:48:35 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Keeps_Fighting_For_Attention/1875344.html#relatedInfoContainer As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to possibly political. http://www.rferl.org/content/Swine_Flu_Follies_A_Regional_Roundup/1874396.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Swine_Flu_Follies_A_Regional_Roundup/1874396.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:11:26 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Swine_Flu_Follies_A_Regional_Roundup/1874396.html#relatedInfoContainer Moldova faced further political instability after a walkout by communists in parliament today blocked the election of the pro-Western coalition's candidate as state president. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovan_Parliament_Fails_To_Elect_Lupu_President/1874196.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovan_Parliament_Fails_To_Elect_Lupu_President/1874196.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:47:03 +0000 News An explosion has damaged a Moldovan pipeline used to deliver Russian gas to the Balkans, but supplies to Europe were unaffected, the government said. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Says_Gas_Explosion_Wont_Affect_Supplies/1872379.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Says_Gas_Explosion_Wont_Affect_Supplies/1872379.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:35:18 +0000 News Moldova's Health Ministry says 25 high-school students in Chisinau have tested positive for swine flu, raising the number of those infected in the country to 65, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Reports_Increase_In_Swine_Flu_Infections/1872126.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_Reports_Increase_In_Swine_Flu_Infections/1872126.html Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:36:16 +0000 From Our Bureaus Some friends and I stopped by McDonald's last weekend. We ordered a couple trays of food, paid our money, and waited. After a bit, the clerk came back with the food and said: "I'm sorry, but you can't take your cheeseburgers and fries now. The last customer didn't pay, so until he comes back and hands over the money, we won't give you your food." http://www.rferl.org/content/Heat_Up_Another_Cheeseburger/1870496.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Heat_Up_Another_Cheeseburger/1870496.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:17:20 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/Heat_Up_Another_Cheeseburger/1870496.html#relatedInfoContainer Acting Moldovan President Mihai Ghimpu says enough members of the opposition Communist Party will eventually help elect the country's new president and end the current stalemate, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovas_Acting_President_Predicts_End_To_Political_Deadlock/1869177.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovas_Acting_President_Predicts_End_To_Political_Deadlock/1869177.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:43:20 +0000 From Our Bureaus Russia enjoys dabbling in the domestic politics of its neighboring countries, publicly supporting its favorite politicians and demonstrating its contempt for those whom it dislikes. But it rarely -- at least among its European neighbors -- gets the result it is seeking. The most recent example is Moldova. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moving_Beyond_Russias_Embrace_/1864127.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moving_Beyond_Russias_Embrace_/1864127.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:51:48 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Moving_Beyond_Russias_Embrace_/1864127.html#relatedInfoContainer Moldovan presidential candidate Marian Lupu says he is rejecting calls from the Communist parliamentary opposition to quit the Alliance for European Integration (AIE) in order to secure his election as president, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovan_Presidential_Candidate_Refuses_Communist_Offer/1863640.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldovan_Presidential_Candidate_Refuses_Communist_Offer/1863640.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:03 +0000 From Our Bureaus Moldovan Economy Minister Valeriu Lazar says the government will have to freeze public-sector wages in hopes of securing a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_To_Freeze_Public_Sector_Wages/1861611.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Moldova_To_Freeze_Public_Sector_Wages/1861611.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:07:46 +0000 From Our Bureaus What's your idea of the best place in which to live? Many people would probably answer that palm trees and a gleaming beach would be a good start to their idea of earthly paradise. But in real life, the country which scores best on a whole range of economic and quality-of-life issues is a good deal colder. It's Finland. That's what the 2009 Prosperity Index issued by the British-based think tank the Legatum Institute finds. http://www.rferl.org/content/Wheres_The_Best_Place_To_Live_Prosperity_Index_Offers_A_Few_Surprises/1861387.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Wheres_The_Best_Place_To_Live_Prosperity_Index_Offers_A_Few_Surprises/1861387.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:48:40 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Wheres_The_Best_Place_To_Live_Prosperity_Index_Offers_A_Few_Surprises/1861387.html#relatedInfoContainer After a year in which Twitter and Facebook catalyzed protest movements in Iran and Moldova and authoritarian regimes around the world unleashed new tools of Internet control, a U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing in Washington heard how new media and the Internet affect the balance of power between human rights activists and authoritarian governments. http://www.rferl.org/content/Twittering_The_Tyrants_New_Medias_Role_In_Authoritarian_Regimes/1860083.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Twittering_The_Tyrants_New_Medias_Role_In_Authoritarian_Regimes/1860083.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:50:52 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Twittering_The_Tyrants_New_Medias_Role_In_Authoritarian_Regimes/1860083.html#relatedInfoContainer