WASHINGTON — Ask most Americans and Europeans to identify Vladimir Filat or find Moldova on a map and you’re likely to get a blank stare. Both, however, are worth getting to know. Filat is the new prime minister of Moldova, a small country of four million people that emerged from … Continue Reading…

WASHINGTON, DC — On the eve of this week’s Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO Ministerial meetings, in addition to a NATO-Russia Council gathering, Russian officials unveiled their long-awaited proposal for a new European Security Treaty.  The Medvedev proposal, as it has become known, has been … Continue Reading…

Earlier this year, Moldova has been shaken by protests against the manner of conduct, and implicitely against results, of parliamentary elections in April. The main complaint was the inaccuracy of voters’ lists, with deceased, people living abroad and unknown persons artificially increasing the number of voters. This gross irregularity, combined … Continue Reading…

Wednesday night, President Voronin called for general amnesty for those arrested during last week’s protests, and that further arrests stop. “I call on the competent authorities to provide a general amnesty and call for a stop of all forms of investigations against the street protesters. The recidivists and those from … Continue Reading…

BUCHAREST — The political crisis in Moldova is deepening. The rift between the government and state authories, on one hand, and the opposition and civil society, on the other, is growing by the day. There are now two radically different stories and messages sent both to the Moldovan population and … Continue Reading…

Here is a daily update on Moldova’s political crisis done by independent media and NGOs who decline to be named publicly for fear of retribution in an extremely volatile situation.

1. Unimedia — Tomorrow at 10:00 the opposition parties will organize peaceful manifestation against the abusing of the ruling party.

2. Hotnews.md, after … Continue Reading…