Friday, February 10, 2012


Latest Moldova News

Transdniester's new leader Yevgeny Shevchuk

Transdniester's Hard Currency 'Missing'

Yevgeny Shevchuk, the newly-elected leader of the breakaway Moldovan territory of Transdniester, has told a meeting of the separatist Supreme Council that almost all of Transdniester's currency reserves disappeared under the administration of his predecessor, Igor Smirnov. More

U.S. Sanctions Men For PKK Trafficking

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on three Moldova-based men that Washington says work as drug traffickers on behalf of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). More

Matthew Rojansky of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Call To Repeal Jackson-Vanik For Moldova

Moldova should be exempted from the Jackson-Vanik amendment to allow for normal trade relations with the United States, according to a group of experts participating in a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. More

Protesters met in downtown Chisinau

Photogallery Anti-Government Rally In Moldova

Thousands of people have demonstrated against the government in Chisinau, demanding fresh elections and better living conditions in Moldova. More

A video grab of Domnica Cemortan being interviewed by Moldovan television

Video All Eyes On Moldovan 'Siren' Who Captivated Captain Of 'Italian Titanic'

Moldova may be a landlocked country, but it's still playing a key role in one of the most dramatic ocean disasters in recent memory. Italian police say they are looking for Domnica Cemortan, the young Moldovan woman who was seen drinking wine and dining with the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship just hours before the vessel ran aground, killing at least 11 people and forcing the panicked evacuation of more than 4,000 passengers and crew. More

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Features & Commentary

Elections In South Ossetia, Transdniester Pose Prickly Problems For Moscow

The breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has just held the first round of its presidential election, while the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniester will hold its own presidential poll next month. In both cases, it appears Moscow wants to weaken the grip of entrenched political elites.
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Resumption Of Talks On Moldova's Trandniester Conflict Is Only A Small First Step

Talks on Moldova's Transdniester conflict are set to resume after being suspended for more than five years. RFE/RL looks at the significance of the resumption of the talks and the serious issues that remain unresolved.
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Interview: OSCE Protracted-Conflicts Ambassador Measures Progress In 'Millimeters'

OSCE special representative for protracted conflicts Giedrius Cekuolis's arduous mandate includes the disputes over Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, and the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He spoke with RFE/RL about the status of these seemingly intractable, 20-year-old disputes and the OSCE's ability to regulate and resolve them.
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Photogallery 20 Years After The Big Breakup, Does The 'Former Soviet Union' Still Exist?

Two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, its successor states encompass squeaky clean Scandinavian-style democracies like Estonia, autocratic despotisms like Uzbekistan -- and everything in between. Is it even possible to speak of a coherent "post-Soviet space" anymore?
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Video The Post-Soviet Generation Looks To Future In Europe's Poorest Country

Independent Moldova is now 20 years old, and a whole generation has grown up in the new country. And both that generation and Moldova are struggling with daunting ethnic, social, economic, and political divisions.
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