In an exclusive interview, President Vladimir Voronin says international mediators have produced a plan for resolving the 15-year-old conflict with the breakaway region of Transdniester. He also sounded off on troubled ties with Romania and Moldova's bid to build a future between East and West.
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin (file photo) (epa) November 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has announced that mediators have drafted a plan to be proposed to Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region that would grant separatists large autonomy and achieve reunification. During a wide-ranging interview in Chisinau with RFE/RL correspondent Eugen Tomiuc, the Moldovan president expressed optimism that negotiations based on the plan will soon resume. He also had high praise for the OSCE's mediating role, said Kosovo should not been seen as a model for other frozen conflicts, and accused EU member Romania of trying to undermine Moldova's efforts to develop its national identity.
October 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Representatives of the self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia, Transdniester, and South Ossetia assembled in the Abkhaz capital today for a four-day summit intended to advance the recognition of their statehood.
For nine days, police used electric shocks and bare fists to torture Aleksei Mikheyev for a nonexistent crime. While perhaps common in Russia, what happened next was not: Mikheyev took his case to the European Court of Human Rights -- and won.
October 24, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The story is a familiar one in the postcommunist world.
CIS, CSTO, GUAM. The dizzying assortment of regional alliances -- together with their perplexing acronyms -- is one of the legacies of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rakhmon (AFP) DUSHANBE, October 5, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A Russian-led defense alliance of former Soviet states and a regional security body headed by China have agreed to broaden cooperation.
Foreign ministers were meeting ahead of an October 5 CIS summit (RFE/RL) October 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Labor migration was high on the agenda of a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) foreign ministers' meeting today in the Tajik capital.
October 4, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Migration policy, counterterrorism, and military cooperation will all be on the official agenda when the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) holds its summit on October 5-6 in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. But the real action will be on the sidelines.
Andrei Stratan (file) (epa) October 1, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Moldova’s Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan says Eastern European countries need greater representation on the UN Security Council.
Moldovans queueing for visas to Romania (file) (AFP) September 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Romania has decided to simplify its procedures for granting citizenship, amid criticism from Moldova, which stands to lose more of its population to its EU neighbor.
The message from Brussels at a meeting with the members of its European Neighborhood Policy is clear: economic cooperation -- yes; membership -- no.
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