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Moldovan presidential candidate Marian Lupu says he is rejecting calls from the Communist parliamentary opposition to quit the Alliance for European Integration in order to secure his election as president, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports.

CHISINAU, Moldova - The International Monetary Fund has agreed to give Moldova a $590 million loan to help the country's economy stabilize and recover from recession.

Russia's relations with its neighbors are worse than ever, and this is particularly true among the former Soviet republics.

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ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH: Should parliament fail to elect a new president, snap polls would have to be called in 2010.

The United States has thrown its weight behind Moldova's aspirations to boost ties with the European Union, following an election that last month handed power to a Western-leaning government in Chisinau.

An explosion injured 26 people on the central square of the Moldovan capital Chisinau during a concert to celebrate the City Day late on Wednesday.

State security officials said the grenade had apparently been left in a box and exploded as the Russian pop group Bravo brought the concert to its climax late Wednesday.

President of Russia Dmitrii Medvedev shakes hands with Marian Lupu, candidate for presidency of Moldova during bilateral meeting during the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States on 09 October 2009 in Chisinau, Moldova.

Moldova's Interior Minister Victor Catan said Thursday that foreign forces are probably behind Wednesday's blast in Chisinau, capital city of the eastern European country.

The breakaway republic of Transdnestr, which dreams of joining Russia, presents visitors with an awkward mix of communist and capitalist chic.

AFP/File The European Union is ready to start talks on a new special partnership with Moldova, Swedish Foreign Fri Oct 16, 1:39 pm ET BRUSSELS The European Union is ready to start talks on a new special partnership with Moldova , Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Friday.

The Moldova authorities continue to call the Wednesday explosion in the capital Chisinau a terrorist act while Interior Minister, Victor Catan, says it could be masterminded by Al Qaeda.

Moldovan officials say the explosion of a grenade at a concert in downtown Chisinau on October 14 that left some 40 people injured was an "act of terror," RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports.

Russia does not see obstacles to extending a loan to Moldova, and negotiations on this account will be continued, Kremlin press secretary Natalya Timakova told journalists.

A grenade exploded at a crowded concert in the main square of the Moldovan capital of Chisinau late Wednesday, hurting at least 40 people, security officials said Thursday.

Forty people were wounded in a grenade explosion in the heart of the Moldovan capital Chisinau where thousands had massed for an outdoor concert, officials said on Thursday.

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Igor Smirnov, the leader of the self- proclaimed Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic, has said he agrees with the new Moldovan leaders saying that the so-called Kozak Memorandum, which was proposed as a basis for the settlement of the conflict over Transdniestria several years ago, has become outdated.

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.

Date : Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:42:04 +0500 PROTOCOLS NOT LINKED WITH MOLDOVA MEETING: ERDOGAN News.am 12:33 / 10/07/2009 Armenia-Turkey Protocols will be signed October 10, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his interview with The Wall Street Journal.

Date : Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:08:04 +0500 MOLDOVA HANDS OVER CIS PRESIDENCY TO RUSSIA RIA Novosti 18:5309/10/2009 CHISINAU, October 9 - Moldova handed over its presidency of the Commonwealth of Independent States to Russia on Friday during the CIS summit in Chisinau.

WASHINGTON/CHISINAU - The United States denied on Friday that it planned to station U.S. radar systems in Ukraine, after published remarks by a U.S. defense official prompted Moscow to call for clarification.

On October 9 President Serzh Sargsyan participated in the sitting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Chisinau, Moldova.

The presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia held constructive talks on the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday and will meet again soon, a U.S. envoy said.

Date : Wed, 7 Oct 2009 17:27:31 +0500 ALIYEV AGREES TO MEET SARGSYAN OCTOBER 8 IN MOLDOVA http://hetq.am/en/region/18520/ 2009/10/06 17:02 Region After the Minsk Group Co-chairs meet with Azerbaijani officials in Baku today, Yuri Marzlyakov stated that, President Aliyev consented to meet with his Armenian counterpart on October 8 in Chisinau, ...

New Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat has told RFE/RL's Moldovan Service that Chisinau might seek "common action" with Kyiv in its efforts to join the European Union.

Albania PM Appeals for Kosovo at UN 28 September 2009 Albaniaa s Prime Minister Sali Berisha gave an impassioned speech this weekend to the UN General Assembly appealing for more countries to recognise Kosovoa s independence.

The Moldovan attitude to the Transdniestrian settlement did not change with the formation of a new government, Transdniestrian Foreign Minister Vladimir Yastrebchak told the media on Tuesday.