Moldova
Documentary film about Transnistria wins top award in Czech contest
“Fortress” - a documentary film shot in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria won a top award at Jihlava international film festival. The film presents in foreground the election organized in Transnistria last year which removed...
EU states grant more citizenships every year
Over 810,000 citizenships have been granted by the European Union member states in 2010. The highest number of European citizenships was offered by Great Britain – 195,000, followed by France with 143,000, Spain – 124,000 and Germany granting...
“Gaudeamus” – the first association of youth from Moldova and Romania in Italy
The first association for young students from the Republic of Moldova and Romania was established in Italy. The Association "Gaudeamus" will help young people while studying in Italy, writes Gazeta Basarabiei. According to the source, young...
Moldovan lawmakers don’t lose any opportunity to express their physical strength. Another brawl took place on Thursday within the Parliament of Moldova. Two deputies seem to be on a boxing ring after some contradictory opinions. Communist Deputy...
Issues of Moldovan Diaspora in Italy tackled in Rome
These days Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca is paying a three-day-long trip to Italy, Croatia and Slovenia. During his meeting on Wednesday with the Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata, the counterparts held talks about the...
Moldovan court prosecutes website over black list
A Court in Moldova has ruled that a website has violated the right to private life and abetted hatred after it published a “black list” of public figures who allegedly promote homosexuality. A year ago, on his blog, Vitalie Marian labeled...
Corruption in Moldova increases in 2012, survey finds
Over 50% of people in Moldova believe that corruption has increased in the last year. A survey conducted by CBS-AXA together with Transparency International Moldova found that the causes of corruption are the lack of punishment of bribers, and inefficient...
More and more students from Moldova are going abroad every year to pursue a degree from a foreign university. They are aware of the challenges they have to deal with, such as studying a new language, adjusting to a different system, meeting new people...
Unemployed Moldovans seek work in jobless Spain
For eight months now, Olesea Goreanskaia has been looking for a job in Barcelona, Spain’s second largest city. Amidst a harsh recession that hit the country, the 21-year-old woman originating from Moldova has not been able to find a job to earn...
Russia condemned by ECHR for violation of right to education in Transnistria
Russia was condemned by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 regarding the Right to Education from the European Convention of Human Rights. The case was carried between Catan and others vs. the Republic...
