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PLUGARU, PETRACHE WARNING AGAINST DICTATORSHIP OF MINORITY

11.03.2010Lawyers Anatol Plugaru [Moldova’s Minister of State Security in 1991-1992] and Mihai Petrache [ex-Chairman of the Centrist Union of Moldova] presume that after the downfall of the Communist dictatorship in July 2009, Moldova seems to be entering a new trend – consolidation of the dictatorship of a minority. That’s how the two free-lance lawyers perceive the yesterday’s decision of the governing Alliance for European Integration leaders to organize a national referendum on adopting a new Constitution.

ROMA PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF DISCRIMINATION

10.03.2010The Roma of Moldova claim that their rights are restricted, that they are subjected to discrimination, and that the program for the support of gypsies, adopted by the previous Communist leadership, does not work.

TRANSNISTRIA VETERANS CALLING TO MERGER

10.03.2010A group of participants in the 1992 Transnistrian armed conflict have called upon the veterans of all wars living in Moldova to get united into one strong organization.

WOMEN DEMANDING MORE ATTENTION

09.03.2010The Forum of Women’s Organizations, the 50/50 Political Women’s Club, and the Gender Centru organization have stood up with an appeal to the Moldovan authorities and civil society to treat women with a greater attention and care.

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USAID Helps to Bridge the IT Networking Skills Gap in Moldova

12.02.2010The accomplishments of the Cisco Networking Academy Program in Moldova were celebrated at a national conference, “Cisco Networking Academy Program – a Successful Model for Educating ICT Skills,” held on February 11 at 15:00 p.m. in the Raut Room of the Leogrand Convention Center in Chisinau.

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DIRK SCHUEBEL: OUR TASK IS TO BRING MOLDOVA TO THE DOORSTEP OF THE EU

09.03.2010Exclusive interview given to the Infotag news agency by the head of the EU delegation to Moldova, Dirk Schuebel.

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COMPROMISE WITH SMIRNOV IS IMPOSSIBLE – POPOV

11.03.2010Any compromise with Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov is impossible, Moldovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Popov presumes.

KAZAKHSTAN STANDS READY TO PROMOTE TRANSNISTRIAN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

03.02.2010

Tiraspol.   At tackling the Transnistria conflict, the OSCE Kazakhstan presidency shall be abiding by such fundamental principles as patience and transparency, Mr. Bolat Nurgaliyev, the Presidency Special Representative, stated during his meeting with Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov here on Tuesday.

Nurgaliyev said his country shall be an honest mediator, respect the positions of both Moldova’s and Transnistria’s, and shall be acting energetically, no matter time or expenditures.

“We shall be focusing primarily on solving vital questions pertaining to the life of the grassroots, who have found themselves in a hard tough situation beyond their will”, said the OSCE representative.

Igor Smirnov reaffirmed that the conflict settlement efforts must be targeted not at talks for the sake of talks, but at a concrete solving of questions that influence the life of people both in Transnistria and Moldova. First of all, he believes, the sides must outline two main directions in their joint work – a political and an economic one.

Summing up the results of his meetings in Chisinau and Tiraspol this seek, Bolat Nurgaliyev said there are topics on which the negotiation parties can work out new approaches that will help further develop what OSCE representatives started last year.

He said, consultations of all participants in the Moldo-Transnistrian settlement process will be held in Vienna on March 1, with negotiations to be held in various formats. The Kazakhstan diplomat believes the event should give a new impulse to the development of the dialog, and should help determine concrete steps for nearest months.