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Christmas dispute underscores Orthodox Church's mounting clout
December 24, 2009By Claire Bigg When, exactly, is Christmas Day? The answer may seem evident to many, but in Moldova this question has been spoiling the seasonal cheer for almost two decades. There are three kinds of Christmas revelers in that small nation on...
Poll shows Moldovan communists losing support
December 09, 2009The popularity of the opposition Communist Party and its leader, Vladimir Voronin, has significantly declined, but most Moldovans still believe that this party is capable of successfully resolving the country's social and economic problems, a Barometer...
Poll shows most Moldovans against dissolution of parliament
December 09, 2009Moldovans are against a dissolution of parliament and favour constitutional amendments instead, according to an opinion poll made public on 8 December by the Institute of Public Policies. As many as 32.6 per cent of the respondents support the idea...
OSCE urges Moldova to continue media reforms, foster pluralism
November 27, 2009The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today following meetings in Chisinau that he hoped the new Moldovan government coalition would seek consensus on the further reforms needed to foster pluralism in the media, and that...
Moldovan MPs amend broadcasting code
October 21, 2009Moldovan MPs today amended the Audiovisual Code and allowed parliament to elect members of the supervisory board of the Teleradio-Moldova public company with the vote of a simple majority of deputies rather than with three-fifths of the votes as it was...
Moldovan parliament sets up commission to probe postelection riot
October 21, 2009The Moldovan parliament has set up a special commission in charge of investigating the causes and consequences of the 7 April mass riots in Chisinau. The commission has nine members representing all five parliamentary factions. Under the decision passed...
Moldova: Parliament amends code on television and radio broadcast
October 19, 2009The Moldovan Parliament approved in the first reading the bill on amending the Code of Television and Radio Broadcasting. The document was supported by all the 53 members of the majority Alliance for European Integration. The opposition Communist faction...
Moldovan officials provide details about explosion in Chisinau
October 19, 2009Senior officials from Moldova's power structures and the Ministry of Health were summoned to parliament on Thursday evening to present information about the explosion that took place in the Chisinau central square the night before during the Chisinau...
Valeriu Zubco - Moldova's new Prosecutor General
October 07, 2009Valeriu Zubco was elected with 53 pro votes of the Alliance for European Integration in the Parliament sitting on October 7 as Prosecutor General. The PCRM doubted the Valeriu Zubco’s professionalism for being nominated as Prosecutor General. ...
Moldova sends about 65,000 ballot papers abroad for snap election
July 24, 2009The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) will send 64,941 ballot papers to Moldova's diplomatic missions abroad for the 29 July snap parliamentary election, according to a CEC decision approved on 21 July. The decision meets the missions' requests although...
