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Moldovan media watchdog accused of "political bias"
November 07, 2009Corneliu Mihalache, a member of the Audio Visual Council (CCA), a media watchdog, has criticized the policy pursued recently by the CCA, saying that it has turned into parliament's "repressive bludgeon". Mihalache told a news conference...
Moldova to buy anti-flu drugs from Switzerland
November 07, 2009The Moldovan government has decided to purchase 500,000 dozes of antiviral medicines, worth 40m lei (3.5m US dollars), from Switzerland. Prime Minister Vlad Filat said that the number of doses to be purchased in Switzerland will cover 30 per cent of...
Two Moldovan citizens in list of top 300 wealthiest Romanians
November 04, 2009Two Moldovans are in the "Top 300 Wealthiest Romanians" list released by weekly Capital. Nicolae Petrov, who is active in the airline business, is 226th. Valeri Moraru, active in the beverage business, is 263rd.
Religious group protests ID cards, says it is "Satan's code"
November 04, 2009In the Republic of Moldova's capital, Chisinau, about one thousand Christian Orthodox believers gathered in front of the Palace of the Republic today, where legislative sessions are normally held, to ask that a new identification card be released to them...
Moldova reports second lethal case of swine flu
November 04, 2009The second lethal case of swine flu has been registered in Moldova. The victim is a 35-year-old man who has recently returned from Russia. According to Deputy Health Minister Oleg Lozan, the man came to Moldova on Thursday evening [29 October]. The...
Romania opens two new consular offices in Moldova
November 03, 2009Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday signed the decrees on opening of Romanian general consulates in Cahul and Balti, in the Republic of Moldova, reads a release of the Presidential Administration. On October 20, the Romanian and Moldovan authorities...
U.N. Committee against Torture to talk about Moldova
November 03, 2009The United Nations Committee Against Torture has opened its 43rd session in Geneva. During the opening, Secretary-General Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights and Treaty Branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Torture victims and witnesses need state's protection in Moldova
November 03, 2009To accelerate detection of crimes, the State ought to ensure a reliable protection for torture victims and torture witnesses to thus let them speak out truth during and after investigation, presumes Deputy Director of the Institute for Penitentiary Reforms...
Ten more swine flu cases confirmed in Moldova
November 03, 2009Ten more cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus have been confirmed in Moldova for the last two days. Thus, the total number of persons, infected with the swine flu, reached 28 people, one of them was a man aged 50 died. According to the Ministry of Health...
Romanian parliament simplifies citizenship acquiring procedure
October 31, 2009The Parliament of Romania has approved the amendments to the Citizenship Law, proposed by Romanian President Traian Basescu and making the citizenship acquiring procedure substantially easier for Republic of Moldova residents. In its new shape, the Law...