Romania
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.
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...
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...
Interview with Herta Mueller, 2009 Nobel prize for literature
October 08, 2009Romanian-born author Herta Mueller today won the 2009 Nobel prize for literature. Mueller, whose parents were members of the German-speaking minority in Romania, spoke to RFE/RL's Romania-Moldova Service in 1999 about growing up under Ceausescu and how...
Filat expects Moldovans to travel to EU without visas from 2012
September 23, 2009Moldovans living along the border with Romania will be able to enter the neighbouring state without visas in the near future. At the same time, all citizens of Moldova will have the opportunity to travel freely to the European Union from the end of 2...
Basescu: Thank you for keeping Romanian language alive
August 28, 2009On Thursday, Romanian President Traian Basescu issued a statement for citizens of the Republic of Moldova to mark Moldova's Independence Day and the Romanian Language Day. "I'd like to thank you as the Romanian Language remains alive in the Republic...
Moldova’s news history book ignores, distorts historical events
August 26, 2009The Moldovan Historians Association has voiced strong indignation over the instructions issued recently by the Ministry of Education and Youth Affairs concerning the teaching of the "Universal History" discipline at Moldovan educational institutions...
- No End Of Frozen Conflict In Moldova's Transdniester
August 18, 2009By Gregory Feifer Forlorn concrete apartment blocks greet visitors just across the heavily guarded border of this lush sliver of land along the Dniester River. Elderly men push baby carriages through the half-abandoned streets: it's mostly the very...
- The Romanian citizenship to Moldovans: myths vs. reality
August 18, 2009The granting of the Romanian citizenship to Moldova's citizens is one the ways of the Europeanization of the Republic of Moldova, Chief Researcher of the Institute for Political and Foreign Relations of Romania Dan Dungaciu considers. In the Romanian...
- Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 shakes off Romania, Bulgaria
August 05, 2009A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Romania and northeastern Bulgaria on 5 August 2009 around 10:45, Romanian National Institute for Earth Physics said. The quake's epicenter was off the Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea coasts, and its estimated depth...