Moldova News

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.

The Moldovan Prosecutor General's Office has dropped all criminal charges against former defense minister and director of the Moldovan Information and Security Service Valeriu Pasat.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 2:39 a.m. CHISINAU, Moldova - Moldova's army is feeding its soldiers onions and garlic to help them ward off swine flu.

The Forum demonstrates the EU's commitment to take on board the views and ideas of people of the Eastern Partnership countries.

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.

The Moldovan Prosecutor General's Office has dropped criminal proceedings against the people accused of masterminding riots in the republic's capital in April, following the Opposition's protest against the results of the parliamentary election.

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.

The Republic of Moldova surprised many in April when youths took control of Chisinau's main square, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale .

The Moldovan Health Ministry says a 53-year-old woman has died of swine flu in the southern town of Ceadar-Lunga, bringing to four the number of people who have died from the H1N1 virus, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports.

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.

Sergei Tsurikov, 25, of Tallinn, Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Oleg Covelin, 28, of Chisinau, Moldova; and a person known only as "Hacker 3;" have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, Ga., on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the Atlanta-based credit card processing company RBS WorldPay, ...

From : Sebouh Z Tashjian Date : Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:05:38 +0400 ARMENIA, MOLDOVA DEVELOP TRANSPORT COMMUNICATION PanARMENIAN.Net 06.11.2009 16:28 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ In a November 6 session presided over by Vice Premier Armen Gevorgyan Government approved proposal on singing Protocol on introducing amendments to agreement "On International ...

Russian natural gas supplies to the Balkan states were not affected by an explosion on a section of the transit pipeline in south Moldova, the Moldovan Interior Ministry's emergencies department said on Sunday.

An explosion has damaged a Moldovan pipeline used to deliver Russian gas to the Balkans, but supplies to Europe were unaffected, the government said.

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.

The new western-leaning government in Moldova faces many challenges in the southern European country.

Soaring statues of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, portraits of the city's most productive workers adorning a square, red flags fluttering in the wind during a Communist demonstration.

The platform is a regional initiative of the Black Sea region and aims at multiplying opportunities for the transformation of local, national and regional conflicts, preventing violence and peace.

Moldova's parliament has decided to vote next week to replace former Communist President Vladimir Voronin, but there is little sign of ending a deadlock between Communists and the new Western-leaning government.

Moldova's parliament on Tuesday set November 10 as the date for its vote to elect the country's new president.